Open Call for Applications for the Swing Space 2013 Session

APPLICATION DEADLINE

Thursday, August 30, 2012, 5PM

Swing Space is a project-based residency program that places visual and performing artists and arts groups in space for the development and presentation of new projects. Since its launch in 2005, Swing Space has placed over 1,000 artists in more than 20 different locations throughout Lower Manhattan and on Governors Island all generously provided by the Downtown real estate community and LMCC's programming partners. Swing Space is designed to address short-term space needs for a wide range of projects and to encourage creative, experimental, and collaborative approaches to artistic practice in unconventional spaces.

STEPS TO APPLY

STEP 1: READ

Applicants should begin by reading all program information on the Swing Space Overview page, as well as by reading eligibility requirements and Application Guidelines on the LMCC website before starting the application process.

STEP 2: DEVELOP APPLICATION RESPONSES FOR SUBMISSION

Review the Online Application Form and develop responses and gather work samples.

STEP 3: SUBMIT APPLICATION & WORK SAMPLE ONLINE

Submit your application responses along with your work samples in our Online Application Form.

INFO SESSIONS

LMCC staff will review the Application Guidelines and answer questions about the residency and the selection process. (Space is limited; attendance not required.)

Thursday, August 9, 3PM at LMCC, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
Wednesday, August 15, 7PM at LMCC, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor

RSVP required. Click here to reserve a seat for an Info Session.

LMCC Artist Residencies Supporters

LMCC's Artist Residency Programs are supported by Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Charina Endowment Fund, Cowles Charitable Trust, F.B. Heron Foundation, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust, Lambent Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York Community Trust, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Swing Space is supported by the Asian Cultural Council and Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

LMCC's Artist Residency Programs are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; New York State Council on the Arts; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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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.