History & Past Sessions
The History of Workspace
In 1997, LMCC’s then Executive Director Jenny Dixon launched World Views, an artist residency program at the World Trade Center in space donated by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. The pilot project provided studio space for 18 cityscape painters on several of the upper floors in both the north and south towers.
World Views evolved to include emerging visual artists working in a variety of media and genres, and over time became a program focused on professional development, building community, and public exhibits.
After the 2001 terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center, the residency program continued to evolve throughout spaces donated by generous real estate owners across Lower Manhattan. We expanded the residency from six to nine months; we inaugurated the Salon Evening series, introducing artists and writers to myriad arts professionals; and in 2003, the program name changed to Workspace.
Details about past sessions are available below; click on a session date for more information.
Workspace, 2006–Present
- September 2008 – May 2009
- 120 Broadway, 29th Floor and 77 Water Street, 10th Floor
- September 2007 – May 2008
- 200 Hudson Street, 4th Floor, the U.S. Custom House, and LMCC Project Space
- September 2006 – May 2007
- 120 Broadway, 8th Floor and 200 Hudson Street, 4th Floor
Residency Archive
- Workspace, 120 Broadway, 2004–2006
- 120 Broadway, 8th Floor
- Workspace, Woolworth Building, 2003–2004
- The Woolworth Building, 33rd Floor
- New Views, May 2002 – February 2003
- World Financial Center
- New Views, 2002
- DUMBO, Brooklyn
- World Views, 1997–2001
- 1 World Trade Center, 91st and 92nd Floors
