Mission
PARK AVENUE ARMORY'S MISSION IS TO ENABLE A DIVERSE RANGE OF ARTISTS TO CREATE, STUDENTS TO EXPLORE, AND AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE EPIC, ADVENTUROUS, RELEVANT WORK THAT CANNOT BE DONE ELSEWHERE IN NEW YORK. WITH ITS SOARING 55,000-SQUARE-FOOT WADE THOMPSON DRILL HALL AND AN ARRAY OF EXUBERANT PERIOD ROOMS, THE ARMORY FILLS A CRITICAL VOID IN THE CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF NEW YORK, SUPPORTING UNCONVENTIONAL WORKS IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS THAT CANNOT BE FULLY REALIZED IN A TRADITIONAL PROSCENIUM THEATER, CONCERT HALL, OR WHITE WALL GALLERY. THE ARMORY HAS BEEN LAUDED AS "ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS ARTS PRESENTERS IN THE CITY, IF NOT THE COUNTRY" (WALL STREET JOURNAL), WITH THE NEW YORKER DECLARING THAT "THE ARMORY'S PROGRAMMING HAS BECOME ESSENTIAL TO THE NEW YORK LIFE." ALONGSIDE ADVENTUROUS ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING, THE ARMORY OFFERS CREATIVITY-BASED ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT NO COST TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FROM UNDERSERVED NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ARMORY ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEE