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Arts Access 2025

Every day at Arts Access is shaped by creative exploration, collaboration, and meaningful opportunity. In 2025, our artists reached new audiences, strengthened partnerships across New

A crowd of people of various abilities attending the Summer Symbiosis II exhibit at JSDD’s Heidi Gallery. Paintings, drawings, and small sculptures are on display throughout the gallery.

Summer Symbiosis II – Reception Recap

On Sunday, July 13, art enthusiasts joined the artists of Matheny Arts Access and JSDD’s WAE Center for the opening reception of Summer Symbiosis at

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Isabell warms hearts with her latest dance performance

Last weekend, Isabell warmed hearts with her passionate performance at Dance New Jersey’s Show Up & Dance 2025 event. Isabell took to the stage alongside

A woman in a wheelchair sitting next to an abstract acrylic painting on a table easel on a folding table.

For the Love of Art at Hillsborough Day Program

Arts Access and Matheny’s Hillsborough Day Program have been working together to create an exciting new internal event series called “First Look Fridays.” These events

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Arts Access 2024

Every day at Arts Access is full of exciting achievements and creative freedom. This year was filled with new opportunities to share our artists’ work

Able-bodied dancers and one dancer in a wheelchair, wearing white tops with different color gradient skirts, performing in a black box theater at the Arts Access dance and poetry performance at the Arts Council of Princeton in 2024.

Opening reception and performance in Princeton – Recap and Photo Album

For the Arts Access artists, having the opportunity to showcase creations that have been months or even years in the making is an experience like

All Abilities Art Fest – Recap and Photo Album

The very first All Abilities Art Fest was this weekend, and WOW! We are just blown away by how many people showed up to make

A young man and woman in wheelchairs, sitting in front of a gallery wall full of abstract paintings.

Summer Symbiosis – Reception Recap

Sunday, July 28, was a beautiful summer afternoon filled with even more beautiful art as the artists of the Matheny Arts Access Program and JSDD’s

Woman in a wheelchair and two able bodied dancers performing in a small room with a projector screen

Madison Mostly Dance Fest ’24 – Recap

The Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 was an 11-day event featuring dance performances, films about dance, theater about dance, music, and more! Arts Access was delighted to

Exploring Art Without Boundaries: an Arts Access exhibition recap

Sotheby’s is home to prestigious exhibitions, record-breaking auctions, and exceptional works of art. In 2019, the Arts Access Program made waves at the institution with