Workspace

Workspace is on pause this session.

As LMCC continues to adapt to a changing city and cultural landscape, we are taking this year to reflect on the history of the Workspace program, listen to our creative community, and assess how we can continue to meet the evolving needs of New York City’s artists. As we search for the next home for Workspace, we have an opportunity to reimagine what an artist residency can be and offer, keeping artists and their practices at the center.

Since LMCC’s founding in 1973, residencies have been at the heart of our mission to support creative practices and strengthen the bonds between artists and communities. Over five decades, these programs have taken many forms and names, always ensuring that artists have the time, space, and support they need to create and thrive.

From the Perceptual Painters and World View programs on the 91st and 92nd floors of the World Trade Center in the 1990s, to Swing Space, which placed over 1,000 artists in temporary offices and a bank vault in Lower Manhattan, to our current artist residencies at Governors Island—LMCC has continually transformed unconventional spaces into hubs of creativity and connection.

Out of this lineage, Workspace—officially launched in the years following 9/11—became LMCC’s longest-running residency program. For more than two decades, it has provided hundreds of visual, literary, and performing artists with free 24/7 studio space for nine months with professional development, studio visits, and a dynamic, cohort-based experience. It has been a vital platform for experimentation, dialogue, and community, supporting artists at pivotal moments in their careers.

As we plan for the future, LMCC remains deeply committed to sustaining artist-centered spaces and opportunities. We look forward to sharing updates as we imagine the next chapter of Workspace together.