About
Gateway Arts is one of the oldest and most respected disability art centres in the United States, with over 50 years of supporting adult artists with disabilities in Brookline, Massachusetts. The centre opened a new location at 15 Station Street in Brookline in 2025, continuing its long-standing role as a model for disability art programmes worldwide.
What It Does
Gateway Arts provides professional studio space, gallery exhibition opportunities, a retail store where the public can purchase original work directly from artists, and career development support. The centre helps artists develop skills across a wide range of visual art media and positions them as professional artists in the regional and national art market.
Who It Helps
Gateway Arts serves adult artists with intellectual, developmental, physical, and psychiatric disabilities in the greater Boston area. The centre's mission is to support artists in becoming active, economically participating members of the creative economy rather than passive recipients of art therapy.