Abrons Arts Center

The Abrons Arts Center serves as the creative engine for the Henry Street Settlement, a social service organization established by nurse and activist Lillian Wald in eighteen ninety-three. Wald held the firm belief that artistic expression was essential to human well-being and should be accessible to everyone regardless of their financial status. Long before the current center was built, the settlement hosted music, pottery, and drama classes within the dining rooms and gyms of its local headquarters to provide immigrants and working-class families with a creative outlet. Continue