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PRESS RELEASE: Vinfen's Gateway Arts to Create New Center for Artists with Disabilities
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Vinfen’s Gateway Arts to Create New Center for Artists with Disabilities
Brookline Village Studio, Gallery & Store will be Largest of its Kind in New England
9-21 Station Street, Brookline Village, by Patrick Shea, Gateway Artist. Colored pencil on paper.
(Brookline, MA) December 2, 2024 – Vinfen’s بوابة الفنون announced today that it will create New England’s largest center for artists with disabilities in Brookline, with plans to open to the public next summer.
The new facility will expand and make Gateway Arts’ studios more accessible so the program can serve more artists with a wider range of disabilities, provide larger gallery space for exhibitions and public programs, and create new enterprise opportunities for its roster of nearly 100 artists.
The 51-year-old nonprofit recently signed a 10-year lease with an affiliate of Riverside Properties, RPI Station Street LLC, at 9-21 Station Street for more than 9,000 rentable square feet of space. Together, Gateway and Riverside plan to invest at least $1 million to create eight new art studios, a community studio, gallery, store, and supporting workspaces. The new Gateway Arts will be located next to the Brookline Village MBTA Green Line Train Station and will help bolster an already vibrant cluster of artist studios, maker spaces, and arts organizations on that block.
“The new Gateway will strengthen our mission to advance inclusive careers in the arts,” said Gregory Liakos, Director. “The expanded studios, gallery and store provide higher quality, more accessible creative workplaces for artists, while deepening our connections to Brookline and Greater Boston. This major investment affirms the growing recognition of artists with disabilities and their unique contributions to our culture and creative economy.”
Gateway’s artists will expand their work in the studios for sale in its new store, online, and for exhibition in its expanded Gallery and at museums, galleries, and venues across Greater Boston and beyond. This is Gateway Arts’ first move since 1979, when it came to Brookline from its original home in Brighton. The move is made possible in part by support from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, principally through the Department of Developmental Services, by generous patrons who supported Gateway’s Art of the Possible 50th Anniversary Campaign, and through ongoing fundraising efforts.
“Gateway Arts embodies our mission of transforming lives together,” said Jean Yang, Vinfen CEO. “The Station Street building will provide the top-quality facilities that Gateway’s talented artists and staff deserve. And it opens up exciting new opportunities for community partnerships and commercial growth.”
The new Gateway Arts will more than double its ground floor space, allowing the program to serve more artists using wheelchairs or face other barriers to mobility. That space will comprise:
- ال Gateway Arts Store, which will offer a wide range of original works of art, hand-crafted jewelry, clothing, artist books, greeting cards, and other products. Artists receive at least half the proceeds from all sales. The Store will be bright and colorful and anchor a strong retail presence on Station Street, with large windows that provide ample natural light. Sales offerings will change frequently with new work produced in the studios.
- An expanded معرض جيتواي للفنون will present a diverse array of changing exhibitions of painting, drawing, sculpture, textiles, artist books, photography, and video, created by artists from Gateway and beyond. The Gallery will be bright and welcoming, with state-of-the-art lighting, and provide space for public receptions, artist talks, and other community events.
- A new Multimedia Studio, where up to eight artists will work with facilitators daily to create new works on canvas, paper, and other two-dimensional materials.
- A new Community Studio, the multimedia home of Gateway’s Community Program. Here artists and facilitators will work on group projects of varying scale. Visiting artists will lead workshops to share new skills and techniques. The Studio will also be the center for digital photography, graphic design, and other new media.
- An art viewing and preparation room, storage, and offices, and two ADA-accessible bathrooms.
Gateway’s fourth floor will include:
- Six Multimedia Studios accommodating up to 48 artists where each weekday they will create new work in painting, drawing, collage, textiles, fabric, ceramics, and other media.
- Six flexible office spaces and a Community Room.
Gateway Arts’ new neighbors include ArtsBrookline’s Station Street Studios, Puppet Showplace Theater, Feet of Clay Pottery, Andem Art Studios, Liz Linder Photography، و ال John Payne Music Center. Many contribute to Arts in the Village, seasonal open studios, and public programming.
“Riverside is thrilled to have Gateway Arts join other local businesses at our project on Station Street” said Brett Levy, President of Riverside Properties. “We look forward to partnering with Gateway to develop modern and accessible studio and gallery space to better serve its artists and the community.”
Construction is scheduled to begin in January.
Background on Gateway Arts:
Creative expression is a vital means for persons with disabilities to overcome barriers and assert their place in the world. Still, artists with disabilities remain marginalized in the 21st century creative economy. “Every day, people with disabilities add significant value and talent across the spectrum of arts careers,” according to a recent report from the National Endowment for the Arts. “Yet, historically, people with disabilities have not had access to the same career opportunities as people without disabilities.”
Since 1973 Gateway Arts has worked to rectify these inequities. A program of Vinfen, Gateway Arts encompasses seven dynamic studios where artists with developmental and intellectual disabilities, brain injuries, and mental health diagnoses, create works of art to exhibit, share, and sell to the public.
Today nearly 100 Gateway artists work each week alongside a team of highly skilled artist facilitators who guide their professional development in a safe, supportive, creative workplace. Gateway Arts staff work cooperatively with behavioral health professionals, family, friends, and others to help the artists reach their potential as creators, individuals, and members of a community. Gateway artists work in professional studios and exhibit and sell artwork in our onsite and online store and gallery. The artists receive at least 50% commission on all sales of their work. For more information, visit gatewayarts.org.
About Vinfen
Established in 1977, فينفين is a nonprofit health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. For more information, please visit www.vinfen.org
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