3LD Art & Technology Center

Specialties

3-​Legged Dog exists to produce new, original works in theater, performance, media and hybrid forms. Working out of a strong literary tradition, our mission is to explore the new narrative possibilities created by digital technology, and to provide an environment for our artists to create new tools and modes of expression so that they can excel across a range of disciplines.

Since opening in 2006, we have hosted more than 500 artists a year through our 3LD Residency Program, offering artists a unique experience with ²⁴⁄₇ access to specialized equipment, flexible space and expert knowledge, as well as the desperately needed time to fully realize their visions (6 to 16 week residencies). If New York City is to remain at the forefront of artistic innovation and experimentation, then its artists must have the means to create cutting-​edge work.

History

Established in 2006.

3LD Art & Technology Center is a community-​oriented and artist-​run production development studio for emerging and established artists and organizations that create large-​scale experimental artworks of all kinds.

Five years after the destruction of our headquarters at 30 West Broadway on September 11^th, 2001, 3-​Legged Dog Media and Theater Group was thrilled to open their new home, the 3LD Art & Technology Center located at 80 Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan, just 3 blocks south of the WTC site. 3-​Legged Dog is the first producing arts group to sign a lease in the Liberty Zone and the first to rebuild downtown. A cultural anchor for the Greenwich Street Corridor, 3LD Art & Technology Center has been called a «quintessentially ‘hip location,’ a magnet in a still rough-​around-​the-​edges neighborhood,» by Newsday and The New York Times said after 3LD opened, «A theater group offers hope at Ground Zero.»

Meet the Business Owner

Kevin C.

Business Owner

An award-​winning writer, director, designer, producer, inventor and entrepreneur based in New York City. He is the founder and Executive Artistic Director of 3-​Legged Dog Media and Theater Group and led the company’s recovery from its destruction in the 9÷11÷01 attacks and construction, fundraising and development of the 3LD Art & Technology Center, the company’s $ 5.6 million new home in Lower Manhattan. 3LD serves as a home for 3-​Legged Dog which produces several new works a year there and hosts approximately 500 international artists a year for 6 week to 3 month residencies focusing on the creation of new large scale, complex experimental artworks of all kinds. He has recently formed an international production consortium providing an extended life, distribution and international resource scale for works created at 3LD. The consortium is the heart of an innovative new international exchange program that allows intimate cross-​cultural creative collaboration.