USEFUL LINKS

Here are some links to international studios and other related websites.

Australia

ART UNLIMITED  A Geelong studio providing support for adult artists with an intellectual disability

BINDI INC  Mwerre Anthure is a professional studio-based art program for indigenous artists with an intellectual disability in Alice Springs.

DADAA DADAA (Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia)  focuses on creating opportunities and significant beneficial social change with people who have a disability and/or mental health issue living in local communities across Western Australia.

HELEN GORY GALERIE  Commercial gallery with contemporary art focus located in Prahran, Melbourne

JULIAN MARTIN  Website for Julian Martin, artist, who works at the Arts Project Australia studio

MELBOURNE ART FOUNDATION  A not for profit organisation established to support living Australia artists. Its flagship event is the Melbourne Art Fair.

NGARUWANAJIRRI ARTS CENTRE  Supports local Tiwi artists with disabilities and provides employment for people at Nguiu on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory.

PUBLIC GALLERIES ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA  The PGAV represents and supports over 50 public art galleries across Victoria. 
This network includes university galleries, art museums and contemporary art spaces in central and outer Melbourne, and in regional Victoria. Arts Project Australia is a member

QART STUDIO  A division of VATMI Industries (the largest employer of people with disability in Victoria). The studio provides employment and on the job training and tuition for 12 artists with varying degrees of intellectual disability

RAWCUS  A Melbourne based ensemble of performers with and without disabilities, who draw on dance, theatre and visual arts disciplines.

STOARC  Self-Taught and Outsider Art Research Collection housed at the Sydney College of the Arts

STUDIO ARTES  Located in Hornsby, NSW, Studio Artes Northside provides outstanding artistic, educational, recreational and vocational training programs for all adults with disabilities, regardless of their age, funding status or other life circumstances.

TOBY MATHESON  Website for Toby Matheson, an artist who works at Arts Project Australia.

TUTTI  Based in Adelaide, SA, Tutti offers professional experience across a broad range of artistic disciplines to artists with disabilities, enabling them to develop their skills and careers through working with high calibre local and international artists.

International

ART ENABLES  A Washington DC, USA studio and gallery for emerging artists with developmental and/or mental disabilities.

ART SCHOOL BIFROST Art school for people with intellectual disabilities in Denmark.

ARTS & VLIEGWERK  A studio and gallery for people with an intellectual or physical disability in Leiden, Netherlands.

CREAHM  Creativity et Handicap Mental based in Liege, Belgium has been working for 25 years to develop the artistic abilities of people with learning disabilities and promote them through exhibitions, performances and concerts.

CREATIVITY EXPLORED A nonprofit visual arts center in San Francisco, USA where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art.

CREATIVE GROWTH  Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, USA  serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a stimulating environment for artistic instruction, gallery promotion and personal expression. 

GAIA MUSEUM A museum in Randers, Denmark dedicated to Outsider Art  with shifting exhibitions, a permanent collection, a sales gallery, a framing workshop, a creative workshop, a museum shop and a café.

GALERIE ATELIER HERENPLAATS  The NGO Herenplaats in Rotterdam, Netherlands offers programs for adults with intellectual disabilities centered on the visual arts, comprising studios, gallery, exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad, the art library and (educational) art projects

GALERIE DER SCHLUMPER  A studio and gallery for artists with intellectual disabilities in Hamburg, Germany.  Artists are known as "the Schlumpers".

GALERIE IMPAIRE A project of the Creative Growth Art Center in Paris, France. It opened in June 2008 to extend opportunities offered in Oakland and to exhibit work of artists with disabilities, self-taught artists and other contemporary artists from around the world.

H'ART OF OTTAWA A visual art studio for adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Ottowa, Canada.

INUTI   A studio in Stockholm, Sweden for artists with intellectual disabilities

INTUIT  Chicago, USA  based Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, whose mission  is to promote public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of intuitive and outsider art through a program of education and exhibition.

KCAT STUDIO  KCAT Studio in Ireland supports fourteen artists with special needs in all aspects of their professional progression and development

KETTUKI ART CENTRE Finland's nationwide art centre for people with learning disabilities

KONSTSKOLAN  LINNEA  Stockhlom, Sweden based school of art that provides a post-secondary supplementary education  for people with intellectual disabilities. 

L.A. GOAL INSIDE OUT PRODUCTIONS  A commercial Art and Sewing studio, which offers paid employment to its trained artists. It is now a growing commercial venture, with twenty-one artists employed on a part-time basis and six apprentices.

LA TINAIA  La Tinaia, established in 1975, is a workshop for artistic expression that is housed in what used to be the San Salvi Psychiatric Hospital, Forence, Italy.  Founded by two artist-nurses, the painting and ceramic workshop is committed to initiatives that enhance the human and artistic skills of people with mental health illnesses.

MAD MUSEE  A museum in Liege, Belgium dedicated to the exhibition and collection of works by people with disabilities.

NIAD  The National Institute for Art & Disabilities (NIAD) is located in Richmond, California, USA and is an art studio for adults with developmental disabilities.

PROJECT ABILITY  Project Ability is a visual arts organisation based in Glasgow, Scotland  which creates opportunities for people with disabilities and people with mental health issues to express themselves and achieve artistic excellence.

PURE VISION ARTS  Manhattan's first specialized art studio and exhibition space for artists with developmental disabilities. PVA provides studio space, art materials, exhibition opportunities, and career development for beginning, emerging, and established artists. New York, USA.

SPARK CENTRE FOR CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT  A creative space in Auckland, New Zealand, offering innovative art programmes for people of all abilities, with particular care given to ensuring those with diverse needs are provided or.

SPINDLEWORKS  A non profit art center for adults with disabilities a 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

THE CANVAS  The Canvas provides studio, pottery, and gallery facilities for the Juneau, Alaska arts community and aims to provide a supportive environment that fosters creativity and inclusion of adults with disabilities through shared art experiences and exhibitions.

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