Community based, the Erin Arts Centre is the only Centre of
its kind on the Isle of Man, serving an Island population of over
72,000 people and providing an essential and unique key to access
to, and participation in, arts-based activities and interaction
between fit and well, young and elderly, disadvantaged and
disabled people. With its multifunctional areas, the Centre is
the only accessibly local venue with appropriate facilities for
the cultural enrichment of people with talents and interests
across a whole spectrum of crafts (for example, embroidery,
floral art, wood-turning), music, drama, visual arts and the co-related
arts, whereby performance and participation can be encouraged and
advanced.
Since the Centre's foundation in 1971, it has fulfilled a
unique and important role as a venue for music and theatre and
has received international recognition as home to such
prestigious events as the annual Mananan International Festival
of Music and the Arts and the triennial Lionel Tertis
International Viola Competition and Workshop.