As part of New York City’s Age-Friendly NYC initiatives, the Department of Cultural Affairs has worked with the City’s local arts councils and the Department for the Aging on Space for Art, a new program that makes free studio space available for artists in senior centers across the five boroughs. Through Space for Art, artists provide programming at their senior center in exchange for free work space.

Applications for participation are available through the local arts councils. Due dates vary (see below). Please alert the artists and teaching artists with whom you work about this exciting new opportunity.

Space for Art application links:

Bronx Council on the Arts
http://www.bronxarts.org/documents/SpaceforArt_001.pdf

Application due date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Brooklyn Arts Council
http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/1287

Application due date: Monday, January 11, 2010

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
http://www.lmcc.net/blog/2009/12/lmcc_seeks_applications_for_ne.html

Application due date: Monday, January 11, 2010

Queens Council on the Arts
http://queenscouncilarts.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160&Itemid=316

Application due date: Monday, January 11, 2010

Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island
http://www.statenislandarts.org/resource-flyers/Space%20for%20Art%20Call%20to%20Artists%20(2).pdf

Application due date: Monday, January 18, 2010

For more information, please visit the Department of Cultural Affairs website at http://nyc.gov/culture.