Father Ryan Arts Center

The arts revival of McKees Rocks started here.

Opened in 2008 as an initiative of the McKees Rocks CDC, the Father Ryan Arts Center is a $4.2M state-of-the-art facility on the Chartiers Avenue business district, providing unmatched resources across artistic education, enrichment, and entertainment. It offers classes, recording studios, performances,
and exhibitions — for students and artists of every age.

As the first anchor of what has become the Sto-Rox Arts & Entertainment District, the center helped prove that culture could be a driver of neighborhood revitalization — a thesis later borne out by the Parkway Theater and the restored Roxian.