Every artist has a voice. Artists who identify as having an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD) are no exception. Through its visual, performing, and creative arts programs in Sonoma and Marin Counties, Alchemia supports artists who have autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and related conditions to find, develop, and share their artistic voice. Alchemia’s core programs and services include:
– Daily visual and performing arts mentoring by professional working artists
– Operation of two studio-galleries in downtown locations that serve as community touchpoints
– Operation of two community-based performing arts studios that are shared with other performing arts groups
– School presentations by artists with disabilities that break down barriers
– Promotion of artists’ works via social and print media
– Sale of artists’ work via in-house and traveling art shows