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Look Here – Save the Date for the 6th Annual Creating Community October 20-23, 2025

Look Here, launching September 2025, is a multimodal project that focuses on the changing narrative around art created in progressive studios and illuminates how neurodivergent artists challenge and expand conventional approaches to artmaking. 

As part of the Look Here project, the Center for Creative Works, a program of Resources for Human Development, and Haverford College’s John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities, in collaboration with Creative Growth, will host the 6th Annual Creating Community Symposium in Philadelphia, PA October 20 – 23, 2025. The annual convening, making its East Coast debut in 2025, provides a place for progressive studio artists, staff, and collaborators to gather and engage around the ongoing work and advancement of progressive art studios nationwide. 

Please save the dates for the 6th Annual Creating Community Symposium and register today at hav.to/lookhere for further symposium and Look Here project details.

Questions?:
Email Matthew Seamus Callinan, mcallina@haverford.edu 
and Lori Bartol, lorib@rhd.org

Details TBA

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Events

Outsider Art Fair New York 2025

Catch these Progressive Art Studios at the Outsider Art Fair New York 2025

Arts of Life/Circle Contemporary (Chicago); Interact Center for Visual & Performing Arts (St. Paul, MN); Center for Creative Works (Wynnewood, PA); Creative Growth Art Center (Oakland, CA); Creativity Explored (San Francisco); Fountain House (New York); LAND Gallery (Brooklyn); North Pole Studio (Portland, OR); Pure Vision Arts (New York); SAGE Studio (Austin, TX) and Progressive Art Studio Collective (Detroit, MI) and ArTech Collective (New York) through Shelter Gallery (New York). 

OAF Hours
VIP & Press Preview:
Thursday, February 27th: 12–6pm
Vernissage:
Thursday, February 27th: 6-9pm
Open to the Public:
Friday, February 28th: 11am-8pm
Saturday, March 1st: 11am-8pm
Sunday, March 2nd: 11am-6pm

Click here for more details and tickets

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General News

WELCOME TO PASA

We are excited to share an update on the Progressive Art Studio Alliance and the formation of a new organization. The Progressive Art Studio Alliance (PASA) advocates for resources and policies that improve the outcomes of our member programs across the United States and abroad. As the only organization focusing on Progressive Art Studios, the Alliance works to provide shared opportunities for advocacy, collaboration, education, research, and public policy. 

Community Access Art Collective (Amy Sharp), Progressive Art Studio Collective (Anthony Marcellini) Arts of Life (Denny Fisher + Vincent Uribe), Center for Creative Works (Lori Bartol), Vinfen’s Gateway Arts (Greg Liakos), Access Gallery (Damon McLeese). The 7 of us have been volunteering our time for the past several months to develop the framework of this new organization, and we know there is more progress to be made. We are excited for the future of this Alliance to continue to grow. While we may be in our infancy, our need for member support will be crucial as we begin to develop offerings and resources to our membership base.

Here’s what you can look forward to as a member:

  • Invitations to member-only events like Quarterly meetings that dig deeper into areas that impact our sector.
  • Volunteer opportunities to get involved firsthand.
  • Share your events with PASA members.
  • Access a Depository of sessions beginning with the 2025 Symposium
  • Access shared Resources and Best practices (for example: Artist Agreements and Releases)
  • National Information that impacts PAS programs.

To get started, here are a few next steps:

  • Bookmark our Website (in process).
  • Reach out to learn more about how to volunteer.
  • Introduce yourself and your organization to other Members.

If you have any questions or just want to say hi, feel free to reach out to us:

Info@progressiveartstudioalliance.org