About

To inspire and enrich the lives of the residents of New Albany and surrounding communities in central Ohio, this center of artistic excellence will foster an appreciation of the arts and culture by providing lifelong learning opportunities through education, exposure and participation.

The Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts recently culminated its most dynamic season since debuting in 2008. Gracing the Irving E. Schottenstein Theatre stage were programs as diverse as author Jeannette Walls, the legendary Fisk Jubilee Singers and jazz impresario Chris Botti. These programs, together with the many school and other functions hosted at the McCoy Center, have drawn more than 100,000 people to the arts center since its opening, allowing the center to fulfill its mission of fostering an appreciation of the arts and culture by providing life-long learning opportunities through education, exposure and participation.

The McCoy Center, which was made possible through a partnership between the New Albany Community Foundation, Village of New Albany, Plain Township and the New Albany-Plain Local School District, has also developed unique partnerships with many organizations outside of New Albany. In the past year alone, Columbus Children’s Theatre, Columbus City Schools, The King Arts Complex, Storytellers of Central Ohio, TransitArts and WOSU have all enriched New Albany through partnerships and enhanced or benefited from programming presented at the McCoy Center.

As the anchor to the New Albany Learning Community campus, the McCoy Center will continue to serve New Albany students, providing an exciting environment in which to explore and learn from the arts, accentuated by exposure to professional artists whose appearance has been funded by the many generous corporate and individual sponsors from our community.