Founded in Richmond, California in 1982, NIAD Art Center is a progressive art studio designed for and by adult artists with disabilities. Along with sister studios Creativity Explored and Creative Growth, NIAD was dreamed into being by Florence Ludins-Katz and Dr. Elias Katz as a studio and exhibition space for disabled artists to create, display, and sell their artwork, and engage in a creative community where each artist’s voice is valued and heard.

 

NIAD has since expanded into an in-person and virtual program supporting more than 75 artists who exhibit their work at galleries, museums and fairs worldwide. Working alongside artist facilitators and support staff, NIAD artists sustain vital art practices and take an active role in the development of their careers as professional artists—careers that can span decades.

 

NIAD artists enjoy representation by established contemporary art galleries such as SHRINE, Adams and Ollman, and Bridget Donahue, and are included in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MAD Musée in Belgium, and the Oakland Museum of California. For all its international acclaim, the NIAD community remains deeply rooted in the San Francisco Bay Area. Together, NIAD artists continue to redefine contemporary art.

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Gallery Hours
Monday - Friday | 10am-4pm
Second Saturdays | 1-4pm
Other Saturdays by appointment