Work by Workspace resident Mike Estabrook

Workspace offers...

• Studio space

  9-months of free studio space within a larger, shared space with 24/7 access.

• Stipend

  There is a modest one-time stipend depending on funding.

• Salon evenings

  Every week we invite guests to our Salon evenings for informal discussions and studio visits. Artists and writers will be required to actively participate in weekly salons. For a complete list of past guests, please click here.

• Special Services

  Workspace residents get access to services, including Materials for the Arts and Fractured Atlas.

• Visiting Artist Status

  Our Workspace artists are offered visiting artist status at partnering institutions. For details on these opportunities, click here.

• Public Programs

  Residents participate in a variety of public programs including presence on LMCC's website, a Works-in-Progress Open Hours (coinciding with NYC art fairs) and an end-of-session Open Studio Weekend.

Location

The 2008-2009 Workspace Residency will be located on the 29th floor of the historic Equitable Building at 120 Broadway in the Financial District. Like its first location in the World Trade Center, this program continues our mission to place artists in studios just blocks from Wall Street, changing what it means to "work" in the Financial District.

History

LMCC's Workspace Residency program addresses the critical need for affordable studio space by making use of vacant and under-utilized real estate downtown. Starting with the Port Authority of NY and NJ in the World Trade Center, generous New York City building owners, now including Silverstein Properties, have donated raw office floors to LMCC for use as studios. From the World Trade Center to the city's first high-rise, the Woolworth Tower, Workspace has provided over 250 artists and writers with rare access to some of the city's most noted landmarks, which continue to challenge and inform their work. Workspace is now one of New York City's largest and most competitive residency programs for emerging artists and writers. It is a unique opportunity for professional development for artists who are at an early stage in their career and who are at a critical juncture in developing new work.

How do I apply?

Workspace is open to emerging and early-career professional artists and writers (including international artists and writers and collaborative pairs of no more than two (2) people) working in all disciplines. Visual artists can apply in Drawing, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Film/Video, Installation/Mixed Media, Sound, Performance and New Media/Computer Arts. Writers can apply in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Playwriting/Screenwriting, and Poetry.

Artists and writers are selected for one 9-month session by a panel of literary or arts professionals.

Applications usually consist of 2 parts, an Online Form and Mail-in Materials. In general, we ask for contact information; a Narrative Biography; an Artist or Writers Statement; a Proposal; names of 2 references (not letters of recommendation); a one-page resume; and supporting work samples in the form of jpegs, video on DVD, audio on CD, or writing.

For a list of past jurors, please click here.

Deadlines

To stay informed about all Workspace, Swing Space and Paris Open Calls and deadlines, please join our mailing list. There is usually one deadline per year for Workspace in the spring. The 2008-2009 deadline has now passed.