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This Month at LMCC –
October 2019

Save the Date:
Open Studios + the Take Care Series
LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island
Saturday, October 19
12PM-5PM
There's only a few weekends left to explore LMCC's Arts Center at Governors Island

On Saturday, October 19, meet LMCC’s artists-in-residence at Open Studios for a behind-the-scenes look at their work and practice.

Check out
 inaugural exhibitions Yto Barrada with guest artist Bettina and Michael Wang, and take part in an array of art-making and movement workshops connecting the idea of curation with care for oneself, others, and the planet. Also returning is Olafur Eliasson's Little Sun Sunlight Graffiti, back by popular demand!
(photos from our 9/28 event here!)

All events are free and all are welcome!
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Through events and participatory programs for all ages, The Take Care Series offers audiences an opportunity to experience the art, explore one’s own creative potential and carry the work beyond the island. Join us this Saturday, October 12 for a talk with Soul Fire Farm and a hands-on workshop with Pathway to Paris merging art and climate change activism.

Talk: Soul Fire Farm, Farming While Black: Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty

Saturday, October 12 from 2pm - 3pm
Studio A2, Upper Level

Learn how you can be part of the movement for food sovereignty and help build a food system based on justice, dignity, and abundance for all in this talk with Soul Fire Farm's Amani Olugbala. Click here to RSVP.


 

Workshop: Pathway to Paris, Reimagining New York 2040

Saturday, October 12 from 2pm - 5pm
Café

Pathway to Paris presents a family workshop filled with hope and direct action towards a better future. Create your vision of a renewable NYC through collaborative drawing, collage and text in tandem with the 1000 CITIES Initiative for Carbon Freedom. Drop-ins welcome!


 
This week, LMCC welcomed our 2019-2020 cohort of Workspace artists-in-residence into their studios on the 12th floor of 101 Greenwich. LMCC's flagship residency program, Workspace, is a 9 month studio based program that focuses on the creative process and cohort development of emerging artists. Learn more about LMCC's Workspace Artists here.

Sonia Louise Davis
Gabriel Garcia Román
Beatrice Glow
Sara Jimenez
Zaq Landsberg
Kevin Quiles Bonilla

Naomi Safran-Hon
Amy Lee Sanford
Sydney Shen
Christine Wong Yap
Zac Hacmon (On-Site Assistant,
Workspace 2018-2019)

SU-CASA Applications Open on October 21
SU-CASA is a community arts engagement program that places artists and organizations for six months at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. LMCC is proud to administer 20 residencies for individual artists on behalf of the borough of Manhattan. To learn more about SU-CASA, visit our website here.
October Events by LMCC Grantees
Support LMCC's Manhattan Arts grantees by attending a range of events from exhibitions and plays to concerts and cultural festivals. Read more about upcoming grantee events this month here.
Alumni Highlight
La MaMa presents the world premiere of Paul David Young's play All My Fathers through October 20. The tragicomedy 
centers on the life-changing declaration by Young’s elderly mother that he is the bastard son of the family pediatrician. All My Fathers was developed during Young's LMCC Process Space residency on Governors Island in 2015. Tickets and more info here.
If you are an LMCC alum, we'd love to hear about your upcoming events and performances! Please email JoAnn Castillo at jcastillo@lmcc.net. 
News
Could New York’s Governors Island Become A Hub For Contemporary Art?

"The goal is to get art aficionados—and anyone else taking the short ferry trip from lower Manhattan—to ponder on the state of the world today. 'How can we better care for ourselves, those around us and the planet as a whole?' says Lili Chopra, co-Executive Director of LMCC.
–Forbes
New York City Wants to Put a Climate Change ‘Laboratory’ on Governors Island

The New York Times reports: Governors Island could host a major center for climate adaptation research, commercialization, conversation and policymaking.
Open House New York Weekend

 Every October, Open House New York Weekend unlocks the doors of New York’s most important buildings, offering an extraordinary opportunity to experience the city and meet the people who design, build, and preserve New York. Plan your weekend here.
Friends of LMCC are the first to experience our innovative programming and have many benefits, including insider access to the arts through special programming and events produced by LMCC!
 
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Photo credit: LMCC's Arts Center residents' studios, including Leah Raintree, Brendan Kiely, Aviva Rahmani, Ander Mikalson, and Amy Khoshbin. Photo by Brian J. Green; Photo courtesy of Soul Fire Farms; Image courtesy of Pathway to Paris; Photo by Sophie Lam; Photo by Emerson Chang; Photo courtesy of Ellen Jacob; Photo courtesy of La MaMa; Photo by Nadja Sayej, courtesy of Forbes; Photo by Mark Wickens, courtesy of The New York Times; Photo by Zachary Tyler Newton.
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