a diamond shape, all edges and sides filled with different multi-colored art work of different mediums, including ceramics, paintings, and fiber. Become a NIAD GEM!

Enhance your impact and empower NIAD Artists. Join NIAD GEMs, our monthly giving program.

Your monthly GEM generosity fosters independence, dignity, and community integration for NIAD Studio Artists through sustainable careers in the arts for people with disabilities. 

Begin your monthly donation today and become a NIAD GEM!

Benefits Include

  • Early access to ARTY PARTY, our quarterly meet-up for NIAD enthusiasts
  • Original Heather Hamann magnet
  • Quarterly access to the GEMS zine
  • NARM card giving you membership access to over 1300 member institutions across 6 countries. Find participating locations on the member map: narmassociation.org
  • 10% off all NIAD online purchases

More about ARTY PARTY

When you become a NIAD GEM you join the party – ARTY PARTY!

You and a guest have an open invite to this quarterly meet-up for NIAD enthusiasts. From private tours of local collections and tasty treats from the culinary-inclined to nature times and karaoke, you never know where the ARTY may PARTY. Joyfully diverse, ARTY PARTY brings the spirit of NIAD out into the community and creates a space to enjoy our uniqueness, together.

*Free to GEMs. Limited number of additional tickets available to each event.

Start your monthly donation today, join the party and support equity in art!