| Year
Began: 1970s
Provide hands-on experiences in music, dance, drama,
visual and electronic arts to people with disabilities.
Initially held in NY prisons, presently serves adults
with serious and persistent mental illnesses and developmental
disabilities and children with learning and developmental
disabilities. Professional
artists lead workshops in facilities such as nursing
homes, respite programs and psychiatric programs and
residences.
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Year
Began: 1994
Takes place weekly at HAI’s SoHo office/loft for
people living with mental illnesses, who travel from
all over the City to attend.
Initiated at the request of the HAI Consumer Advisory
Board, the Studio has recently expanded to include electronic
arts. |
Year
Began: 1980s
Works by the most notable HAI artists are included in
permanent museums and private collections and many are
recognized in
international Outsider
publications. HAI
exhibits and sells the art with proceeds going to the
artists. “Outsider art” refers to art by
untrained artists, including people with mental disabilities.
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Year
Began: 2001
This service provides professional development for teachers
in special education classrooms, assisting in integrating
the arts into their general curriculum.
HAI
also provides arts workshops directly to
special education
students in their classrooms. |
