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NURTURING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$23,147.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, NURTURING INDEPENDENCE THROUGH ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT (NIAD), an arts organization in Richmond for artists with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) will launch a collaborative community and artist-driven facade design project. NIAD will engage local artists, youth/students, and community organizations via workshops in which participants will create designs that make community histories visible through a large-scale public artwork on Richmond’s industrial 23rd St. We will engage up to 20 NIAD artists, and via open call up to 20 additional community artists. Inspired by a Black History Month work titled “We Are Creating Our History” by NIAD artist Dorian Reid, the project will build a wide-ranging collaborative community process through workshops focusing on community building and design. The collaboration will result in an exhibition and a final design for NIAD’s street-facing building facade.
Organization Summary
NIAD supports artists by providing space, materials and instruction so they may make art that is then sold to provide income to the artists. The open collective studio explores art making in painting, ceramics, fiber arts, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media. Once the art is made, it is then exhibited, marketed, and sold to the public. The artists are also supported in learning necessary communication skills to interact with those who are interested in their work. NIAD is supportive of all visual artists in the area, inviting artists to lead workshops, curate exhibitions and exhibit work in the Richmond gallery.
Organization
NIAD Art Center
Address
551 23RD ST
RICHMOND
94804-1626
County
Contra Costa
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 620-0290
Congressional District
California's 8th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 14
State Senate District
District 7
