Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island reopens to the public this weekend, May 26-27, for the 2012 season!

Access Restricted: Lower Manhattan Revealed - The Lenape: Lower Manhattan’s First Inhabitants

Combining archaeological and historical evidence with decades of firsthand ethnographic and linguistic research, this lecture covers the culture, prehistory, and history of the Lenape (Delaware Indians) in this region as well as their subsequent displacement and emigration to enclaves in Oklahoma, Ontario, and Wisconsin in the 18th and 19th centuries. Pershing Hall, one of the many historic buildings on Governors Island, features WPA murals depicting American military history.

Access Restricted: Lower Manhattan Revealed “Actions: What You Can Do With the City”

LMCC presents the second lecture of this year's Access Restricted series - "Actions: What You Can Do With the City" - a curatorial talk by Giovanna Borasi, Curator of Contemporary Architecture and Mirko Zardini, Director, both from The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), at 195 Broadway on Wednesday, February 2, 6:30PM.

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Artist Residencies Swing Space

Swing Space - Open Call for Applications

LMCC is currently accepting applications for Swing Space placement during 2012.

Residency Dates + Locations:

Visual Arts - Studio Space at Building 110: Residencies will take place in two five-month sessions between March - July 2012 and August - December 2012.
Performing Arts - Rehearsal Space in the Vaults: Residencies will take place in one of four staggered, overlapping six-month sessions between January - June 2012, March - August 2012, May - October 2012, and July - December 2012.

About Swing Space:

Swing Space is a project-based residency program that places visual and performing artists and arts groups in space for the development and presentation of new projects. Since its launch in 2005, Swing Space has placed over a thousand artists in more than 20 different locations throughout Lower Manhattan and on Governors Island all generously provided by the Downtown real estate community and LMCC's programming partners. Swing Space is designed to address short-term space needs for a wide range of projects, and to encourage creative, experimental and collaborative approaches to artistic practice in unconventional spaces.

More information about Swing Space including complete Application Guidelines is available on our website.

Application Information Sessions (Suggested, Not Required):

Attend an info session in our residency locations. LMCC staff will review the application guidelines and answer questions about the residency and the selection process.

A reservation is required. Space is limited.

Dates & Times:

Click links below to make a reservation.

Friday, June 17, 3PM at Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island
Thursday, July 7, 7PM at The Vaults at 14 Wall Street

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