LMCC announces 2014 Manhattan Arts Grants

   

LMCC ANNOUNCES 2014 ARTISTS GRANTS

Connecting artists and audiences from Inwood to The Battery
MANHATTAN: ART HAPPENS HERE

LMCC offers direct financial support to artists and to arts and community organizations to share the experience of the arts with audiences on stages, in exhibition halls, classrooms, recreation rooms, public spaces, and unexpected locations across Manhattan. Each year we distribute approximately $500,000 to support hundreds of performing, literary, media and visual arts projects.

Visit our grant pages to read our application guidelines and to RSVP for an information session this summer.

MANHATTAN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION

Deadline: September 17, 2013 
City-funded grants of up to $5,000 for arts projects by individual artists and small nonprofit organizations in Manhattan.

For more information, please visit Manhattan Cultural Arts Fund

Young People’s Chorus, Credit: Stephanie Berger 

The Fund for Creative Communities
(The Fund)
Deadline: September 17, 2013
State-funded grants of up to $5,000 to artist-community partnerships and nonprofit organizations for arts projects that benefit Manhattan audiences.

For more information, please visit The Fund for Creative Communities

Apollo Theater and PS 154, Credit: LaRoche

Creative Curricula
Deadline: October 15, 2013 
Grants of up to $5,000 to teaching artists and arts organizations for in-school partnerships with Manhattan public schools to offer arts-education and integrated arts-in-education projects.

For more information, please visit Creative Curricula. 

Nicola Lervasi 

Information Sessions

Information sessions for MCAF, The Fund, and Creative Curricula are offered each summer in locations across Manhattan for artists, collectives, and nonprofit organizations interested in applying to our grant programs. Sessions include a review of the programs and useful information to help applicants put their best foot forward.

MCAF & The Fund
10 sessions offered July 9 – Sept 4
For full schedule and to RSVP – click here.
Attendance at an information session is required for first-time and returning applicants who have not attended in 2010 or later.  

Please note: the Tuesday, July 9, session at Chatham Square Library will be offered in Mandarin Chinese only
 
Creative Curricula
3 sessions offered July 23 – Sept 19
For full schedule and to RSVP – click here.
Attendance at an information session is required for first-time and returning applicants who have not attended in 2012 or later.