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Support NIAD artists as they build sustainable creative practices and a more inclusive art world for us all.

A photograph of a person walking down a fashion runway. The model is artist Nakiesha White, a black woman wearing a large pink paper flower on her head and a sleeveless black dress. She is pointing toward the ceiling with one hand and has her other hand on her hip. In the background, a crowd of people on either side of the catwalk applaud. The walls are painted silver and there are colorful paper lanterns installed on the ceiling.
A photograph of an artist sitting in a painting studio. The artist is a black woman with glasses and long dark hair pulled into a pony tail. She looks over her shoulder and smiles at the camera. She wears a black shirt splattered with paint, and holds a small paintbrush in her right hand. A large white canvas is propped on an easel before her. The canvas is filled with wiggling lines and floral designs, most drawn in pencil and some traced over with black paint.
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I have been an artist at NIAD for 17 years. I have been growing and growing and growing into my practice everyday. Art making makes me feel powerful, and it makes me feel seen and heard. I am at home here.

Raven Harper, NIAD Artist

Ways to Support

Join GEMS

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 artists.

Benefits Include

  • 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.
  • 10% off all NIAD online purchases

Sponsor an exhibition

As an Exhibition Sponsor, your support goes a long way to ensure the success and visibility of NIAD’s gallery exhibitions.

Your $1,500 tax-deductible donation covers expenses such as:

  • A curator stipend
  • Artist talk and workshop fees
  • Fresh paint for gallery walls, framing, signage, lights, graphic design
  • Photography to document the exhibition
  • Opening reception refreshments
  • Gallery staffing

We gratefully acknowledge your support with:

  • Your name and logo on exhibition press materials
  • Your name and logo on our website, Facebook (8,000+ art lovers), Instagram (13,000+ art lovers), and e-newsletter (4,000+ art lovers)
  • Two tickets to Artful, our annual benefit exhibition and art auction
  • Limited edition NIAD swag
  • 10% Discount on NIAD art sales – both online and in person
  • Private tour of NIAD Art Center

In-Kind Donations

When you gift your gently used art supplies to NIAD you foster sustainability not only for our studio, but for our planet as well.

A few things we are looking for:

  • Rug tufting supplies 
  • Large tables and chairs for our studio 
  • Flat files for archiving
  • Etching Press

More ways to give

Matching Gifts

DOUBLE your impact. Ask your employer how they support organizations like NIAD Art Center through matching your contribution.

Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, and IRA Rollovers

Donate appreciated stocks, mutual funds, bonds, or from your IRA. You’ll support NIAD’s artists and receive significant tax benefits.

Planned Giving

Are you dedicated to seeing neurodiverse artists flourish and gain visibility over the next 20, 30, 40, or even 50 years? 

There are many advantages to making a planned gift to the NIAD Art Center. By naming NIAD Art Center in your will and trust or donating life insurance, you are supporting NIAD Studio Artists for generations to come. Please talk with us about other benefits including tax savings and donor advised planned giving funds. 

We invite you to let us know of your plans! You can join our Legacy Circle of supporters who have also made this commitment to NIAD Art Center.

Remembering a Friend: Honor and Memorial Gifts

Throughout our joyful forty plus years we’ve made many friends. Some come in and out of the NIAD community, while others build a lasting relationship. Rami Geller did the latter; he was a compassionate lover of art, community, and NIAD Art Center. 
In grateful collaboration with Rami’s family, NIAD artists and facilitators created a fountain in our courtyard which offers beauty, respite, remembrance and inspiration. 

Please contact Development Director Rebecca Teague to find out more about any of these opportunities.

Email: rebecca.teague@niadart.org

Phone: (510) 620-0290

Photo of NIAD artists Shantae Robinson, Felicia Griffin, and Heather Copus with NIAD Development Director Rebecca Teague smiling in NIAD's Annex Gallery.

Other Ways to Support

  • A photograph of a person in a museum gallery looking at art displayed on the wall. The wall is hung salon style, with many small colorful artworks arranged in stacks that cover the entire wall. The works are made in all different media, including fiber, ceramic, wood, and painting. From this distance, there appears to be are a lot of animals, vehicles, and round shapes. The museum visitor stands at the bottom left. They have long black box braids and a green sweater.
    Purchase Artwork

    When you own a piece of NIAD art, you connect with the unique story of an artist with disabilities and generate income from their work.

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  • Volunteer

    Support NIAD artists as they build powerful creative futures and stronger, more vibrant communities for us all.

    Get Involved
    Get Involved

  • Thank you for supporting NIAD artists’ growth, community resilience and right to thrive.