AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Thursday, August 30, 2012, 5PM

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 1,000 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.

STEPS TO APPLY
STEP 1: READ

Applicants should begin by reading all program information on the Swing
Space Overview page, as well as by reading eligibility requirements and
Application Guidelines on the LMCC website before starting the application
process.

STEP 2: DEVELOP APPLICATION RESPONSES FOR SUBMISSION

Review the Online Application Form and develop responses and gather work
samples.

STEP 3: SUBMIT APPLICATION & WORK SAMPLE ONLINE

Submit your application responses along with your work samples in our Online
Application Form.

INFO SESSIONS
LMCC staff will review the Application Guidelines and answer questions about
the residency and the selection process. (Space is limited; attendance not
required.)

Thursday, August 9, 3PM at LMCC, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
Wednesday, August 15, 7PM at LMCC, 125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor

RSVP required.

LMCC Artist Residencies Supporters
LMCC's Artist Residency Programs are supported by Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Charina Endowment Fund, Cowles
Charitable Trust, F.B. Heron Foundation, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust,
Lambent Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Milton &
Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York Community Trust, and Pollock-Krasner
Foundation. Swing Space is supported by the Asian Cultural Council and Mertz
Gilmore Foundation.

LMCC's Artist Residency Programs are also supported, in part, by public
funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership
with the City Council; New York State Council on the Arts; and the National
Endowment for the Arts.

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has been a
leading voice for arts and culture Downtown and throughout New York City for
over 35 years, producing cultural events and promoting the arts through
grants, services, advocacy, and cultural development programs.

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