Mike Nelson
A Psychic Vacuum

117 DELANCEY @ CORNER OF ESSEX ST., LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK CITY
SEPTEMBER 8 – OCTOBER 28, 2007
FRIDAY– SUNDAY, NOON - 6:00PM ADMISSION FREE.

(July 11, 2007 New York, NY) This fall, artist Mike Nelson transforms the disused interior of the Essex Street Market in NYC’s Lower East Side, taking audiences on an unexpected journey through reconstructed rooms, passageways, and meticulously assembled environments. Inspired by the building’s history, the surrounding neighborhood, the artist’s literary and cultural references, and the current social climate in the United States, the installation comes to life via materials gleaned from local salvage yards and debris from the market’s heyday. This site-specific project, the London-based artist’s first major installation in the U.S., will offer audiences an opportunity to explore a forgotten building, once a bustling part of the Lower East Side, which has been inaccessible to the public for the past thirteen years.

For more information visit http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/2007/nelson/

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The Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA), The Asian American Arts Alliance , The Harlem Arts Alliance, the Queens Council on the Arts, and the National Museum of the American Indian/ George Gustav Heye Center - in partnership with the Bronx Council on the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts – announce the continuation of their groundbreaking consortium grants program, the Urban Artist Initiative/New York City (UAI/NYC). Fellowship grants of $2,000 will be awarded to artists in all areas of visual, literary, and performing arts for individual artists of color that self-identify as of African, Asian, Latino, or Native American descent and who reside in one of the five boroughs of New York City. For additional information on UAI/NYC and a detailed calendar of UAI/NYC informational sessions, contact AHA at 212-876-1242, grants@latinoarts.org or visit AHA’s website at www.latinoarts.org.

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2006-2007 Workspace artist-in-residence, Lishan Chang, was featured in the Metro Section of The New York Times on Friday and in The New York Sun for his installation, LC Space@SSP, in "Float" at Socrates Sculpture Park last weekend.

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Check out an interview by LMCC's own Erin Donnelly who served as guest critic for Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning's solo show of Jose Ruiz, the "Descendants of Ascension" (DOA), July 14 -August 18, 2007. For the interview, go here: http://www.joseruizart.com/IMAGES/video/01_interview.mov
More info about the artist, can be found at: www.joseruizart.com and more about the show: www.jcal.org

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The Montana Artists Refuge, an artist-run residency program in Basin, offers one to nine-month residencies year-round. Residencies offer artists of all disciplines a supportive environment in which to create new work and explore new possibilities within a small community of other artists. Facilities include two spacious apartments with separate 20’ x 30’ studios, one soundproofed apartment for writers, musicians, composers, and one studio apartment for writers or other artists who require minimal space; all include full kitchen facilities, double bed, private phone and wireless internet access. The deadline for applications to the residency program from November 2007 through July 2008 is June 15, 2007. However, artists may contact us after this deadline for possible openings.

The Refuge has fully-funded residencies during the months of August, September and October of each year: an MFA Graduate Residency, in August, in collaboration with four Universities or Art Schools; the American Indian Artists Residency (AIAR) in September; and the Writers Residency in October. The participating graduate schools set the deadlines for the MFA residency. The deadline for AIAR applications is April 15, and for the Writers Residency, May 15.

MAR is located in Basin, a small town of 250 in the Rocky Mountains, halfway between Helena and Butte. Contact the Residency Coordinator, Debbie Sheehan, at 406 225-3500, email mar@mt.net, or visit www.montanarefuge.org for additional information and an application.

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FAR FIELD ARTIST RESIDENCIES Fall 2007
Field Artist Residencies offer free space to artists who work in the disciplines of dance, theater, music, text, performance art, and interdisciplinary forms. These residencies seek to supply artists with the resources to allow them to delve fully into the creative process without anxiety about the cost of their explorations.
To learn more visit www.thefield.org

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