For the next 5 months, Open Door Arts will work with Mass Cultural Council to learn more about our community of disabled artists, patrons, and arts and culture organizations to help make our sector more accessible, inclusive, and representative of people with disabilities. We’re…
Category: Cultural Inclusion
Welcoming Hannah Goodwin to our Team!
We are thrilled to announce that Hannah Goodwin has joined the Open Door Arts team as our new Part- time Cultural Access and Inclusion Specialist! Hannah will be supporting ODA in our efforts to help the arts and culture sector in Massachusetts to become…
Towards a Culture of Access Report 2022
Dear friends, It is with so much gratitude and excitement that we share the “Towards a Culture of Access” Report, with findings from the Massachusetts Arts & Culture Access Survey conducted by Open Door Arts in 2021-2022. The report reveals valuable information to…
Welcome our new Director of School Programs: Mehdi Raoufi!
We are thrilled to share the news that Mehdi Raoufi has joined the Open Door Arts team as our new Director of School Programs! Mehdi joins Open Door Arts after serving as the Community Outreach Manager and various other roles for…
Artist Spotlight: Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer
We are shining our Artist Spotlight on Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer! Hadassah is based in Brookline, MA and her body of work includes fine art, graphic art for her business and award-winning short film, music catalog, and spiritual product called The…
Artist Spotlight: Kimball Anderson
Next up in our Artist Spotlight is Kimball Anderson, a long time friend of Open Door Arts, and featured artist at the Open Door Gallery in Boston. Kimball makes comics for “people who fell off of the conveyor belt of…
Artist Spotlight: Bethany Noël Murray
This month, we’re thrilled to share the work of Bethany Noël Murray, who exhibited her show “Brains are Cool, Even When They Hurt” in our Open Door Gallery in Boston as part of the series, “Prisms: Perspectives on Hidden Disability”…
Artist Spotlight: Megan Bent
Meet our next featured artist- Megan Bent! Megan was getting ready to install work from Latency at the Open Door Gallery in Boston when the pandemic started and her exhibition had to be put on hold. We are so grateful…
Artist Spotlight: Dominic Killiany
This month we are excited to feature artist Dominic Killiany! Dominic is a 23 year old young man with autism whose interpretation of the world reflects his knowledge of order, balance and symmetry with a touch of abstract expressionism in…
Artist Spotlight: Xi Nan
We are thrilled to introduced this month’s featured artist, Xi Nan. Xi Nan was born and raised in Jilin, China. She was selected nationally from China Disabled Person Federation to study abroad at RCN United World College in Norway and…