WELCOME TO
OPEN DOOR ARTS

our shared cultural community is stronger when it represents all people

Open Door Arts (formerly VSA Massachusetts), an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, increases access, participation,
and representation of people with disabilities in the arts.

THE LATEST FROM OPEN DOOR ARTS

FY24 Highlights Report

We’re grateful to the many people - including you! - who make our organization strong and who, with us, made a huge impact in our communities this past year. We invite you to read our FY24 Highlights Report so you can hear some stories of the impact our work had on students, artists, and our cultural community.

Click here to read the full report!

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New Accessibility Self-Assessment is NOW AVAILABLE!

Open Door Arts is thrilled to share that our new FREE Arts & Culture Accessibility Self-Assessment is now available to all arts and culture organizations in the country. We created this self-assessment to help organizations better understand how they are doing with access and provide tools and resources to help them improve.

Click here to access the Arts and Culture Accessibility Self-Assessment!

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JUST PUBLISHED! “Towards a Culture of Access: Part II” 2024

The “Towards a Culture of Access: Findings from the Massachusetts Arts & Culture Survey of Individuals with Disabilities,” is now available! This report, the second in a two part series by Open Door Arts in partnership with Mass Cultural Council, examines disability and accessibility in the cultural sector in Massachusetts from the perspectives of individuals with disabilities and caregivers of individuals with disabilities. Together, the two reports help give us a more complete understanding of the accessibility of our sector that can help inform our work and move us forward!

Click here to read Towards a Culture of Access Part I and II reports!

OUR IMPACT

Our programs increase the representation of people with disabilities as employees, leaders, artists, and patrons in our cultural sector

Our school programs prepare students with disabilities to be the next generation of employees and leaders in cultural organizations

Our gallery showcases the work of artists with disabilities and engages people with disabilities in learning and art making

Our cultural access training and tools support arts and culture organizations to make their policies, practices, programs and spaces more inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities