Save the Date // Win Win 11!

NIAD’s Annual Fundraiser Saturday March 11 3:00 to 7:00PM NIAD Art Center Dear NIAD Lovers: At NIAD, the new year is opening with quite a bit of storm and bluster. Through it all, we’re able to move our programs online for everyone’s safety – largely because NIAD’s supporters have made it possible to maintain a thriving Virtual Studio where we can meet despite the weather.  For this and for the bounty that has carried us through our 40th year and into a new decade, we are feeling grateful and fortunate.  January 1 kicks off a season of preparation for Win Read More …

The Latest from NIAD: WIN WIN Thank You!

Dear NIAD Lovers: $47,000. Sometimes a number is so meaningful.  This year, we asked our supporters to help us reach $40,000 at this year’s fundraiser, Win Win 10, to plant the seeds for NIAD’s next 40 years.  You helped us sail past our goals, and into a new future. By some measures $47,000 may seem modest, but we’re already getting to work, purchasing new tables for the studio, upgrading computers and technology equipment, renovating NIAD’s building with key accessibility upgrades. In a continually growing nonprofit, $47,000 goes a long way toward anchoring our next decades in creating platforms for artist leadership, staff training, Read More …

WIN WIN 10 Tickets On Sale!

NIAD turns 40 this year, so we’re going BIG. NIAD is pulling out all the stops for our annual WIN WIN benefit to commemorate our 40th anniversary, and it wouldn’t be the same without you! It’s called “WIN WIN” because everyone has a chance to take home fantastic art and support NIAD artists. Please join us on Zoom for a fun afternoon of games, music and a live auction of extraordinary artwork donated by NIAD artists and artists in our vital network of supporters.  Following the Zoom event, NIAD lovers will come together (safely) for an in-person reception with music and paella Read More …

Win Win 10 Sneak Preview, collected by Isabel Xilonen Ortiz (online exhibition)

Our final NIAD Gift Guide of the season doubles as a sneak peek into what’s in store for you at Win Win 10, NIAD’s Annual Benefit Fundraiser coming up on Saturday March 5, 2022! Isabel X. Ortiz from NIAD’s fundraising team describes the NIAD artworks that inspired her Win Win 10 Sneak Preview collection… About the collection I curated this collection with all the game-lovers and risk-takers in mind. It’s for the artists who are pushing their own creative boundaries. It’s for the innovators who are thinking of their next passion project. It’s for the people who like to spice up their homes with Read More …