Special Projects

Out of Site

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of LMCC's artist residency program, Out of Site was a a series of guest curated exhibitions and special events that takes artists’ work out of the studio and brings audiences to several locations downtown to explore the program’s past and present.

Site Matters

Site Matters, published in 2004, is a book that chronicles LMCC’s residency program in the World Trade Center. Edited by Moukhtar Kocache and Erin Shirreff, Site Matters includes texts by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Erin Donnelly, Tom Healy, Moukhtar Kocache, Olu Oguibe, Liz Thompson, and Anthony Vidler and documentation of works by all participating artists.

Gulf Coast Residency

From November 2005 through May 2006, LMCC offered a temporary studio residency program in Lower Manhattan for 15 artists displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

MOVE: 133 Beekman

LMCC’s first performing arts residency, MOVE: 133 Beekman offered rehearsal space to six choreographers from January through May 2005. The residency culminated in a series of open rehearsals in May 2005.

International Residencies

Since 2006, LMCC has been proud to provide selected special residencies for international artists and arts managers.

Look & Listen »

Slideshows, Interviews, & Videos

John Burnside

Poems & Pints: John Burnside

John Burnside read selections from his “desirably scarce” collection, The Hunt in the Forest.

Meena Alexander

Poems & Pints: Meena Alexander

Meena Alexander read selections from her most recent collection Quickly Changing River as well as a few newer as-yet-unpublished pieces.

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