Details
Date(s)Sun, Mar 13, 2022
12:00pm
Contact
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Location
Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC
Overview
You're very welcome to a whole new Irish Arts Center: an institution transformed in our capacity to entertain, inform, explore, and amaze, but still to our core the same warm, hospitable home. Join us this St. Patrick’s season for a special Open Day with live music and dance, crafts, and a free sampling of our educational offerings.
“Irish Arts Center’s annual extravaganza ... An Irish favorite for kids and parents”—TIME OUT NEW YORK
Presented with generous support from the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of New York
SCHEDULE
CAFÉ
12pm
Music performance: Mia Theodoratus (harp) and Shane Kerwin (whistle)
1pm
Music performance: Pamela Jean Agaloos (vocals) and Matthew Diaz (guitar)
2pm
Music performance: Cleek Schrey (fiddle)
THEATRE
12pm
Music performance: IAC’s Community Céilí Band (traditional Irish music)
12:45pm
Dance performance and lesson: Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance (Irish step)
1:30pm
Music performance: The Down Hill Strugglers (American old time string band trio)
2:30pm
Film screening: U.S. premiere of Tírdhreacha agus Fuaimdhreacha (followed by Q and A with Clare Sands)
This short documentary gives a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of multi-instrumentalist and singer Clare Sands as she travels around the four provinces of Ireland and through the four seasons, working with four sets of collaborators to write new music.
3:30pm
Closing ritual: Welcoming the spring
Musician Clare Sands will teach an Irish language song featured in Tírdhreacha agus Fuaimdhreacha, and dancer Jonathan Matthews will lead the audience through creative movement prompts to help us dance and sing our way into the spring season.
STUDIO CLASSROOM
12pm-3pm
Arts & crafts
Explore the art of printmaking, discover the NYC Tree Alphabet by artist Katie Holten, and plant a clover to take home.
LIBRARY CLASSROOM
12:30pm-1pm
Sample class: Intro to the Irish language for kids
1:15pm-2pm
Sample class: Intro to the Irish language for adults
2:15pm-2:45pm
Sample class: Irish music education sampler for kids
(Learn about and listen to the harp, fiddle, and bodhrán)
3pm-3:30pm
Sample class: Irish music education sampler for adults
(Learn about and listen to the harp, fiddle, and bodhrán)
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
