How it began
Art for All began in January of 2019 as Art Gym, a community art outreach organization with the goal of bringing people of all abilities and circumstances together through making public artworks. Our first weekly class was Wonderful Wednesdays with Minute Man Arc for Human Services, and our first public artwork was a mural, Music in the Village, that is on the side of the ice cream shop, Reasons to be Cheerful.
Today
The Art for All Abilities program has grown to two weekly workshops, two studio prep times and an apprenticeship program. We have made 6 collaborative public murals in West Concord and held hundreds of free and low cost workshops and put up dozens of exhibits in local venues and, through the Yard Signs Repurposed Project, in people’s yards.
Our Values
We believe that making and experiencing creative works are powerful ways of forming connections, fostering a sense of belonging, and strengthening the social and economic structures of our community.
We believe that we all benefit by being in community with a diverse array of people. We seek to bring together people of all economic and ethnic backgrounds, of varying levels of artistic training, of cognitive profiles, of gender identities and sexual orientations.
We believe in the power of human connection and of meaningful, hands on work.