Project Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary arts centre based in
Temple Bar, Dublin, which hosts visual arts, theatre, dance, music, and performance.
History
Project Arts Centre was founded by Jim FitzGerald and Colm O'Briain in 1967 after a three-week festival at the
Gate Theatre
The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928.
History Beginnings
The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochla ...
in 1966. Project Arts Centre was the first such arts centre in Ireland.
The Centre had several homes before it opened for business in a converted factory on East Essex Street in 1975,
after numerous issues regarding funding. This building was demolished in 1998 and a new purpose-built space containing two auditoriums, a gallery and a bar opened on the same site in 2000,
as part of the second phase of the regeneration of Temple Bar. The presence of the Centre, along with a number of other cultural institutions in Temple Bar, such as
Irish Film Institute
The Irish Film Institute (IFI; ), formerly the Irish Film Centre, is both an arthouse cinema and a national body that supports Irish film heritage. The IFI presents film festivals, retrospectives and curated seasons, along with independent, I ...
, the
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Black Church Print Studios, the Gallery of Photography, and
Temple Bar Music Centre (now the Button Factory), inspired the regeneration of the area as a cultural quarter.
The Centre
The centre has been a venue for many of the city's performing arts festivals, including the Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin Writers Festival,
Dublin Fringe Festival
The Dublin Fringe Festival is an annual curated arts festival in Dublin, Ireland focusing mainly on theatre. The festival allows artists to submit their work via an application which is subsequently reviewed by the programme manager. The festiva ...
and
Dublin Theatre Festival. Since the Irish recession there has been an emphasis on cross-cultural productions.
In 2018,
street artist Maser painted a mural in support of the
Repeal the 8th "
pro-choice
Abortion-rights movements, also self-styled as pro-choice movements, are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion. They seek to represent and support women who wish to terminate their ...
" campaign, but the Centre was pressured by the Irish Government to paint over it.
References
External links
Project Arts Centre's website
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Art museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland
Arts in Dublin (city)
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Contemporary art galleries in Ireland
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