We support and expand creative careers of artists living with mental illnesses, inviting these artists into the experiment of self-redefinition.
Anchor House of Artists celebrates art on a human scale.
The mission: To support and expand creative careers for artists living with mental illnesses, To fight the social stigma that they face, and To contribute to the cultural enrichment of Western Massachusetts and beyond.
Anchor House of Artists is a place to find Outsider and Visionary Art in debut exhibitions and in curated collections. We show both professionals and amateurs, building a creative parity that introduces both to new directions.
We maintain subsidized studio space open to artists living with mental illnesses to have the chance to build studio lives in the world, to make new work, and find an enthusiastic audience. The chance for artists to share helpful resources and to learn about art show opportunities, employment or grants makes the association with the studio a real benefit to both experienced and emerging artists. We invite the debate into question of what is art.
Anchor House of Artists is a place where artists join others to belong, to build new paths, to experiment with new self-definitions, to launch new work, but the Anchor House of Artists is also a *place to return* and find a new welcome.
We place human value on the products of creative people. We respect self-expression. We make a crucible for launching new ideas. Sale of collectable artworks, assistance to artists in making helpful linkages and accessing services and grants, offers of public talks and events, and launches into creative experiments are found here.
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