WAVE HILL ARTIST APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Sunroom Project Space Program
DEADLINE 4:30pm on May 11, 2007

Wave Hill’s Visual Arts Program presents the work of contemporary artists who engage in a dialogue with nature, culture and site. New and existing works are exhibited through the Sunroom Project Space Program, Glyndor Gallery, and generated@wavehill. Wave Hill is a public garden and cultural center that is dedicated to celebrating the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, preserving its magnificent views and exploring human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts. Through the sciences and the arts, Wave Hill, uses its 28 acres of gardens and woodlands overlooking the Hudson River as both a laboratory and a gallery. Established programs in Horticulture, Environmental Education, Woodland Management and the Arts offer workshops and presentations to a broad-based audience of school children, families, adults, and senior citizens. Over 100,000 visitors enjoy Wave Hill throughout the year.

Sunroom Project Space Program is a venue for New York area emerging artists to develop a special project or new body of work to exhibit in one of the two windowed sunrooms on the ground floor of Glyndor House. Five artists will be selected for solo exhibitions in the spring and fall of 2008. Work in all media will be considered and artists are encouraged to experiment with the parameters of traditional display and exhibition formats. The selected artists will have between 6 and 12 months to develop their ideas and to create new work for the project. The installation period is two days for most slots so the project needs to be installed and de-installed quickly. A meet-the-artist gallery talk will be scheduled for each artist. The selected artists will receive an honorarium of $1,500.

The sunroom and sun porch of Glyndor House are both approximately 16’ square and 10.5’ in height. The white sunroom room has very hard plaster walls, with pairs of arched windows on two sides, and arched glass doors that open to the sun porch, the fourth wall has a door to the other galleries. There is a brown ceramic tile floor. The sun porch has windows on two sides with two brick walls, a stone floor, and skylights. This room is only available for the first period in September. Both rooms have magnificent natural light and cannot be completely darkened for video projection.

Proposed Exhibition Periods: March 2 – April 13, April 17 – May 28, September 13 – October 15, October 18 - December 16, 2008

Eligibility: Open to emerging artists with a record of solid achievement and potential, for whom this opportunity might contribute to professional advancement; and who are not represented by a commercial gallery, not student, and have not previously shown at Wave Hill. Because we encourage artists to spend time at Wave Hill developing their ideas, artists should live in a 50-mile radius of the Bronx.

Application Process: Applications with initial concepts are due on May 11. At this point, Wave Hill is more interested in your approach to working there and how you would like to use the space than the actual outcome of the project. A jury of three artists who have exhibited at Wave Hill will review the submissions and recommend a short list for the curators to meet here or in the artists’ studios. The curators will balance approaches and schedules to make a final selection. Decisions will be made by the end of August, 2007, and all artists will be contacted at that time.

Interested artists are strongly encouraged to visit Wave Hill before submitting an application. Information sessions with the curator will be held on Sunday April 29 at 12:30. Currently the work of Peter Gerakaris is on view until April 15, and Pedro-Cruz Castro’s exhibition opens on April 20. The sunroom will be closed from April 14-19.

Sunroom Project Space Submission Deadline:
May 11, 2007 must be received by 4:30pm
Applications may be submitted via mail, email, or in person.
Click here for application form, guidelines, and photographs of past exhibits.

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Sunroom Project Space Program at Wave Hill in the Bronx: Deadline May 11, 2007.

Sunroom Project Space Program: is a venue for New York area emerging artists to develop a special project or new body of work to exhibit in one of the two windowed sunrooms on the ground floor of Glyndor House. Five artists will be selected for solo exhibitions in the spring and fall of 2008. Work in all media will be considered and artists are encouraged to experiment with the parameters of traditional display and exhibition formats. The selected artists will have between 6 and 12 months to develop their ideas and to create new work for the project. The installation period is two days for most slots so the project needs to be installed and de-installed quickly. A meet-the-artist gallery talk will be scheduled for each artist. The selected artists will receive an honorarium of $1,500.

Wave Hill's Visual Arts Program presents the work of contemporary artists who engage in a dialogue with nature, culture and site. New and existing works are exhibited through the Sunroom Project Space Program, Glyndor Gallery, and generated@wavehill. Wave Hill is a public garden and cultural center that is dedicated to celebrating the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, preserving its magnificent views and exploring human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts. Through the sciences and the arts, Wave Hill, uses its 28 acres of gardens and woodlands overlooking the Hudson River as both a laboratory and a gallery. Established programs in Horticulture, Environmental Education, Woodland Management and the Arts offer workshops and presentations to a broad-based audience of school children, families, adults, and senior citizens. Over 100,000 visitors enjoy Wave Hill throughout the year.

Proposed Exhibition Periods: March 2-April 13, April 17-May 28, September 13-October 15, October 18-December 16, 2008

Visit http://www.wavehill.org/arts/artist.html for full details.

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Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders seeks to sublet a private
two-person office in South Street Seaport area of approximately 100 square
feet. The space has a large window, high ceilings, wood floors and a view
of the Brooklyn Bridge. $650 covers rent, shared reception area, 24/7
access to building, DSL, brand new a/c unit in room and all utilities. One
block from A, C, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5 subway lines. Available from April 1
through December 2007 with option to renew. Contact: info@manoamano.us

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We're Lookin' for a Music Programs Intern

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is seeking a creative, energetic and hard-working Music Programs Intern to work closely with the Producer of Art & Music Programs to produce the Council's summer music projects.

This internship will offer significant responsibility and valuable hands-on experience in an arts organization. The ideal candidates are highly organized, efficient, and have some knowledge of New York City's music/art scene.

THE INTERN WILL:
- Attend LMCC cultural events, and provide support in all areas of production including creative strategizing, scheduling, artist wrangling, and site set-up and break-down.
- Communicate with marketing team on event needs such as signage and web-content
- Assist in some basic graphic design projects
- Communicate with vendors and partners (in-kind sponsors, event site, etc.)

AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S TEAM, INTERNS WILL:
- Receive a monthly stipend and/or university credit.
- Have access to all LMCC events, including launch events, performances, and receptions.
- Gain first-hand experience working with production, design, and promotions in non-profit arts environment.
- Meet and work with artists
- Learn from young and energetic arts professionals

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Undergraduates in the fields of Fine Arts, Music Production, or similar
- Independent, hard-working, organized, and experienced with a background or strong interest in the arts and event production;
- Strong office and administrative skills; Computer experience including MSOffice, Illustrator, Excel; MAC proficiency a plus
- Available some nights and weekends for openings, special events, and performances
- A willingness to be out of the office much of the time, whether at gallery spaces or outdoor performances.
- Strong writing and communication skills
- Available 20+ hours per week
- Open attitude and sense of humor are as strongly valued as work ethic

Please submit a cover letter, writing sample, and recent resume via email or fax to:
Ken Beasley, Producer of Arts & Music Programs
kbeasley@lmcc.net
fax: 212. 219. 2058
We apologize, but we are unable to respond to all applications.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is the leading voice for arts and culture in downtown New York City, producing cultural events and promoting the arts through grants, services, advocacy, and cultural development programs.

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Asian Women Giving Circle announces a Request for Proposals for Asian American women-led projects that use the tools of culture, the arts and education to raise awareness and catalyze action around issues that affect Asian American communities. Grants of up to $15,000 will be made for 4-6 projects taking place in New York City.

Proposals are due by e-mail to Sandy@apip.org by 5pm, Pacific Standard time on Friday, March 16, 2007. For a complete application, and information about the mission and history of Asian Women Giving Circle, go to www.aapip.org

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Sally Gross, a 2007 Manhattan Community Arts Fund grant recipient, is reviewed by The New York Times.

March 3, 2007
Dance Review | 'Sally Gross and Company'
An Ordered World Defined With Soothing Spareness

By GIA KOURLAS
The soberly detailed work of Sally Gross, who began making dances in the 1960s, has a calming effect on the nervous system. Her dancers, connected like invisible links in a chain, forge units by the intensity of their silent, concentrated breath. But while Ms. Gross’s dances convey peaceful states, they exist in a realm as severe as it is serene. Her choreography, demonstrated on Thursday at the Joyce SoHo in a selection of solos and group works, remains blessedly hard-core. There are no cute antics or silly props — only vigorous attention to rigor.

The program, which features two premieres — “Songs,” a solo, and “The Pleasure of Stillness,” a quartet — is founded on the notion that less is more. Ms. Gross, a minimalist choreographer whose dances are enriched by the sapphire and violet lighting of her longtime collaborator, Blu, performs each of the three solos, including the riveting “Songs.”

Set to Leonard Cohen’s “Tower of Song” and “Chelsea Hotel No. 2,” “Songs” starts as Ms. Gross steps onto a horizontal patch of white light. As the lyrics begin with, “Well my friends are gone, and my hair is gray,” Ms. Gross slowly arches a foot while subtly twisting her torso; with one hand on her abdomen, the other curls to clutch the side of her head. For all its limp weightiness, both physical and seemingly emotional, the solo, which emphasizes Ms. Gross’s long, bare feet and articulate fingers, is arrestingly cool.

In “The Pleasure of Stillness,” which features stark music by Robert Poss, the dancers Jamie Di Mare, Tanja Meding, Maria Parshina and Gabriela Simon explore the notion of twinning as they split off into duets, escape for brief moments and, like magnets, find themselves back in inescapable bonds.

Within this slightly harsh landscape, the silhouettes of the dancers slowly fade with the help of Blu’s silvery, pale lighting, tracing the outlines of figures in an ascetic world. One quality remains: for all its apparent austerity, Ms. Gross’s work simmers.

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