Cultural Inclusion Archives - Open Door Arts - An Affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation

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.

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…

An image of Mehdi Raoufi, a man with dark hair, a moustache and goatee wearing dark rimmed glasses and smiling at the camera

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…

“Light Amongst Darkness”: Light brown paint that swirls in different directions with some white and light blue paint mixed throughout.

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…

A thin wobbly panel stretched from the top of the page to the bottom, with a watercolor and pencil painting of part of a face in it. The image shows an ear, the shadows between folds purple and red. A creased neck and cheek in orange and purple. And the dark purple and red shadow around an eye, just a corner of the white of the eye visible. To the right it says "but I can't carry my weight", and a little lower "I can't"

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…

A colorful painting made up of dots depicting a field at sunset with trees in the background and one tall tree in toward the center.

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”…

Chlorophyll print on calla lily leaves, ID: Two calla lily leaves placed horizontally on a black background. On each leaf, printed in the chlorophyll, is a cascading series of my shadow as I walk.

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…

white plastic pieces are connected to form a geometric shape against a white background

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…

Examining Cultural Equity in the Arts – Arts Connect International

(ACI); a Boston-based non-profit committed to equity in the arts, released a community findings research report, “Examining Cultural Equity in the Arts.” “There is a ‘cultural equity gap’ within the United States arts landscape. This equity gap constitutes the unequal…

Boston Ballet’s All Access Performance of The Nutcracker

Boston Ballet’s first ever All Access Performance of “The Nutcracker” will take place Tuesday, December 19 2017 at 7:30 pm at Boston Opera House. Additional accommodations and supports make this performance more accessible for individuals with disabilities and those who…

Category: Cultural Inclusion

Category: Cultural Inclusion

Towards a Culture of Access Report 2022

Welcome our new Director of School Programs: Mehdi Raoufi!

Artist Spotlight: Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer

Artist Spotlight: Kimball Anderson

Artist Spotlight: Bethany Noël Murray

Artist Spotlight: Megan Bent

Artist Spotlight: Dominic Killiany

Artist Spotlight: Xi Nan

Examining Cultural Equity in the Arts – Arts Connect International

Boston Ballet’s All Access Performance of The Nutcracker

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Category: Cultural Inclusion