Gateway Arts is home to internationally known and collected artists Gateway Arts facilitates artistic expression for adults with disabilities. Some of their resident artists have even their masterpieces shown internationally, stop by the store to check out these works of art Share Updated: 8:11 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Gateway Arts is home to internationally known and collected artists Gateway Arts facilitates artistic expression for adults with disabilities. Some of their resident artists have even their masterpieces shown internationally, stop by the store to check out these works of art Share Updated: 8:11 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript >> OUR LAST LOOK AT ARTISTS AND FOLK ART IS HERE IN BROOKLINE AT A PLACE WHERE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES COME TO PAINT, MAKE POTTERY, JEWELRY, AND CREATE SCULPTURES. THIS IS GATEWAY ARTS, HOME TO STUDIOS, GALLERY, AND STORE. GATEWAY HAS BEEN A VIBRANT HOME TO CREATIVITY EVER SINCE 1973, pONE RESULT OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION -- DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF STATE HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS. QUAKES THEY DECIDED NATIONALLY TO HAVE PEOPLE GO INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY NEEDED THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO. >> THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. >> WHAT HAS HAPPENED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD, REALLY, IS A STUDIO CENTERED MOVEMENT WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES GO AND MAKE ART AND DO CRAFT WORK. >> PEOPLE SUCH AS SYDNEY PERRY. >> MASTER OF THE STUDIO ART CENTER. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINALS IN 1973. HE WAS THE MODEL OF WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION. >> SIDNEY’S WORK IS FEATURED IN AN ONLINE GALLERY SHOW AND HAS BEEN SEEN AND HAS BEEN SEEN IN SHOWS FROM NEW YORK TO CAMBRIDGE , ENGLAND. >> HIS WORK IS FABULOUS AND VERY IMAGINATIVE, VERY CREATIVE, VERY UNUSUAL, AND WELL COLLECTED. >> ANOTHER WELL COLLECTED ARTIST IS CARMELLA. SHE DOES POTTERY. >> A FABULOUS JUNGLE SCENE, GARDEN SCENE. >> AND HAS A DISTINCTIVE PAINTING STYLE. >> THIS IS A BOSTON LANDMARK. SHE CAN’T PAINT THEM QUICK ENOUGH. PEOPLE LOVE HER WORK. BILL SUPERVISES THE FOLK ART STUDIO. >> WE DO PAINTING, DRAWING, COLLAGE, FOUND OBJECT SCULPTURES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE A SCULPTURE. WE ARE NOT TEACHERS. WE FACILITATE. WE GIVE THEM THE MATERIALS TO CREATE WHAT THEY DESIRE TO CREATE. WE WILL HELP THEM AS MUCH AS WE HAVE TO TO GET THEIR IDEA OUT. >> IDEAS THE RESULTING CREATIONS SUCH AS THESE FOR SALE IN THE STORE. IN 48 YEARS, GATEWAY ARTS HAS GROWN AND NOW WELCOMES MORE THAN 100 ARTISTS. >> THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN COME BY AND SEE IT. WE VERY MUCH WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE TALENT A CHANCE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE ART WORLD. >> THEY ARE SO PROUD OF THEIR WORK AND I AM PROUD OF THEM. I AM HAPPY AND IT IS REWARDING. >> GREAT STUFF. GATEWAY’S STORE IS OPEN BY APPOINTMENT OR ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE ON-LINE. ARTISTS RECEIVE 50% OF SALES. THE OTHER 50% FUNDS SERVICES AND MATERIALS ALLOWING THESE ARTISTS TO CONTINUE THEIR ARTISTIC GROWTH. GATEWAY ARTS OPERATES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF VIN-FEN, A LARGE HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDER IN MASSACHUSETTS. THAT’S CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.