Iris Cantor Gift Transforms Theater Possibilities at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
Iris Cantor’s latest transformative gift was announced recently by New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Mrs. Cantor’s generosity will support the construction of a state-of-the-art proscenium theater at the School. The performance space – part of a planned multi-use building on Bleecker Street whose construction is due to start this year – will be named the Iris Cantor Theater. Tisch School of the Arts has been a long-time recipient of philanthropy from the Cantor Family and for the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation. “Education is the foundation of our intellectual existence, teaching us to challenge convention and push beyond boundaries. The arts remind us of what it means to be human -- a mission never more important than it is today,” said Mrs. Cantor. “With this most recent gift to NYU, I hope to reaffirm all the tremendous progress made by the Tisch School of the Arts in...