I hope this email finds you well. I’m pleased to announce that registration for LMCC’s Artists Summer Institute (ASI) series is now open. ASI is a five-day intensive professional development opportunity for artists. The program, created and developed in partnership between LMCC and Creative Capital, brings together both organizations’ programs to provide more comprehensive, arts-focused training, tools, and advice to help put artists on a path to greater sustainability and self-sufficiency. This year’s ASI will take place August 6–10, 2014, daily from 10:00am–6:00pm. A full five-day commitment to the series is mandatory for participation.
ASI is offered to artists free of charge, and space is limited to 55 participants. Due to high demand, eligible participants will be selected through a lottery process. Register here.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, June 25 at 11:59pm
Artists will be notified of their selection on Tuesday, July 8 via email. As always, there will be a waiting list in case of cancellation.
Also, stay tuned to learn more about our 2015 Manhattan Arts Grants application, which will also open in June.
Learn more about Artists Summer Institute here.
Learn more about our 2015 Manhattan Arts Grants, opening later in June, here.
And to close, a thought from one of our ASI alumni:
“The clearer my goals, the more opportunities I found and created for my work. I would say that tapping into the intersection between arts/social justice and the fight against HIV/AIDS for immigrants and people of color in the U.S. and New York in particular, became a goal that I was able to develop after applying the Strategic Planning workbook not only to my career but to my own life. I never thought the spirit of leadership could spring out of what I thought was my lonely artistic practice. ASI put my work into a larger context: life itself!”
– Orlando Ferrand
Warmly,
Kay Takeda
Director of Grants & Services
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
