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Irving Arts Center

Two theaters, five galleries, a sculpture garden and a walled courtyard on ten acres off MacArthur Boulevard. Eight resident companies perform here, the galleries rotate five shows at a time, and walking in to look at them costs nothing.

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  • Address 3333 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving
  • Galleries Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm
  • Admission Free to all five galleries
  • Campus Ten acres, two theaters

Plan your visit

Everything you need before you leave the house.

Hours, parking, accessibility and the phone number of a person who can help. On the current site these live on four different pages. Here they live on the page you are already looking at.

Hours today and every week

Galleries
Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm Free admission, no ticket needed
Box office
Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm to 5pm And one hour before every performance
Administration
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm East entrance only
Sculpture garden
Daylight hours, every day Outdoors, free, always open

(972) 252-2787 box office

(972) 252-7558 administration

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  • Parking

    Free surface parking on all four sides of the building, with the closest spaces on the north lot next to the main doors. Overflow parking sits across MacArthur Boulevard on performance nights.

    • Accessible spaces at the north and east entrances
    • No permit, no meter, no charge
    • Two electric vehicle chargers on the north lot

  • Accessibility

    The whole campus is step free from the parking lot to the theater seat. If something here is not working for you, the box office can arrange it by phone before you arrive.

    • Wheelchair seating in Carpenter Hall and the Dupree Theater
    • Assistive listening receivers at the box office, free
    • Large print gallery guides on request
    • Service animals welcome throughout

  • Getting here

    3333 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75062. Ten acres between MacArthur and the North Lake campus, roughly fifteen minutes from DFW Airport and twenty from downtown Dallas.

    • DART bus route 227 stops on MacArthur
    • Fifteen minutes from DFW International Airport
    • Signed from Highway 114 and Northgate Drive

  • Visiting with children

    Nobody is going to shush a four year old here. JumpstART runs on Wednesdays, Second Sunday Funday is free, and the courtyard is a fine place to let a small person run.

    • Strollers welcome in every gallery
    • Changing tables in both restroom blocks
    • Family programmes listed on the events calendar

On view now

Five galleries, five shows, no admission charge.

The galleries rotate independently, so there is almost always something new in at least one room. Walk in Tuesday to Saturday between noon and five, look at whatever is hanging, and leave. That is the whole process.

See exhibition dates and tours

  • Main Gallery

    Cultural Currency: Contemporary Art from the Riemer Collection

    Contemporary work from a private Dallas collection, hung across the largest of the five rooms. Free, like every gallery here.

    Artist
    Group exhibition
    Dates
    Opened 14 August
    Admission
    Free

  • Focus Gallery

    Imaginal

    A single artist given the whole room, which is what the Focus Gallery is for. Sculptural work built around change and emergence.

    Artist
    Brynn Higgins-Stirrup
    Dates
    Opened 14 August
    Admission
    Free

  • Carpenter Hall Lobby

    A Trail of Marvels: Popular Fiestas of Mexico

    Photography and objects from festival traditions across Mexico, hung where every theatre audience walks past it on the way in.

    Artist
    Travelling exhibition
    Dates
    Opened 25 July
    Admission
    Free

  • Dupree Lobby Gallery

    Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Quiche Through Illustration

    The Maya creation narrative told through contemporary illustration, in the lobby of the smaller theater.

    Artist
    Illustration
    Dates
    Opened 20 June
    Admission
    Free

  • Courtyard Gallery

    Beyond the Hours: The Art of IAC Teen Volunteers

    Work by the teenagers who spend their weekends running the front desk, the family days and the studio. They make things too.

    Artist
    Teen volunteers
    Dates
    Opened 23 May
    Admission
    Free

Guided gallery tours run on the first Saturday and the second Sunday of every month. No booking, no charge, meet a docent at the front desk.

The building

Two theaters, five galleries and ten acres you can book.

The Arts Center is a public building that also earns its keep. Capacities, technical specifications and current rates sit on the rentals page, and a quote request goes to a named member of staff rather than a shared inbox.

  • 712 seats

    Carpenter Performance Hall

    The main house. Proscenium stage, orchestra pit, full fly system and a lobby that holds a reception before the curtain.

    Used for Touring shows, symphony, dance, graduations, corporate meetings

  • 253 seats

    Dupree Theater

    The smaller room, built for work that needs the audience close. Flexible seating and a lobby gallery of its own.

    Used for Plays, chamber music, lectures, film screenings, recitals

  • Up to 300 standing

    Galleries and lobbies

    Five gallery rooms and two theatre lobbies that can be booked for receptions, with the current exhibitions still hanging.

    Used for Receptions, launches, award evenings, private views

  • Up to 400 outdoors

    Courtyard and sculpture garden

    Ten acres of campus with a walled courtyard at the centre. Tent capable, catering accessible, and free to walk through the rest of the time.

    Used for Weddings, festivals, markets, outdoor performance

Renting a space

Tell us the date, the room and roughly how many people. You get a quote with the rate, the technical staffing and the deposit written out, not a phone number and a wait.

Request a quote Technical specifications

Resident and partner companies

Eight organizations call this building home. Their seasons appear on the same calendar as everything else, and their tickets sell through the same box office.

  • Irving Symphony Orchestra
  • Irving Chorale
  • Lyric Stage
  • Irving Black Arts Council
  • New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving
  • Irving Community Theater
  • Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra
  • Entertainment Series of Irving