Gateway Arts

Gateway Arts is a studio art center, store and gallery in Brookline that provides professional supports and representation to adult artists with disabilities. It is a program of Vinfen, the Massachusetts human services nonprofit, and it describes itself as internationally acclaimed. Staff facilitators work with the artists in the studios, and the store and gallery give visitors a place to see and buy their work.

The staff includes an artistic director, a clinical director and a team of facilitators, plus managers for the store and gallery and a community engagement coordinator. A volunteer advisory board helps with fundraising, advocacy and ambassadorship, developing events that raise money for needs such as staff recruitment and retention, capital expenses, equipment and technology. Gateway also partners with museums, arts groups and local organizations.

What to Know

• Partners include the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, deCordova and MassArt.
• Its partner list also includes film festivals such as ReelAbilities and Oska Bright.
• The studios, store and gallery close on major holidays, including Patriots Day.
• Local organizations, businesses and museums can inquire about partnering with the program.