{"id":1408,"date":"2021-11-26T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/11\/26\/irish-arts-center-announces-opening-of-new-building\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:40:00","slug":"irish-arts-center-announces-opening-of-new-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/11\/26\/irish-arts-center-announces-opening-of-new-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Arts Center Announces Opening of New Building with Camille O\u2019Sullivan\u2019s “Where Are We Now?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Irish Arts Center has announced the opening of their new building with Camille O’Sullivan’s “Where Are We Now?\u201d on December 4, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Irish Arts Center<\/a> (IAC), which was founded in 1972, is based in New York City and is known for presenting dynamic, inspiring, collaborative experiences of the evolving arts and culture of Ireland and Irish America in an environment of warm Irish hospitality. The new center will be opening its doors to its long-heralded new home, a 21,700 square foot hub for the arts at 726 11th<\/sup> Avenue, with a monumental inaugural season of programming. The season of programming will run from December 4, 2021 to December of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irish Arts Center Executive Director Aidan Connolly spoke on the new building saying, \u201cThe new Irish Arts Center is a dream realized and a tribute to the broad coalition of people in New York and Ireland who have brought it to life, at a time when we so eagerly need a place to come together with inspiration and hope. But it\u2019s only the beginning. Our opening season is a statement of promise and possibility. We invite artists and audiences of all backgrounds to see themselves in this welcoming new home.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new building was designed by New York-based architects Davis Brody Bond who is known for his work on the National September 11 Museum and The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center. Davis Brody Bond designed the building with consultation and support from Ireland\u2019s Office of Public Works, the new Irish Arts Center is an historic collaboration between the people of Ireland and New York, signifying a new era in the cultural life of the global Irish diaspora, and providing an important new canvas for the development and presentation of the performing arts in New York City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irish Arts Center has operated for decades within New York\u2019s Off-Off Broadway theatre landscape from the humble three-story tenement at 553 West 51st<\/sup> Street in Hell\u2019s Kitchen originally. As part of the evolution of the neighborhood, in 2006 the organization was given an opportunity to potentially acquire the site of Cybert Tire, on a city-owned property on 11th<\/sup> Avenue, adjacent to Irish Arts Center\u2019s current home. From this, the Irish Arts Center undertook an ambitious transformation into a vital, inclusive multidisciplinary institution deeply integrated into the cultural ecosystems of Ireland and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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