If you have trouble reading this email, for the web version. Workspace Artist Olek performing during Works-in-Progress: Open Studios, March 2011
EVENTS | ARTS SERVICES
NEWS
	The Downtown Dinner 2011 The Downtown Dinner, LMCC's annual benefit celebrating arts and culture Downtown, has become one of the most anticipated social events of the season, bringing together an eclectic mix of over 600 business executives, political leaders, and major figures in the art world. Each year at the Dinner, LMCC presents its Liberty Award to recognize extraordinary leaders for their contributions to Downtown. This year, we are thrilled to celebrate Kenneth I. Chenault and American Express for all they have done to make Lower Manhattan a thriving center of art, business, and tourism. We are also delighted to honor The Joyce Theater, a longtime ally of LMCC that shares our purpose of supporting artists and promoting the arts. Joining us to celebrate our honorees will be Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Award-winning actor Bill Irwin, performance artist Laurie Anderson, musicians Joshua Bell and Branford Marsalis, dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, and visual artist Tom Otterness. The Downtown Dinner not only gives us the opportunity to recognize those who promote and support culture in Lower Manhattan, it is also our most significant fundraising tool. Table prices start at $10,000 and tickets at $1,000, and there are numerous recognition opportunities, as described on the Reservation Form. Even if you cannot attend, your contribution will go directly towards our efforts to “make art happen” in every corner of Downtown. To purchase tickets/tables, please complete the Reservation Form and mail it with payment to Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10038. For more information or to make your reservation by phone or email, please contact Maureen McMahon at 212.219.9401 x101 or mmcmahon@lmcc.net. Date & Time: Wednesday, April 27, 6PM Location: Cipriani Wall Street Note: Tickets required. Please click here.
Jonathan Allen, Upwardly Mobile, 2009	Silent Auction at The Downtown Dinner 2011 We are pleased to announce the return of the silent auction as part of this year's Downtown Dinner! The auction will feature artwork by a select group of New York-based artists, including Yoko Ono, Tom Otterness, Lawrence Weiner, and alumni of LMCC's artist residency programs. Please visit the auction website for a sneak preview of works available at the auction. Select works are available for purchase online before the event.
	2011 River To River >From June 19 – July 16th, 2011 the River To River Festival will present a dynamic and exciting line-up of programming throughout Lower Manhattan. This 10th Anniversary season promises to be as fun-filled and eventful as ever, with a robust lineup of music, dance, theater, film, art and play elements. Stay-tuned for a season schedule to be announced later this month!
EVENTS
	Swing Space Performing Arts Groups Present Projects in Development in The Vaults at 14 Wall Street
	Talibam! Goes to Bed with Sam Kulik and Discovers Atlantis Join us for a theatrical musical performance by Swing Space grantee Talibam! with co collaborator Sam Kulik about a boy named Franklin (voiced by drummer Kevin Shea) who gets brought to the bottom of Atlantis in order to save it from a dangerous toxic oil spill. Talibam! and Kulik tell a story that uniquely weaves current events, comedy, Hollywood plot lines, and contemporary music. At times the album resembles a radio play, at times opera, and often the trio lets the music make a statement of its own and drops the narrative to let loose some serious freewheeling instrumental jams and tuneful songs. Talibam! and Kulik play nearly a dozen undersea characters and as many instruments. The underwater world that Shea, Mottel, and Kulik create is fascinating and new, yet eerily similar to our own. View a performance trailer here. Free and open to the public. RSVP is required. Date & Time: Friday, April 1, 8PM Saturday, April 2, 9PM Sunday, April 3, 7PM Location: The Vaults at 14 Wall Street
	Sinking Ship Productions Presents a Workshop Showing of Flatland On the last night before the new Millennium, A. Square, an inhabitant of Flatland, is visited by a Sphere from the land of three dimensions. Sphere takes him on a journey to discover the true nature of the universe. But in Flatland, the notion of a third dimension is heresy, and one who preaches such heresy must be silenced... The play interweaves an adaptation of Edwin A. Abbott's 1884 satirical and prescient novella with an exploration of contemporary physics theories involving extra dimensions of space. Using puppetry, object manipulation, physical theater, and a range of technology from overhead projectors to lasers, Flatland tells the story of humanity's search to comprehend the world beyond what we see and experience. Presented in association with the Ensemble Studio Theater. Free and open to the public. RSVP here. Dates and Times: Thursday, April 14, 3PM Friday, April 15, 7PM Location: The Vaults at 14 Wall Street
	Access Restricted 2011 The Lenape: Lower Manhattan's First Inhabitants LMCC presents the final lecture of this year's Access Restricted series - "The Lenape: Lower New York's First Inhabitants," a lecture by Dr. David M. Oestreicher, curator (In Search of the Lenape: The Delaware Indians, Past and Present), lecturer, consultant, and independent scholar. Combining archaeological and historical evidence with decades of firsthand ethnographic and linguistic research, this lecture covers the culture, prehistory, and history of the Lenape (Delaware Indians) in this region as well as their subsequent displacement and emigration to enclaves in Oklahoma, Ontario, and Wisconsin in the 18th and 19th centuries. Pershing Hall, one of the many historic buildings on Governors Island, features WPA murals depicting American military history. Please arrive promptly at 11:30AM for ferry departure from the Battery Maritime Building, directly east of the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Lower Manhattan. The lecture in Pershing Hall is a seven-minute walk from the Soissons Dock on Governors Island. The return ferry to Manhattan is by the 2PM ferry from Governors Island. For ADA access, please contact LMCC. Please note: This program does not include a building tour. Additionally, the program is now scheduled for an earlier time (11:30AM). The ferry to Governors Island departs promptly from the Battery Maritime Building, so please be there no later than 11:30AM. Late comers will not be admitted. Date & Time: Wednesday, April 13, 11:30AM Location: Pershing Hall, Governors Island; Free luncheon and ferry access are provided RSVP required; RSVP goes live Tuesday, April 5, 12PM. Visit here to RSVP. Supporters of Access Restricted: Special thanks to Art International Radio; The City College Center for Worker Education; Seaport Museum New York; Silverstein Properties, Inc.; The Trust for Governors Island; and The Woolworth Building
ARTS SERVICES
2010 Artists Summer Institute Workshop	Making the Transition to Being a Teaching Artist - A hands-on workshop Led by Annie Montgomery and Michael Wiggins, Teaching Artist Group Teaching Artists new to the K-12 arts education field are faced with countless questions: Where do I look for work? What should my resume look like? What's the best way to write a lesson plan? How much should I expect to be paid? In this interactive workshop, two veteran teaching artists address these essential questions as well as provide practical steps, approaches, and strategies to developing a teaching art practice. Through interactive dialogue, role-play and discussion of best practices in resume writing, lesson planning and classroom management, participants will be armed with the essential tools and information they need to enter the field. This workshop is a follow-up to last April's panel discussion on becoming a teaching artist. Date & Time: Tuesday, April 26, 6:30-8PM Location: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor Workshop is free, but space is limited. RSVP is required. TNT: Training, Networking, and Talks is supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Joan Mitchell Foundation.
BFA instructor Al Bolton, CPA	BFA: Basic Finance for Artists Basic Finance for Artists, LMCC's six-week intensive seminar on personal finance and money management is back this spring! Designed especially for artists, Basic Finance for Artists is a free, concentrated, six-week series of workshops that will help develop financial awareness and balance through practical training in money management. Workshops provide a combination of seminar-style learning and hands-on group and individual exercises. Experts in the field and guest artists will lead the workshops and address artist-specific issues. The seminar is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Click here for complete program information and to register. Registration is open through April 25, 2011. Dates and Times: Tuesdays, 4-7 PM May 17 – June 21, 2011 Location: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor Basic Finance for Artists is supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has been a leading voice for arts and culture Downtown and throughout New York City for over 35 years, producing cultural events and promoting the arts through grants, services, advocacy, and cultural development programs. This e-newsletter is made possible with support from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Thank you to all of our supporters! View the full list here. LMCC is graciously supported by:
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