:Lower East Side Performing Arts, Inc.
a 501 (c) 3 tax-exempt not-for-profit organization
268 East Broadway Suite #A-1102
New York NY 10002
http://www.geocities.com/lesperformingarts
Contacts:
Elodie Lauten, Artistic Director 212-388-0202 Email: elauten@yahoo.com
Carolyn Ratcliffe, Development Director 212-674-4057 nymagnolia@minspring.com
Jeffrey James, Public Relations Director 516-586-3433 jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Mission Statement
i) To present the
music by composers whose work reaches beyond traditional forms
of expression and is important in terms of cultural evolution and music
history.
(ii) To form a new
type of performing arts company including not only musicians
and singers, directors, choreographers, composers, lyricists, poets and
writers,
but also visual artists, videographers and film makers
as well as web artists and artists working in emerging media,
and promoting a greater degree of diversity in casting.
(iii) To hold music competitions.
(iv) To reach the
public through events including but not limited to
concerts and theatrical performances,
educational workshops, internet weblogs, newsletters,
as well as the release of CDs, DVDs,
podcasts and other communication vehicles.
(v) To program events
in downtown Manhattan, to participate in the cultural renaissance
triggered by post-9/11 reconstruction efforts. To present events not only
in established venues
but in new locations including the internet, outdoor spaces, underserved
neighborhood
and other non-traditional venues in the New York metropolitan area
and virtually in any other location.
Downtown New York in flux, from our neighborhood's
old tenaments above
to the planned Freedom Tower
(architect rendering) below...
An official update from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Governor
George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael
Bloomberg recently announced the the Lower
Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC)
will award $27.4 million in cultural development
to 63 Lower Manhattan arts organizations
and projects. The grants are expected to
leverage more than $410 million in investments
for cultural institutions below Houston Street.
The LMDC Board of Directors approved a plan
for the grants, which range from $20,000 to
$2 million, at its meeting on March 9, 2006.
Governor
George E. Pataki said, "The commitment
of nearly $30 million in funding will go a
long way towards ensuring that Lower Manhattan
will not only be known as the world's financial capital, but as a landmark
cultural destination.
These new grants will bring a diverse and
broad range of cultural programming downtown continuing Lower Manhattan
transformation
into a 24/7 community. These insitutions will
serve to unite the local community, to educate,
inform and inspire visitors, as well as
animate and redefine the neighborhood."