About LMCC
From Wall Street to Washington Square, from the Battery to the Bowery, from the East River to the Hudson, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council invigorates the arts Downtown.
LMCC brings art where it’s least expected and engages the ideas of the moment by exploring the links between culture and capital. We curate and commission art installations, produce and present performances, and champion the arts as a vital component in creating and maintaining a vibrant community.
Artist Residencies
We turn banks into concert halls, offices into art studios, and storefronts into jewel box theaters. The Artist Residencies department, through the support of generous real estate partners, has turned more than 300,000 square feet of vacant real estate in Lower Manhattan into studio, rehearsal, and presentation space for artists.
Arts Services
We help artists achieve success with a robust schedule of training and professional development programs, networking events, and talks for artists.
Cultural Programs
From the very beginning, we've brought art, ideas, and performance to audiences downtown. Tens of thousands of people attend one of our free events every year, from public performances to readings and lectures in historic and rarely visited spaces.
Grants
There’s more to LMCC than Lower Manhattan. Our grant programs award over $500,000 annually to enable over 200 arts projects across all disciplines throughout Manhattan.
Today, three decades after its founding, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council remains at the forefront of Downtown’s creative sector, linking artists with new audiences and sustaining Manhattan’s vast and vibrant arts community.
