Galloway and the Performing Arts

In recent years, the Galvan Foundation has been directing its attention to acquiring and creating entertainment venues here in Hudson. In 2022, Galvan acquired the former Community Theater and announced the intention to make it a regional theater "with flexible performance space and room to fit 400 seated attendees and many more for standing room only events." In July 2023, Galvan purchased the Helsinki Hudson complex, which includes a theater, a restaurant, and an event space. What the plans are for that property have never been made public. A couple of months ago, Galvan presented its plans to create a theater, with 120 to 150 seats, in what remains of the Gifford-Wood building on Columbia Street, to be called, appropriately "The Foundry."

Photo: Win Jackson

Galvan's current interest in the performing arts doesn't seem to be limited to Hudson. Recently, Gossips learned of a project that Galvan Initiatives Foundation has undertaken in partnership with the Perelman Performing Arts Center in lower Manhattan. 

Photo: Iwan Baan

Galvan is partnering with PAC NYC in The Democracy Cycle, "a multi-year commissioning program to assist in the development of works across theater, opera, dance, and music exploring themes relating to democracy." You can read more about the project here and here. 

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