NIAD Art Center
American nonprofit arts organization
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NIAD Art Center (Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for artists with developmental and physical disabilities, founded in 1982 and based in Richmond, Contra Costa County, California. The organization provides studios, supplies, and gallery space.[1][2][3][4]
| Formation | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Type | 501(c)(3) arts organization |
| Headquarters | Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, U.S. |
| Website | niadart |
Formerly called | Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development |
Organization
NIAD stands for Nurturing Independence Through Artistic Development.[5][6] NIAD Art Center has a 4,000 sq. ft. art studio in Richmond, California.[7] The organization works with 75 artists every week; COVID protocols limit the number of artists working on-site to 20, but there is no capacity limit to the number of artists served in NIAD's Virtual Studios. NIAD's Virtual Studio is open four days per week. NIAD's in-person studio is open five days per week. All enrolled artists have intellectual/developmental disabilities. Some of the artists have physical disabilities as well. The artists enrolled at NIAD work with facilitators, who support them in multiple mediums: painting, fiber, ceramics, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, performance, sound recording, and digital media.[8]
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 and non-NIAD artists.[3]
NIAD Art Center has a budget of around $600,000, as of 2012, a third of which is raised through donations and sales.[9]
Artists associated (*alumni)
- Heather Edgar*[8]
- Luis Estrada[10]
- Karen May[11]
- Arstanda Billy White[10]
- Marlon Mullen[12]
- Saul Alegria[13]
- Mireya Betances*[14]
- Lisa Blevens*[15]
- Vanessa Bravo[16]
- Eddie Braught*[17]
- Jeremy Burleson[18]
- Angela Campbell*[19]
- Miguel Chacon*[20]
- Deatra Colbert[14]
- Heather Copus[20]
- Evelyn Davis[14]
- MiaMya Dawson*[21]
- Julio Del Rio[14]
- Carlos Fernandez*[22]
- Sylvia Fragoso[23]
- Jon Fukui*[23]
- Felicia Griffin[23]
- Raven Harper[23]
- Shana Harper[23]
- Peter Harris[17]
- James Heartsill[24]
- Shirley How*[23]
- Julie MacDonald[21]
- Jean McElvane[20]
- Ann Meade[14][18]
- Jason Powell-Smith[14]
- Shantae Robinson[14]
- Joseph Rux*[14]
- Alice Sampson[21]
- Danny Thach[25]
- Jeffrey Thurston*[21]
- Christian Vassell[17]
- Susan Wise*[18]
Exhibitions
- Projects: Marlon Mullen (2024), The Museum of Modern Art, New York – curated by Ann Temkin
- Into the Brightness (2023), Oakland Museum of California Art
- The Genre Leaps (2018) – organized by curator Margaret Tedesco[26]
- Virgins Virgining (2017) – organized by Micah Wood[27]
- Avatar (2012) – curated by Justine Frischmann[10]