Causes: Alliances & Advocacy, Arts & Culture, Arts Education, Education, Special Education

Mission: Our shared cultural community is stronger when it represents, includes, and engages all people. For this reason, Open Door Arts has worked for 40 years to increase access, representation and participation by people with disabilities in the arts.

Geographic areas served: Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Programs: Our shared cultural community is stronger when it represents, includes, and engages all people. For this reason, Open Door Arts (formerly VSA Massachusetts) has worked for 40 years to increase access, representation and participation by people with disabilities in the arts. Through the arts, we help amplify the ideas, stories, and desires of people with disabilities and bring communities together to celebrate our uniqueness and the common humanity that unites us all. Each year, in collaboration with partners, funders, and supporters, Open Door Arts makes schools, galleries and theaters across Massachusetts more vibrant and inclusive through groundbreaking statewide programs that engage more than 3,000 members of our community - students with disabilities experience inclusive arts learning through our COOL Schools program, artists with disabilities showcase their work in our Open Door galleries, educators and cultural leaders learn inclusive practices through our training and professional development, and communities connect, collaborate and create through events and programs.