Help California Irish Arts secure a home!

Over the last 10 years, California Irish Arts has been renting various spaces throughout Los Angeles to host Irish culture summer camps, weekend workshops, rambling house events, music lessons, Gaelic athletics, and trips to Ireland. We have finally found a space we’d like to call our own and setup our extensive Irish library, family games center, and host Irish language and music classes for kids and adults. We need help raising funds before the space gets swooped up! We applied for federal non-profit in 2018, and then Covid slowed us down. We’ve been building back up and received our state non-profit status in January (6555919) and are waiting to hear back about federal 501c3. The deposit and first two month’s rent are $4062 total. We have lots of moving and startup expenses, are hoping to gain support to open our very own California Irish Arts Center in the South Bay of Los Angeles! We regularly partner with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann, Conradh na Gaeilge, and the Orange County Wild Geese Gaelic Athletic Association to host events and are hoping to offer this space to all for continued preservation and promotion of the Irish cultural arts in California.

All donors will receive recognition in CIA decor, an invitation to the grand opening, and a free gift from the California Irish Arts community. Some donations will include California Irish Arts membership!

All members receive free entry to the new California Irish Arts Center, free Rambling House tickets, free 1-week Irish library book rentals, and free access to onsite Irish games and activities during CIA open hours.

Our goal is to have a soft opening and belated Beltaine celebration May 15th with a hard Lughnasa launch once we’re fully decorated August 1st, with your help.

California Irish Arts Membership Levels:

$25 California Irish Arts Individual Membership, One Month

$50 California Irish Arts One Month Family Membership

$100 Friend of the California Irish Arts, Inaugural 3 Month Family Membership Discount

$250 California Irish Arts Partner, 6 Month Family/Partner Membership

$500 Patron of the Irish Arts, One Year Family Membership

$1000 California Irish Arts Center Benefactor, 3 Year Family Membership

$3000 California Irish Arts Center Corporate Sponsor, 5 Year Family Membership & Promotional Package

We are also looking for volunteers to man the door so that we may be open 7 days/week.