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Top 16 places in United States for Performance & Design
byShiry
Live update: Updated August 16, 2022Copy link
Copy link1. Pioneer Works
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ShiryPioneer Works is a cultural center dedicated to experimentation, education, and production across disciplines. Through a broad range of educational programs, performances, residencies, and exhibitions, Pioneer Works transcends disciplinary boundaries to foster a community where alternative modes of thought are activated and supported. We strive to make culture accessible to all. 85% of our funds are spent on free and affordable programs, across each disciplinary department and our community engagement team. This wide scope of accessible offerings attracts over 150,000 individuals per year to our building.
More info2. Hopkinton Center for the Arts
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe region’s cultural destination serving individuals of all ages, cultures, and artistic abilities across the MetroWest region, HCA develops artistic skills, offers outstanding artistic performances and exhibitions, and enables visitors to experience art in all forms. Under one roof, we celebrate art through classes and events in visual art, theater, music, dance, ceramics, writing, and film.
More info3. The Dalí Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Dali Museum shares an expertly curated collection of Salvador Dali works to delight and educate our visitors and provide unique inspiration for events, programs and special exhibits that allow us to serve as an active resource in the cultural life of our community and the world at large.
More info4. Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX)
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryElvis. Faulkner. Kermit. King. When it comes to arts and entertainment, Mississippi is a land of legends. Now it’s time to tell our story to the world. The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience, or The MAX for short, is dedicated to showcasing Mississippi’s arts and entertainment legacy, honoring our creative legends, and inspiring tomorrow’s artists to follow their dreams.
More info5. Walker Art Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
More info6. Harry Ransom Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Harry Ransom Center is an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum. Its extensive holdings provide a unique record of the creative process of writers and artists, deepening our understanding of literature, photography, film, art, and the performing arts. Thousands of scholars, students, and cultural enthusiasts from around the world study materials from the collections each year. These collections also inspire original exhibitions and programs that offer visitors opportunity for enrichment, discovery, and delight. The Ransom Center advances the study of the arts and humanities and fosters an environment where culture thrives.
More info7. Women & Their Work
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryWomen & Their Work is a visual and performing art organization that serves as a catalyst for contemporary art created by women. Since 1978, Women & Their Work has brought groundbreaking art to Austin, with exhibitions, performances, and educational workshops.
More info8. Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center is a beautifully remodeled historic building located at the base of the Grand Mesa in Western Colorado. The venue houses an art gallery, state of the art black box theatre and is a destination for art, performances and education. Every show in the Starr Family Gallery displays for eight weeks, so there is always something new to experience!
More info9. Lewistown Art Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Lewistown Art Center was established to bring art education and appreciation to our Central Montana communities. Located in the heart of Lewistown’s historic downtown district, this is the only art gallery and learning space of its kind for 100+ miles in any direction! We offer a full spectrum of youth and adult education programs in our Hands On Art classroom and clay studio, and regularly host community events celebrating regional arts and culture. The “Margie Wilkins Gallery” offers rotating exhibits of work by some Montana’s most renowned artists. The public is invited to join us for monthly Artist Receptions. Come meet the artists in person while enjoying complimentary refreshments, and browse the LAC Gift Shop, featuring handmade work by over 150 regional artists and craftspeople.
More info10. Flagstaff Arts Council
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Flagstaff Arts Council hosts ground-breaking art exhibitions, phenomenal performances and exciting events year round at the Coconino Center for the Arts. The Center boasts a 200 seat theater and two distinctive gallery spaces.
More info11. Asian Art Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Asian Art Museum holds one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world holding 18,000 objects spanning 6,000 years of history. With Asia as our lens and art as our cornerstone, we spark connections across cultures and through time, igniting curiosity, conversation, and creativity. Asia is not one place. The ideas and ideals that we call Asian are countless and diverse. Some of the works we display pre-date written history. Others were recently created. Many have connections to works from other continents and other millennia. We explore these links, provoking discovery, debate, and inspiration.
More info12. Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryCasa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente, California is south Orange County’s major cultural institution. We are enhanced by our location in a Spanish Colonial Revival registered historic landmark. Casa Romantica has developed a reputation for wide-ranging cultural programming, including music, art, dance, theater, horticulture, and a lecture series that bring international talent to south Orange County.
More info13. GRAMMY Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe GRAMMY Museum seeks to educate and inspire all Museum visitors and Members as to the enduring qualities and cultural significance of popular and classical music. By implementing a variety of innovative educational strategies; by incorporating the advice and needs of scholastic teachers, locally, regionally, and nationally; and by presenting the expertise of Recording Academy members, the GRAMMY Museum offers the most dynamic and exciting educational programs available from music museums today.
More info14. LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryLA Plaza de Cultura y Artes – LA Plaza – celebrates the past and inspires the future by sharing the untold stories about the history, culture, values, and traditions of Mexican, Mexican American, and all Latinos in the founding and continuing evolution of Southern California. We do this through compelling and culturally enriching exhibitions, educational programs, and public programming. We’ve welcomed visitors since 2011.
More info15. Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American art. MOLAA expands knowledge and appreciation of modern and contemporary Latin American art through its collection, ground-breaking exhibitions, stimulating educational programs and engaging cultural events.
More info16. Oregon Coast Council for the Arts
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe non-profit Oregon Coast Council for the Arts (OCCA) is based in the thriving central Oregon coast town of Newport.
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