Outsider Art
American Visionary Art MuseumLocated in downtown Baltimore this museum exhibits feature both contemporary and historic works by self-taught artists.
Art from the HeartArt from the Heart was founded in 1995 as an alternative-to-employment program focused on creativity and community inclusion for individuals who were moving out of the Fairview Training Center, the state institution for the disabled. Over the years Art from the Heart has grown and developed into an art school, studio, and gallery for adults with developmental disabilities to create, exhibit, and sell their art. Our mission is to foster each artist’s creative growth, build positive relationships within our community, and promote an awareness of the contributions of people of all abilities.
Arts of Life - ChicagoWe are people with and without disabilities creating an artistic culture to realize our full potential. The Arts of Life, Inc. is committed to providing high quality, innovative services for developmentally disabled adults. The studio focuses on its artists’ needs and strives to exceed expectations.
Arts Project Australia Arts Project Australia is a not-for-profit incorporated association that is committed to supporting people with disabilities to become practitioners in the visual arts and to promote their work as integral to the broad spectrum of contemporary arts practice.
Arts Unbound
Our mission is to provide arts education, skills building and a variety of vocational opportunities in the visual arts to youth and adults with mental, developmental and physical disabilities. We strive to inspire students of all ages through classes in the visual arts, cultivating avenues of self expression, personal achievement and life enrichment that come with mastering art techniques. We also provide the professional training necessary for emerging artists to compete on the retail market and to share their creativity with the world as artists who happen to live with disabilities.
Our mission is to provide arts education, skills building and a variety of vocational opportunities in the visual arts to youth and adults with mental, developmental and physical disabilities. We strive to inspire students of all ages through classes in the visual arts, cultivating avenues of self expression, personal achievement and life enrichment that come with mastering art techniques. We also provide the professional training necessary for emerging artists to compete on the retail market and to share their creativity with the world as artists who happen to live with disabilities.
Creative GrowthCreative Growth Art Center serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a stimulating environment for artistic instruction, gallery promotion and personal expression. Artwork fostered in this unique environment is included in prominent collections and museums worldwide.
Creativity ExploredWe are a nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art.
First Street Gallery Art CenterFirst Street Gallery/Art Center is founded on the proposition that human potential for creativity and artistic expression is not limited by physical or developmental disabilities. The gallery presents new exhibitions year-round of artwork produced at the center, and artists receive 60 percent of proceeds from sale of their work. First Street's collection includes art in a variety of mediums by adult artists with developmental disabilities.
Fountain Gallery - NYCFountain Gallery is the premier venue in New York City representing artists with mental illness. The gallery sells original artworks and collaborates with a wide network of artists, curators, and cultural institutions. Embracing artists who are both emerging and established, trained and self-taught, Fountain Gallery cultivates artistic growth and makes a vital contribution to the New York arts community.
Galerie Atelier HerenplaatsThe ngo Herenplaats is a whirlwind of activities centred on visual arts, comprising of the studios, the gallery, exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad, the art library and (educational) art projects.
Gateway Arts Gateway Arts is a magical place filled with colorful crafts, contemplative and whimsical paintings and over 95 talented artists with disabilities learning a vocation while realizing their dreams.
HAIHAI provides cultural access through music, dance, theater and the visual arts, reaching out to the frail elderly, mentally and physically disabled, seriously ill children at health and social service facilities and youth in grades K - 12.
IntuitIntuit is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1991. Our mission is to promote public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of intuitive and outsider art through a program of education and exhibition.
Litte City Center for the ArtsThe Center for the Arts at Little City Foundation believes that creativity has no disability. For more than 20 years, The Center for the Arts has provided children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to explore and expand their unique and creative talents, promoting a sense of accomplishment and empowerment through the arts. The result is a dynamic arts organization that on a daily basis pushes the edge of the artistic envelope, and strives for innovation by offering new possibilities of artistic engagement through exposure to new mediums and ideas.
Main View Gallery and StudioConveniently located on Oneonta's historic Main St,. Main View Gallery exhibits work by studio artists at The Arc Otsego's Center for Self Expression. Art-work, unique, hand-crafted items and other gift merchandise are available for sale year round.
Neighborhood Center of the Arts
Since 1984, our [Neighborhood Center for the Arts'] mission has been to provide the opportunity for adults with developmental disabilities to grow to the best of their ability through the arts and community integration. Our programs promote creativity, independence and dignity.
Since 1984, our [Neighborhood Center for the Arts'] mission has been to provide the opportunity for adults with developmental disabilities to grow to the best of their ability through the arts and community integration. Our programs promote creativity, independence and dignity.
NIAD Art CenterThe National Institute of Art & Disabilities (NIAD) provides an art program that promotes creativity, independence, dignity, and community integration for people with developmental and other disabilities.
Project AbilityProject Ability is one of Scotland's leading specialist arts organizations. Since 1984 we have been promoting equality of access to the arts by supporting people of all ages and abilities to take part in innovative visual arts projects.
Project OnwardProject Onward supports the creative growth of visual artists with mental and developmental disabilities. Project Onward provides studio space, art supplies, and professional guidance to emerging artists in a communal workshop environment.
Project ReturnProject Return offers recovery-based services to assist people experiencing a mental illness to live productive and fulfilling lives in the community.
Pure Vision ArtsPure Vision Arts (PVA) is Manhattan’s first specialized art studio and exhibition space for artists with autism and other developmental disabilities. PVA provides studio space, art materials, exhibition opportunities, and career development for beginning, emerging and established artists. Pure Vision Arts also serves as a resource and consultation center for artists, educators, art collectors and curators.
Short Center NorthShort Center North (SCN), developed in 1978, provides Sacramentans living in the northern part of the county, with an arts based day program for adults with developmental disabilities.
Short Center SouthShort Center South (SCS) was established in 1993 when the fast-growing Short Center was divided into two separate programs in order to provide more individualized services to approximately 60 clients each. A year later, SCS moved into a facility in the southern part of Sacramento making access easier for participants living in south Sacramento and outlying areas. SCS now serves upwards of 120 participants. SCS is firmly based in the arts, but offers options in education and recreation that promote personal growth and daily life skills. Studio art students participate in gallery shows and utilize varied mediums and techniques including watercolor painting, tile and mosaic murals, sculpture, traditional ceramics as well as collage, woodwork, and textiles. Additionally, the program offers photography, videography, film editing, and animation. Academic classes include reading, computer science, and internet training.
Spindelworks Spindleworks is a non profit art center for adults with disabilities and a program of the Independence Association of Brunswick Maine, whose mission is to help children and adults with disabilities achieve full and inclusive lives in their chosen community. Artists in the Spindleworks program come from surrounding communities including Bath, Topsham, Bowdoinham, Portland, Westbrook, Auburn, Lisbon Falls, Richmond, and Freeport.
St Madeleine - Sophie's Gallery and Gift ShopSt. Madeleine Sophie's Center is a unique organization that helps adults with developmental disabilities have a way of life that makes a world of difference.
Studio at Living OpportunitiesThe Studio at Living Opportunities is a wonderful place for artists of all backgrounds to explore their artistic talents. Within the Studio, art is unaffected by centuries of schooled thought, and our Studio artists prove again and again that art is not about refining techniques, but about the magic of expression. Come visit and enjoy the raw power of art!
Studio by the TracksStudio By The Tracks (SBTT), a non-profit organization, was formed in 1989 to provide free art classes to emotionally conflicted children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder or mental illness. SBTT maintains a focused, energized atmosphere that provides our students a haven in which to create. We encourage a supportive and nonjudgmental climate necessary to nurture creative abilities, enhance self-esteem, and explore alternative ways of coping with emotional and physical conflict.
Studio DownstairsStudio Downstairs is an all day open art studio and therapeutically informed community for people who have experienced emotional difficulties or are in a life-transition. They are dedicated to improving artistic expression, personal relationships, mental health, and community life.
Part of the Life Skills Program at St. Luke's House, find updates and information about upcoming shows here.
The Art of Autism
The Art of Autism is a collaborative of 23-like minded organizations, 85+ visual artists, 100+ entertainers, 20+ poets and authors on the autism spectrum. We provide art and stage opportunities through gallery shows, entertainment shows, workshops, and book signings. We educate the general public and promote our artists building their resumes for career aspirations in the arts.
The Art of Autism is a collaborative of 23-like minded organizations, 85+ visual artists, 100+ entertainers, 20+ poets and authors on the autism spectrum. We provide art and stage opportunities through gallery shows, entertainment shows, workshops, and book signings. We educate the general public and promote our artists building their resumes for career aspirations in the arts.
The heART of FriendshipFriendship Community supports the heART of Friendship ART Gallery which provides value through artistic expression. Artwork throughout this web site is created by artists who have developmental and intellectual disabilities.
The StudioThe Studio is a fine arts program for visionary artists. The Studio is a place filled with light and color, where over forty artists come to freely express their creativity through art. We provide a supportive and stimulating environment where our artists can express themselves creatively using a variety of media. The goals of The Studio are to help each person reach their highest level of artistic achievement and to encourage personal growth, self-reliance and self-esteem through the creative process.
Visionaries and Voices
Visionaries and Voices had its beginning about 10 years ago when two case managers for county boards of Developmental Disabilities Services came into contact with self-taught artists through their jobs. Slowly but surely, the artists formed a loosely organized arts collective, exhibited their works around Cincinnati, and became friends.
Visionaries and Voices had its beginning about 10 years ago when two case managers for county boards of Developmental Disabilities Services came into contact with self-taught artists through their jobs. Slowly but surely, the artists formed a loosely organized arts collective, exhibited their works around Cincinnati, and became friends.
VSA HawaiiThe mission of VSA Hawaii iis to promote awareness of the value of arts in the daily lives of people with disabilities, and to foster opportunities for the full inclusion and participating in all the arts by youth and adults with disabilities, especially the unserved and under-served in Hawaii and the outer Pacific.
Disability Awareness
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAMR)AAIDD promotes progressive policies, sound research, effective practices and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Department on Disability ServicesThe Mission of the Department on Disability Services is to provide innovative, high quality services that enable people with disabilities to lead meaningful and productive lives as vital members of their families, schools, workplaces and communities in every neighborhood in the District of Columbia.
Disability Rights Education and Defense FundThe mission of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund is to advance the civil and human rights of people with disabilities through legal advocacy, training, education, and public policy and legislative development.
Disability Statistics Center, University of California, San FranciscoThe Disability Statistics Center produces and disseminates policy-relevant statistical information on the demographics and status of people with disabilities in American society. The Center's work focuses on how that status is changing over time with regard to employment, access to technology, health care, community-based services, and other aspects of independent living and participation in society.
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) is a national membership organization representing the 55 State and Territorial Councils on Developmental Disabilities. NACDD is a 501(c) 3 organization with the purpose of promoting and enhancing the outcomes of our member councils in developing and sustaining inclusive communities and self directed services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities.
National Council on DisabilityAn independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with disabilities.
National Institute of Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. All of our programmatic efforts are aimed at improving the lives of individuals with disabilities from birth through adulthood.
NISH-Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Severe DisabilitiesNISH is a national nonprofit agency whose mission is to create employment opportunities for people with severe disabilities by securing Federal contracts through the AbilityOne Program for its network of community-based, nonprofit agencies.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages.
The Arc of BaltimoreOur Mission: To ensure that people with developmental disabilities have maximum opportunities to actively participate in all aspects of community life, and to offer programs and services that support them in doing so.
The Arc of Northern VirginiaThe Arc of Northern Virginia provides a safe place to share, ask questions and find critical resources on different disabilities along with important information on schools and county services. As a member of The Arc of Northern Virginia you will find support as well as access to information to move your child and family forward.
DC Connections
ArtomaticHeld regularly since 1999, Artomatic is the Washington, D.C., area's one-of-a-kind multimedia event, involving hundreds of regional artists, performers and volunteers. The free event is an arts extravaganza, featuring paintings, sculpture, photography, music, theater, poetry, dance and workshops.
Arts for the AgingSince 1988, Arts for the Aging, Inc., (AFTA) has been providing artistic outreach services to psychologically and physically impaired seniors in senior day care centers and not-for-profit nursing homes in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
B Smith Restaurant, Union StationB. Smith's at Union Station features a combination of Cajun, Creole and Southern cuisine. Located in Washington, DC's Historic Union Station, B. Smith's grand Beaux Arts style dining room with its 30-foot ceilings, period chandeliers and turn of the century elegance, is a national landmark and has been called one of the most beautiful dining rooms in America.
Capitol Hill Arts LeagueThe Capitol Hill Art League is a visual arts organization serving the Capitol Hill community and beyond.
Cultural TourismCultural Tourism DC (CTdc) strengthens the image and economy of Washington, DC, neighborhood by neighborhood, by linking more than 200 DC cultural and neighborhood organizations with partners in tourism, hospitality, government, and business.
DC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesThe Mission of the DCCAH is to provide grants, programs and education activities that encourage diverse artistic expressions and learning opportunities so that all District of Columbia residents and visitors can experience the rich culture of our city.
Miriam's KitchenTheir mission is to provide individualized services that address the causes and consequences of homelessness in an atmosphere of dignity and respect, both directly and through facilitating connections in Washington, DC.
Space 7:10 at Kefa CafeAn organic art space exhibiting an evolving mix of contemporary, outsider, visionary, and world cultural artwork.
St. Luke's HouseSt. Luke's House, Inc. helps people live, learn and work successfully in their communities by offering integrated mental health services and community resources.
The Bay Players Experimental Music CollectiveDedicated to the composition and performance of innovative and groundbreaking new music.
VSAartsVSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.
Washington Project for the ArtsThe Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is Washington's leading center for contemporary art and emerging artists.
What's On WashingtonYou're invited! Click any day to find tons of free and inexpensive things-to-do that day.
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Making Art Special: A curriculum for special education artMonday, Jun 20, 2011
Making Art Special: A curriculum for special education art Helen Goren Shafton
Market America
Thursday, Jul 7, 2011
If you are already purchasing things online you should consider first clicking through the Market America portal, doing so will contribute a percentage of your sale to Art Enables. You save money and it helps us out too...what could be better?
Thursday, Jul 7, 2011
If you are already purchasing things online you should consider first clicking through the Market America portal, doing so will contribute a percentage of your sale to Art Enables. You save money and it helps us out too...what could be better?
RI Ave NE InsiderSunday, Jan 30, 2011
The trend of bringing the arts to historic Route 1 in Hyattsville seems to be coming to our side of Rhode Island Avenue. Our across-the-border neighbors in Maryland still have the more artsy atmosphere to it (for now) but we recently got a new art studio of our own.
“Outsider Art” Finds a New Home in Woodridge
Friday, Oct 14, 2011
Brookland Heartbeat
Art Enables Blends Art, Commerce and Non-Profit Mission
Friday, Oct 14, 2011
Brookland Heartbeat
Art Enables Blends Art, Commerce and Non-Profit Mission
