http://lmcc.net/multimedia Photos, Video, and Audio from LMCC Programs & Events en mai@lmcc.net Copyright 2012 2012-05-16T18:16:39+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/workspace_open_studio_weekend_2012/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/workspace_open_studio_weekend_2012/#When:18:16:39Z More than 700 visitors joined LMCC for the 2012 Workspace Open Studio Weekend! We were thrilled to present this group of 23 emerging visual artists- and writers-in-residence. In-residence from September 2011 - May 2012, the Workspace artists and writers worked in their studios, participated in weekly Salon Evenings, and developed a dialogue that will last well beyond the June end-date of their residency. Workspace 2012-05-16T18:16:39+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/kundiman_-_together_we_are_new_york_asian_americans_remember_and_re-vi/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/kundiman_-_together_we_are_new_york_asian_americans_remember_and_re-vi/#When:18:01:56Z Together We Are New York helped to ensure Asian American community voices were presented and shared as a vital part of the fabric of city memory and the nation’s journey forward. To remember the diverse communities affected by the events of 9/11, Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and promotion of Asian American poetry, engaged nine poets to interview Asian Americans on their experiences that day and in the decade since. The material was crafted into poems for a series of public performances and dialogues, uniquely combining historical documentation with artistic production and public engagement. The program opened with a performance on September 13 at Fordham University. Featured poets: Hossannah Asuncion, Tamiko Beyer, Marlon Esguerra, April Heck, Eugenia Leigh, Bushra Rehman, Zohra Saed, Purvi Shah, R.A. Villanueva Public funding for Together We Are New York is provided by LMCC’s Fund for Creative Communities, which is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, and by the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, which is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. InSite: Art + Commemoration 2012-05-14T18:01:56+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restricted_from_radio_row_to_the_freedom_tower/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restricted_from_radio_row_to_the_freedom_tower/#When:17:47:30Z The fourth Access Restricted From Radio Row to the Freedom Tower: Arts and the Evolution of Lower Manhattan was presented on April 18 at National September 11 Memorial & Museum Preview Site. Participants included Anita Contini (Arts and Culture Program, Bloomberg Philanthropies), Linda Shelton (Executive Director, The Joyce Theater), Eiko and Koma Otake (Artists), and Liz Thompson (Former Executive Director, LMCC; Founder, ArtfulAction Advisors/ArtfulAction Leadership Coaching). Access Restricted 2012-04-26T17:47:30+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restrictedat_the_intersection_art_money_and_politics1/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restrictedat_the_intersection_art_money_and_politics1/#When:17:29:07Z The third Access Restricted Art, Money and Politics program was presented on April 11 at Léman Manhattan Preparatory School. Participants included Jan Cohen-Cruz (Professor; Director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life), Randy Martin (Chair, Art and Public Policy at NYU), Morgan Jenness (Creative Consultant, Abrams Artists Agency), and Rachel Chavkin (Artistic Director, The TEAM). The event was moderated by Amy Whitaker (Art Business Faculty, Sotheby’s Institute; LMCC Writer in Residence; author, Museum Legs). Access Restricted 2012-04-26T17:29:07+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restricted_on_the_waterfront_re-imagining_the_east_river_waterfront_/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restricted_on_the_waterfront_re-imagining_the_east_river_waterfront_/#When:17:41:39Z The second Access Restricted program On The Waterfront: Re-Imagining the East River Waterfront Esplanade was presented on March 28 at Two Bridges Community Room. Participants included Julieanne Herskowitz (NYCEDC) and Jamie Chan (Senior Planner/Urban Designer, NYC Department of City Planning) Cathy E. Jones and Dana Getman (SHoP Architects), Dylan House (Program Manager, Hester Street Collaborative), and Victor J. Papa (President, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council). The event was moderated by Cassim Shepard (Editor, Urban Omnibus, The Architectural League of New York) Access Restricted 2012-04-24T17:41:39+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2012_manhattan_community_arts_breakfast/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2012_manhattan_community_arts_breakfast/#When:19:48:36Z We were thrilled to have an opportunity to meet over 120 recipients of the 2012 Manhattan Community Arts regrant programs as well as our program funders, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts and the 25 representatives of civic, community, and Manhattan arts organizations. Manhattan Community Arts Breakfast 2012-04-05T19:48:36+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restricted_the_sacred_and_the_secular_arts_and_community_at_trinity/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/access_restricted_the_sacred_and_the_secular_arts_and_community_at_trinity/#When:17:31:44Z The first Access Restricted program The Sacred and the Secular: Arts and Community at Trinity Wall Street was presented on March 21 at St. Paul’s Chapel, Broadway at Fulton Street. Participants included Julian Wachner (Director of Music and Arts, Trinity Wall Street), Du Yun (Composer), George Steel (General Manager and Artistic Director, New York City Opera) ,and moderated by Lara Pellegrinelli (Music journalist, regular contributor to NPR and visiting lecturer at Princeton University). Access Restricted 2012-04-02T17:31:44+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/workspace_open_studio_vip_preview_brunch/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/workspace_open_studio_vip_preview_brunch/#When:16:38:34Z More than 100 visitors attended the VIP Preview of Workspace Open Studios VIP event on Saturday, March 10 at 125 Maiden Lane, 14th Floor. We opened our doors for the first time this year for a VIP brunch and preview to get a behind-the-scenes look at the studio spaces of 17 visual artists and 6 writers and the work they have been creating in various media and genres since September 2011. Workspace 2012-03-21T16:38:34+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/video_the_cause_collective_the_truth_is_i_am_you/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/video_the_cause_collective_the_truth_is_i_am_you/#When:19:57:56Z A project by The Cause Collective, with work by Ryan Alexiev, Jim Ricks, and Hank Willis Thomas. Co-presentation with Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA). The exhibit was on view August 26-September 25, with the closing reception on Saturday, September 24. The Truth Is I Am You is a floating poem highlighting the practices of coexistence that exemplify culturally diverse communities like New York City. Lining the walls of the 2,000 square foot exhibition space, the poem starts with "The truth is I am you" and ends with "The truth is I love you" translated into the 24 most spoken languages in New York City. The poetry on the walls is installed along with silver helium inflated balloons floating in the gallery space. The audience is invited to contribute to the poem by writing their own truths on the surface of the balloons. Referencing Andy Warhol's “Silver Clouds”, which originally debuted in 1966, the piece attempts to use the exhibition space as a point of entry into other systems of considering who we are, what we value, where we come from, and where we are going. This program is part of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's InSite: Art + Commemoration, a series created around the tenth anniversary of 9/11 that invites artistic response to a decade of recovery and change in Lower Manhattan and beyond through exhibitions, performances, poetry, and ideas. The Cause Collective is a team of artists, designers and ethnographers creating innovative art in the public realm. Their projects explore and enliven public spaces by creating a dynamic conversation between issues, sites and the public audience. MoCADA is committed to fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of the arts and cultures of the African Diaspora as it relates to contemporary urban issues. The experiences and cultural contributions of people of African descent have been marginalized throughout history and MoCADA’s mission is to undertake the responsibility of rewriting that history in order to give a more accurate portrayal of the contributions of people of African descent to the artistic and global landscape. InSite: Art + Commemoration 2012-01-13T19:57:56+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2011_final_open_studios_in_building_110_at_governors_island/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2011_final_open_studios_in_building_110_at_governors_island/#When:15:20:51Z Over 250 visitors attended the 2011 Final Open Studios in Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island on Friday, December 9, 2011. Swing Space 2011-12-15T15:20:51+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/xu_bing_where_does_the_dust_itself_collect1/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/xu_bing_where_does_the_dust_itself_collect1/#When:16:51:17Z LMCC presented the first American installation of "Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?," a project by renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing that utilizes the dust that the artist collected from the streets of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11. Recreating a field of dust across a floor surface, punctuated by the outline of a Zen Buddhist poem, the work explored the relationship between the material and the spiritual world, and the complicated circumstances created by different world perspectives. The exhibit was on view September 8 through October 9, at the Spinning Wheel Building, 5 West 22nd Street. Presented in partnership with Museum of Chinese in America. InSite: Art + Commemoration 2011-11-10T16:51:17+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/jill_magi_-_slot/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/jill_magi_-_slot/#When:16:54:09Z LMCC and Ugly Duckling Presse celebrated the publication of SLOT, a new book by writer, poet and visual artist, Jill Magi. An experiential investigation of how we move through cultural landmarks and institutions, SLOT presents a lyrical and thinking response to official, landscaped memory. In the book, a person slips in and out of highly designed museums and memorials, looks for a mentor who is more than a tour guide, rebels during the official tour, and occasionally finds the lament she is looking for: in comparisons across history, in ambiguous photo sequences, and in poetry. The resulting text stages a quiet argument between the persistent urge to "slot" things—into narratives, frames, archives—and a clear view of what, by resisting, remains. Select passages were read by Joanna Sondheim, Johannah Rogers and Jill Magi. SLOT by Jill Magi was the closing event for Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's InSite: Art + Commemoration, a program that honors the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 by inviting artistic response to a decade of recovery and change in Lower Manhattan and beyond through exhibitions, performances, poetry, and ideas. InSite: Art + Commemoration 2011-10-14T16:54:09+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/srey_bandaul1/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/srey_bandaul1/#When:16:10:30Z On October 5, LMCC hosted "Looking at Angkor" by ACC Starr Foundation Visual Arts Fellow Srey Bandaul. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is pleased to be hosting Srey Bandaul through a new partnership with the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). Srey Bandaul is a Cambodian artist working in drawing, sculpture, and painting. International Residencies 2011-10-12T16:10:30+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/open_house_weekend_at_building_110_lmccs_arts_center_at_governors_island/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/open_house_weekend_at_building_110_lmccs_arts_center_at_governors_island/#When:16:45:29Z Visitors came out in full force for the closing weekend of Governors Island to see open studios and a gallery exhibition at Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island. Swing Space 2011-10-05T16:45:29+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/vip_reception/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/vip_reception/#When:15:15:42Z More than 100 guests joined LMCC's Board, staff, artists-in-residence, and Event Committee on Thursday, September 22, 2011 for a VIP Preview of Open Studio Weekend at Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island. Ferry service to and from Governors Island was generously provided by New York Water Taxi, the event's sponsor. LMCC’s Real Estate Committee: Frank Sciame, Sciame Development, Inc., Chair Eric Deutsch, Montparnasse 56 Francis Greenburger, Time Equities, Inc. Cherrie Nanninga, CBRE Event Committee: Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, El Museo del Barrio Matthew R. Bergey, CBRE Maura Buckley, New York Water Taxi Arana Hankin, Empire State Development Karen Holm, Goldman Sachs Newton Kershner, Aedas John Randolph, Sciame Development, Inc. Michael Rudder, Rudder Property Group Alexandra Sciame, Sciame Development, Inc. Fionna Sciame, Sciame Development, Inc. Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island 2011-09-27T15:15:42+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/poems_from_the_sky/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/poems_from_the_sky/#When:15:41:19Z The Family Program Poems From the Sky was inspired by the exhibition The Truth Is I Am You, a project by The Cause Collective, which placed speech bubbles of poetry in 24 different languages on the walls along with silver helium inflated balloons floating in LMCC's gallery at Building 110. Visitors were invited to contribute to the poem by writing their own truths on the surface of the balloons. Children made books in the shape of blimps and floated their own poetry on the balloons. InSite: Art + Commemoration 2011-09-22T15:41:19+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/kundiman_-_together_we_are_new_york_asian_americans_remember_and_re-vision_/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/kundiman_-_together_we_are_new_york_asian_americans_remember_and_re-vision_/#When:15:10:06Z Together We Are New York helps to ensure Asian American community voices are presented and shared as a vital part of the fabric of city memory and the nation’s journey forward. To remember the diverse communities affected by the events of 9/11, Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and promotion of Asian American poetry, engaged nine poets to interview Asian Americans on their experiences that day and in the decade since. The material will be crafted into poems for a series of public performances and dialogues, uniquely combining historical documentation with artistic production and public engagement. The program opened with a performance on September 13 at Fordham University, with additional performances and events to be scheduled. Featured poets: Hossannah Asuncion, Tamiko Beyer, Marlon Esguerra, April Heck, Eugenia Leigh, Bushra Rehman, Zohra Saed, Purvi Shah, R.A. Villanueva Public funding for Together We Are New York is provided by LMCC’s Fund for Creative Communities, which is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, and by the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, which is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. InSite 2011-09-20T15:10:06+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/ten_years_after_9_11_remembrance_and_reconciliation_through_poetry/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/ten_years_after_9_11_remembrance_and_reconciliation_through_poetry/#When:14:56:05Z Presented by Poets House and Trinity Wall Street in association with LMCC. Poets House and Trinity Wall Street, in conjunction with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, presented a reading by some of America’s leading poets as part of the 10th anniversary commemoration of 9/11. The event was held in the sanctuary of Trinity Church, located in downtown Manhattan, just a few blocks from Ground Zero. Poets Mark Doty, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Lawrence Joseph, Cornelius Eady, J. Chester Johnson, Martha Rhodes and others read poems of grief, remembrance and reconciliation. InSite 2011-09-20T14:56:05+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/xu_bing_where_does_the_dust_itself_collect/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/xu_bing_where_does_the_dust_itself_collect/#When:15:37:21Z LMCC presents the first American installation of "Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?," a project by renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing that utilizes the dust that the artist collected from the streets of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11. Recreating a field of dust across a floor surface, punctuated by the outline of a Zen Buddhist poem, the work explores the relationship between the material and the spiritual world, and the complicated circumstances created by different world perspectives. The exhibit is currently on view through October 9, 12pm - 6pm, Tuesday - Sunday at the Spinning Wheel Building, 5 West 22nd Street, between 5th & 6th Avenue. InSite: Art + Commemoration 2011-09-09T15:37:21+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2011_july_open_house_governors_island/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2011_july_open_house_governors_island/#When:15:14:49Z Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island opened its doors to the public in July 2011 for an Open House showcasing visual arts open studios, works-in-progress performances, and the opening of Mary Mattingly's exhibition The Investigation, Constitution, and Formation of Flock House. Swing Space 2011-08-05T15:14:49+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2011_governors_island_opening_weekend/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/2011_governors_island_opening_weekend/#When:14:52:30Z Building 110: LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island opened to the public in May 2011. Visitors enjoyed visual arts open studios, a gallery exhibition and works-in-progress performances. Swing Space 2011-08-05T14:52:30+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/barbara_cassidy/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/barbara_cassidy/#When:15:19:50Z Barbara Cassidy reads with performers from Anthropology of a Book Club, a play (Pts I & II). Open Studio Weekend 2011 2011-08-04T15:19:50+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/molly_prentiss/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/molly_prentiss/#When:15:17:30Z Molly Prentiss reads from When You Let Go Of My Hand It Is Like You Are A Thousands Miles Away, a novel. Open Studio Weekend 2011 2011-08-04T15:17:30+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/stephen_motika/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/stephen_motika/#When:15:15:08Z Stephen Motika reads from a forthcoming book of poems, Western Practice. Open Studio Weekend 2011 2011-08-04T15:15:08+00:00 http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/jibade-khalil_huffman/ http://www.lmcc.net/multimedia/project/jibade-khalil_huffman/#When:15:13:27Z Jibade-Khalil Huffman reads from James Brown Is Dead, a book of poems, and an untitled forthcoming manuscript from Fence Books. Open Studio Weekend 2011 2011-08-04T15:13:27+00:00