Irish Arts Center

founded in 1972, irish arts center is a new york-based arts and cultural center dedicated to projecting a dynamic image of ireland and irish america for the 21st century, building community with audiences of all backgrounds, and preserving the stories and traditions of irish culture for generations to come.our multi-disciplinary programming is centered around three core areas: performance - including live music, dance, theatre, film, literature, and the humanities; exhibition - including visual arts presentations and cultural exhibitions that tell the evolving irish story; and education, with dozens of classes per week in irish language, history, music, and dance.located in new york city, a global capital of arts and culture, irish arts center serves as a dynamic platform for top emerging and established artists and cultural creators to reach a new york, national, and global audience, and as a gateway for other institutions to access first-rate irish and irish american culture.