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

Cover page of the Open Door Arts FY23 Highlights Report featuring an abstract painting in a square shape in shades of red, blue, purple and teal

FY23 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 FY23 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!

Cover image of the 2022 Towards a Culture of Access Report: Findings from the Massachusetts Arts and Culture Access Survey. White text appears over a blue brush stroke background. The Open Door Arts and Mass Cultural Council logos are at the bottom of the page.

Just Published! “Towards a Culture of Access 2022”

The “Towards a Culture of Access” Report, with findings from the Massachusetts Arts & Culture Access Survey conducted by Open Door Arts in 2021-2022 is now available!  The report reveals valuable information to better understand where the arts & culture sector in Massachusetts is regarding access work, and shares information about what’s getting in the way, and what may help it move forward.

Click here to learn more and read the full report!  

Graphic announcing "we have moved" with details about Open Door Arts space at the Cultural Equity Incubator. Featuring two images of the space with exposed brick walls with art work and a meeting table.

Open Door Arts has Moved!

Open Door Arts is now a space partner at the Cultural Equity Incubator, a collective action shared workspace designed by and for arts and culture leaders committed to intersectional racial equity and creative justice. The CEI is a paradigm shift in creative collaboration, space making, resource sharing and community care.

The Cultural Equity Incubator is located at:
15 Channel Center Street, Suite 103
Boston, MA 02210

Click here to learn more from Nicole about our journey to our new space.

OUR IMPACT

1700 students  receive inclusive arts-integrated education in their classrooms

75 artists with disabilities  exhibit their work in professional galleries

400 educators and cultural leaders  learn how to make their classrooms and organizations more inclusive

500 community members  connect through events and programs that promote inclusion through the arts

OUR PROGRAMS

Colorful pastel drawing of a house with a colorful background.
           School           

Programs
Abstract painting by Dominic Killiany, in multiple bright colors
OPEN DOOR GALLERIES
Group of educators sitting in round tables attending a presentation, there is a projector screen in the background
TRAINING & PROF. DEVELOPMENT
Person's hands composing a collage of felt shapes. Many more colorful felt shapes can be seen in the background.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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