NIAD Art Center
NIAD Art Center is a nonprofit arts organization, based in Richmond, CA, that provides studios, supplies, and gallery space to artists with developmental, mental, and physical disabilities.[1][2][3][4]
Organization
NIAD, which stands for the National Institute of Art & Disabilities, is a 4,000 sq. ft. art studio in Richmond, California.[5] NIAD works with 60 artists every week, up to 35 daily.[6] Some of the artists have physical disabilities; while others have developmental disabilities, and others have both.[6] The artists enrolled at NIAD work with teachers, who instruct them in 5 different mediums: painting, fiber, ceramics, making art from paper, and printmaking.[6]
In addition to the studio space for artists, NIAD Art Center has an exhibition space where they present programming featuring the artists attending the center.[3]
NIAD Art Center has a budget of around $600,000, as of 2012, a third of which is raised through donations and sales.[7]
Past and present artists
- Heather Edgar[6]
- Luis Estrada[8]
- Karen May[9]
- Billy White[8]
- Marlon Mullen[10]
- Saul Alegria[11]
- Mireya Betances[12]
- Lisa Blevens[13]
- Vanessa Bravo[14]
- Eddie Braught[15]
- Jeremy Burleson[16]
- Angela Campbell[17]
- Miguel Chacon[18]
- Deatra Colbert[12]
- Heather Copus[19]
- Evelyn Davis[12]
- Arista Dawson[20]
- Julio Del Rio[12]
- Carlos Fernandez[21]
- Sylvia Fragoso[22]
- Jon Fukui[22]
- Felicia Griffin[22]
- Raven Harper[22]
- Shana Harper[22]
- Peter Harris[15]
- James Heartsill[23]
- Shirley How[22]
- Julie MacDonald[20]
- Jean McElvane[19]
- Ann Meade[12][16]
- Jason Powell-Smith[12]
- Shantae Robinson[12]
- Joseph Rux[12]
- Alice Sampson[20]
- Danny Thach[24]
- Jeffrey Thurston[20]
- Christian Vassell[15]
- Susan Wise[16]
Exhibitions
- The Genre Leaps (2018) - organized by Margaret Tedesco[25]
- Virgins Virgining (2017) - organized by Micah Wood[26]
- Avatar (2012) - curated by Justine Frischmann[8]
References
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- Whiting, Sam (2012-12-05). "NIAD Art Center's gifts of artistic ability". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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