Firehouse Center For The Arts

1 Market Square
Newburyport MA 01950

Phone: 978-462-7336

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Description:
The mission of the Firehouse Center (Society for the Development of Arts and Humanities) is to advance the arts and humanities in the Greater Newburyport region by:
· fostering the growth and development of the individual artists and cultural organizations through its programs and services;
· stimulating understanding of and participation in the arts and humanities, and;
· presenting, sponsoring and producing a broad range of cultural, educational and artistic programs.
1991 heralded the Gala Opening of the Firehouse Center. Over the past eleven years, the Firehouse Center has been a hallmark of local culture and arts, drawing patrons from the local communities as well as a large tourist crowd in the spring, summer and fall. Programming is broad-based, and includes dance, music, theater, an art gallery, and a school show series.
New initiatives this past year include a Saturday Morning Family Series featuring interactive entertainment for young audiences and a Celebrity concert series to attract a more diverse audience. In January of 2007, we will feature our 4th annual New Works Festival, inviting writers throughout New England to submit works for staged readings. One of our important goals this year is to design programming that invites older adults in the community to be a key part of the "Arts-Inspired Gathering Place" of Newburyport!