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NIAD Art Center

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Friday, January 17

NIAD Art Center
Rebecca Teague

NIAD Art Center empowers artists with disabilities through our Richmond-based arts studio; fostering creativity, accessibility, independence, community and income. Our inclusive community encourages experimentation, informed choices, and connection through art. At NIAD, we celebrate Richmond’s diversity and vibrancy, where trust, joy, and shared creativity bring us together, where each artist shares their unique story.

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Help Them See It So They Can Be It “Steam the Streets”

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Friday, January 24

Help Them See It So They Can Be It
Ben Gilbarg

You don’t know what you don’t know. There are so many career fields that our youth don’t know about, or have only heard about in abstract terms. This has an adverse effect on our economy and our communities where too many youth are left behind; going through the motions without forming a vision for themselves. STEAM the Streets’ strives to help cultivate an inclusive STEM/STEAM workforce. We have built a proven model that helps underrepresented youth see themselves in STEM/STEAM careers through engaging media that lifts up BIPOC voices and innovative outreach methods that meet youth where they’re at.

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