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Irish Arts Center

Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
212-757-3318

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 artists and audiences of all backgrounds, forging and strengthening cross-cultural partnerships, and preserving the evolving 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.


Upcoming Events at Irish Arts Center

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 7:30pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 7:30pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 8:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Friday, May 23, 2025 at 8:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 2:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 8:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 2:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 7:30pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 7:30pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 8:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Friday, May 30, 2025 at 8:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 2:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 8:00pm
New York, NY
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Performance - The United States vs Ulysses

Recent News

Performance - The United States vs Ulysses at Irish Arts Center

By Colin Murphy Directed by Conall Morrison From Once Off Productions Presented in association with The Brandt Jackson Foundation It’s 1933, and James Joyce’s sexually explicit Ulysses has been banned in the U.S. for a decade. But…

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Irish Arts Center Honors Meryl Streep at 25th Annual Gala

IRISH ARTS CENTER TO HONOR MERYL STREEP, 3-TIME ACADEMY AWARD WINNER AND 21-TIME NOMINEE, AT 25th ANNUAL SPIRIT OF IRELAND GALA Irish Arts Center is thrilled to announce the iconic screen legend Meryl Streep, a three-time Academy Award winner…

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2024 Malaprop: Hothouse at Irish Arts Center

Malaprop, one of Ireland’s most talked-about emerging theatre companies, makes its U.S. debut with HOTHOUSE. Awarded Best Production at the 2023 Dublin Fringe Festival, this zany, poignant story of love, loss, and legacy is set on an Arctic…

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Irish Arts Center Announcing Its Fall 2024 Season

On July 29th, we are delighted to announce another exciting and eclectic fall season of programming, celebrating a wide range of work pushing boundaries in music, dance, theatre, visual art, literature, and spoken word. We're presenting the American…

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Learn Music, Dance, The Irish Language and More This Spring

Inspired by a St. Patrick's Day parade you attended and looking to pick up Irish dance or a tune? Look no further: IAC offers more than 40 virtual and in-person classes in Irish arts and culture, including step dance for both adults and kids,…

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Spring Into a New Season of Learning; Registration is Open for Our New Term of Classes

Spring 2024 Classes Spring forward in your educational journey - and make new friends while you’re at it! This season, continue the pursuit of your artistic passions or pick up a new instrument, dance step, language, or literary interest. Our…

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Bark of Millions and IAC Partnerships and Residencies

Spring 2024 Partnerships & Residencies Bark of Millions, Taylor Mac and Matt Ray's epic rock meditation on queerness produced by Pomegranate Arts, opened this week at BAM and runs through Saturday. We are proud to have been part of its journey…

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Irish Arts Center Presents 'Reclaiming a Space': Building-Wide Visual Arts Exhibition

Our spring visual arts exhibition features four women artists from Ireland and the diaspora whose work explores notions of home, place and displacement, and identity through different media and styles within the practices of abstract art.…

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Irish Arts Center Casting Announces for 'Agreement'

Casting Announcement AGREEMENT BY OWEN MCCAFFERTY APRIL 11 - MAY 12, 2024 We are thrilled to announce the cast for our upcoming presentation of Agreement, a production of the award-winning Lyric Theatre, Belfast, which comes to New York…

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Irish Arts Center News - January 22, 2024

Winter Term Kicks Off NOW Don't miss out! Our virtual and in-person classrooms open this week for a new term. See all that’s on offer below, and enroll today to join our vibrant student community this winter. REGISTER Classes at a…

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Irish Arts Center News - January 17, 2024

Last night in Dublin, President Michael D. Higgins presented our Executive Director Aidan Connolly and Vice Chair Pauline Turley with the Presidential Distinguished Service Award at Áras an Uachtarain. Aidan and Pauline were honored for…

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Irish Arts Center News - January 16, 2024

The countdown to winter classes starts now! Our new term of Irish dance, music, language, and theatre education kicks off on Monday, January 22, with 40+ online and in-person offerings. Enroll today. REGISTER GUITAR NYC based guitarist Colin…

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Irish Arts Center News - January 8, 2023

Chart-topping Irish artist Lisa Hannigan makes her long-awaited return to the U.S., local favorite Jenna Nicholls headlines our annual Imbolc family concert, Niall Connolly and guests play a new series of Big City Folk Song Club, and Tony DeMarco…

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Registration is Open for Winter 2024 Classes!

Shine some light on these midwinter days and fill your evenings with music, dance, language and theatre! Our new term of education is open for enrollment, with online and in-person offerings across disciplines. Classes start week of January 22. …

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Announcing Our Spring 2024 Season and The JL Greene Theatre

Irish Arts Center Spring 2024 Season Our new season features major new works spanning theatre, dance, performance, literature, visual arts, and more, including the high stakes political drama of Owen McCafferty's Agreement, from the Lyric…

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Irish Arts Center Honors Stephen Colbert And Kathleen Lynch

Irish Arts Center is thrilled to announce Emmy award-winning comedy icon and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert and former UBS Americas and Wealth Management Americas chief operating officer Kathleen B. Lynch as honorees of our 2023 Spirit of…

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Irish Arts Center - Lift Your Heart And Tickle Your Brain

Dear Americantowns, Every now and then a performance comes along that lifts you up and out of yourself, and reminds you of the big and simple questions in life. Ten years ago, the wonderful Mikel Murfi, well known for his…

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Irish Arts Center News - September 20, 2023

Throughout our history, Irish Arts Center has sought to support the generative process of artists across disciplines, a sense of mission renewed with the opening of our new home: a state-of-the-art canvas for building community, and making and…

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Fall Classes Start This Week! Last Chance to Register

Irish Arts Center offers both in-person and online instruction in music, dance, language and storytelling, welcoming arts and culture enthusiasts near and far to join us in the environment that works best for you. So whether you’d like to…

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Irish Arts Center News - September 5, 2023

What's Your Artistic Journey? Jump into fall with a new creative adventure! With just two weeks until our new term begins, now is the time to decide where next to take your artistic journey. Keep scrolling for class spotlights and our full…

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Irish Arts Center Fall Classes 2023

Secure Your Spot! Our small class sizes allow IAC students to create meaningful connections with enthusiastic peers and expert instructors—and also means spots fill up fast! Register soon to join our next cohort of Irish language, dance,…

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Irish Arts Center News - July 27, 2023

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Irish Arts Center - Registration is Open for Fall 2023 Classes!

Explore the arts and culture of Ireland this fall! Irish Arts Center's education program offers more than 40 virtual and in-person classes in Irish music, dance, language, and literary and theatre arts each term, with options for everyone from the…

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Irish Arts Center Announcing Our Fall 2023 Season!

Our New Season On Sale Now Fresh off our acclaimed sell-out run of Good Vibrations, we are delighted to announce an eclectic new season of theatre, music, dance, visual arts, film, literature and more, in experiences both intimate and expansive,…

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