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NEWS
LMCC Internship Program for Fall 2012 Application Deadline: August 10, 2012 We're accepting applications for our internship program for Fall 2012 (September to December). Interns choose a departmental focus when applying and will gain exposure to all departments. We encourage applicants who are aiming to work in non-profits and invested in rethinking how to engage and affect communities from Lower Manhattan and beyond. To learn more click here.
RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL 2012
	Thank you! Thanks to all who came out to experience and participate in this year's River To River Festival! It was a whirlwind month of over 130 activities in 27 venues. And thank you to all our artists and partners who helped make this Festival such a success! Be sure to check out all our photos and videos from this month's programming on the River To River Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr pages. Your feedback matters to us! Complete this year's audience survey and be entered to win great prizes from our sponsors, including roundtrip airfare for two. Your responses will help shape the 2013 River To River Festival. Entries will be accepted until Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 11:59PM EST.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2011 artist-in-residence Orit Ben-Shitrit rehearses in The Vaults at 14 Wall Street	Swing Space 2013: Open Call for Applications Deadline: 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 of new projects. Since 2005, Swing Space has placed over 1,000 artists in more than 20 different locations throughout Lower Manhattan and on Governors Island. More information about Swing Space–including Application Guidelines–is available here.
2012 artist-in-residence Zach Mason works in his studio during open studios	Swing Space Welcomes New Visual Artists-in-Residence at Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center LMCC is pleased to welcome the new group of artists who will begin developing their projects at Governors Island this month. Artists will be in residence through December 2012 and present their projects during open studios on September 29–30 and December 9. Complete bios are available here. Fall 2012 Resident Artists include: Ruta Butkute, Jessica Cannon, Maya Ciarrocchi, Abigail DeVille, Elizabeth Duffy, Erin Dunn, Laurie Frick, Marina Gutierrez, Sarah Kabot, Jenn Kahn, Patte Loper, Jong Oh, Sarada Rauch, Jaye Rhee, Alan Ruiz, Diana Shpungin, Abraham Storer, and Jenifer Wightman.
Transforming Function in the Gallery at Building 110, Photo by Caroline Voagen Nelson for LMCC 2012	Transforming Function Continues in the Gallery at Building 110 May 26–September 30, Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor Day 12–5PM Building 110: The Gallery Transforming Function features artists who–by excavating the fields of technology, science, and architecture–repurpose theoretical tools, virtual platforms, and formal techniques to inform their diverse conceptual and aesthetic investigations. The exhibition is open through September 30 on Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor Day, 12–5PM, and more information is available here.
Transforming Function at Conrad New York, Photo by Whitney Browne for LMCC 2012	Transforming Function On View at Conrad New York Now through December 2012 Tuesdays–Thursdays, 12–6PM; Fridays & Saturdays, 12–8PM Conrad New York LMCC has opened a sister gallery for Transforming Function in the new Conrad New York in Lower Manhattan. Transforming Function features artists who re-imagine elements of technology, science, and architecture to offer new perspectives on interacting with and experiencing our environment. The exhibition is open through September 30, and more information is available here.
Big Dance Theater, Photo by Paula Court	Big Dance Theater Presents a Work-in-Progress Saturday, August 18, 3PM Building 110: The Rehearsal Studios Moving from large scale performance frames, to the intimacy of the crypt-like basement of the Chocolate Factory, Big Dance Theater teams up with playwright Sibyl Kempson (Crime or Emergency) to install their signature blend of performance, text, and visual design for an audience of just 30 per show. Kempson's Ich, Kürbisgeist is set in a harsh quasi-medieval landscape facing destruction, populated by a community speaking a rigorous, specific, and completely invented language. Every word is semi-recognizable: an amalgam of English, Swedish, German, and Sid Ceasar. The language is as tough and unforgiving as the windswept, uncultivated landscape. Space is limited. RSVP required. Please click here to RSVP.
GRANTS & SERVICES
	Grants for 2013 Arts Projects 3 Grants, 1 Deadline: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 5PM Each year, LMCC supports over 200 arts projects across Manhattan, from Inwood to the Battery. 2013 guidelines and online application forms for LMCC's three grant programs, The Fund for Creative Communities (The Fund), Manhattan Community Arts Fund (MCAF), and Creative Curricula are now available on our website. Attend an information session. LMCC staff will explain our grant programs and how to put together a strong application. RSVP here for a session in August!
Students from CS 154 in The Apollo Theater's Oral History Project	Creative Curricula: Important Program Changes for 2013 Creative Curricula, LMCC's arts-education program, continues to offer grants of up to $5,000 to Manhattan-based individual teaching artists or cultural organizations working in partnership with Manhattan schools, but program scope and requirements have changed. For full details, read the newly updated program guidelines and attend an information session, required for all 2013 applicants.
Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts leads a workshop on legal issues in the arts	Budgeting 101 Led by: Haowen Wang, Program Manager, Grants & Services, LMCC Wednesday, August 29, 6:30-8PM Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor A budget is a planning tool. Yet for many artists, the process of building a budget is unfamiliar, and can seem complicated or confusing. In this workshop, participants will learn how to construct a line item budget that represents anticipated expenses and income for a sample artistic project. The session will also include a review of basic budgeting terms and concepts, and address the importance of balancing and reconciling actual costs to your budget. To register, visit LMCC's arts services webpage on Thursday, August 16, at 12PM.
2012 MCAF Grantee Barbara Russell's doodling project	August 2012 Grantee Events Barbara Russell – Harlem Doodles to Da Beat As "Ms. B. The Doodle Queen", Barbara Russell facilitates Harlem Doodles to Da Beat, a live doodling exercise where participants of all ages can draw spontaneously while listening to Harlem Renaissance-era, Salsa, and contemporary music. Nouveau Classical Project – In & Around C In & Around C is a participatory art installation featuring a series of live musical performances, as well as performances by a phantom ‘musician' - a computer software program that converts participants' movement into musical notation. For more information and a complete list of grantee events this month, visit the grantee events calendar.
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