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Art News:
LMCC This Month: February 2010
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If you have trouble reading this email,
for the web version.
The Shining Mantis at LMCC creating Pandarok: The Birth of Kangis Khan
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Last week, we debuted our new website at
www.LMCC.net. It's easier to use, find what you want, and learn about what's going on at LMCC right now.
Our new website puts our most recent news and multimedia projects, as well as upcoming events, deadlines, and information sessions right on the homepage, making your most valued information a single click away.
If you haven't already,
check it out today!
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Please join us for the first evening in the winter series, featuring readings by today’s premier poets.
Molly Peacock and Terese Svoboda read their own work, as well as from their favorite poets.
Dates & Times
Tuesday, February 2, 6:30–7:30PM
Location
Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl Street
This event is FREE!
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Growing Secret, 2008 by SoukJin Park
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Korean-born visual artist SoukJin Park has spent the last two months in the LMCC Project Space developing pink ribbon, a sculptural installation and photography project exploring themes of innocence, sexuality, beauty, and
absurdity. SoukJin will open her studio for visitors, and will present a durational performance during the artist's reception. No RSVP necessary.
Dates and Times
Open Hours: Wednesday – Friday, February 10 - 12, 2-6PM
Artist's Reception and Performance: Friday, February 12, 6-7PM
Location
LMCC Project Space
125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
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Please join us for the first evening of the ever-popular Access Restricted: Law & Representation. Each event in the series will tie a theme to the site, featuring a talk by a distinguished legal professional, or scholar to
form an image of today’s legal environment and its affects on daily life and culture.
John Donohue III, Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law, Yale Law School, “Rethinking America’s Drug Policy”
Professor Donohue, an economist/lawyer, will take up a vexing yet pragmatic question: “are the gains reaped by decriminalizing illicit drug laws worth the cost of potentially increasing drug addiction at-large?” This
lecture will be taking place on the floor of New York City’s law making body. A site in which that body passed its landmark legislation: the designation of smoking areas in public places.
Date & Time
Wednesday, February 24, 6:30PM
Location
The New York City Council Chamber, New York City Hall
This event is FREE with RSVP; to RSVP and for information and
directions,
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Made possible with support from New York Council for the Humanities, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts.
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ARTIST RESIDENCIES |
Untitled (congratulations), 2007 by Matt Sheridan Smith
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LMCC, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of the City of Paris (Mairie de Paris), is pleased to announce that artist Matt Sheridan Smith has been selected for the 2010 Paris Residency Program. Matt will be in residence at the
Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France from March through August 2010.
Please visit our website for more information on
Matt Sheridan Smith and the
Paris Residency Program.
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Current Workspace Resident Amanda Mathis conducts a studio visit during a recent Salon Evening
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Deadline: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 5PM
Workspace is a nine-month studio residency program for emerging visual artists and writers focused on the creative process. Residents receive free studio space in Lower Manhattan for nine months, a modest one-time stipend
(depending on funding), access to a community of peers, meetings and studio visits with arts and literary professionals, and exposure to new audiences through open studios and other public programs.
More information about Workspace, including complete Application Guidelines, is
available on our website.
Info Sessions (suggested, not required)
RSVP for an information session by clicking on a date below:
Wednesday, February 17, 4PM at 125 Maiden Lane
Wednesday March 10, 7PM, 125 Maiden Lane
View the list of Workspace supporters.
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ARTS SERVICES |
Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento leading a workshop at LMCC in 2009.
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TNT: Training, Networking, and Talks
Led by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, Esq., Associate Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
How does law affect the making of art, and can art change the making of law? In this workshop, artist and lawyer Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento will talk about the interrelation between art and law. By focusing on his own art project which
explores art and law, Clancco.com, Sarmiento will speak about the most common legal issues that arise in the implementation of art projects, including the most recent and controversial legal cases affecting the art world. Copyright and
trademarks, right of privacy, contractual agreements and legal issues related to artist websites will be covered.
TNT: Training, Networking and Talks is supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and The Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Date
February 18, 6:30PM
Location
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
This workshop is free, but space is limited. Registrants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and will receive confirmation by email.
to sign up.
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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.
This e-newsletter is made possible with support from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Thank you to all of our supporters! View the full list
here.
LMCC is graciously supported by:
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10038
T: 212.219.9401
F: 212.219.2058
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