Project Onward
Chicago IL
Project Onward supports the creative growth of visual artists with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. We provide studio space, art supplies, and professional guidance to artists free of charge, and together, we build a place of community. Project Onward also elevates these creators in the art world outside our doors through professional exhibitions, publications, and workshops. Above all, we recognize and seek to convey this art’s aesthetic, economic, and social value. Art is a vehicle for change. The work of neurodivergent creators can transcend boundaries, challenge hierarchies, and broaden our understanding of the experience of being human.
Andrew Hall
Programmers at ENIAC
Marker and ink on illustration paper • 8 x 8 • $225
Franklin Armstrong
Greedy Gull
Color pencil • 9 x 12 • $100
Frederick Nitsch
I Broke Open
Screen print and acrylic on illustration board • 11 x 8 • $200
James Hall
Monstrous Hoary Crowns of Glory II
Ink and marker • 9 x 12 • NFS
Jonathan Weathersby
You Are a Crasher
Mixed media • 14 x 11 • $225
Lucy Woodhouse
Road to Joy
Pen • 14 x 11 • $125
Mark Klapper
Dim Glow
Mixed media on canvas • 20 x 16 • $250