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Art Studio


The Art Studio Program at Northeast Center for Special Care was established in 1999 by noted artist Bill Richards and continues under the direction of artist Susan Togut.  Its concept is to view each Resident-Neighbor as an artist.  The Art Studio Program is not art therapy.  It is an ongoing, active community of artists.

Resident-Neighbors are given the opportunity to develop as artists and with that many come to see themselves as creative people and redefine their role as an artist.  From this individuals are able to identify and express themselves in a way that allows them the ability to get in touch with their emotions, feelings, and desires.  Their creative energy raises their self-worth, gives them the opportunity to actively participate in creation of a work of art and affords them the chance to be a part of an important creative community.

Many of our Resident-Neighbor have become accomplished artists who have had their works displayed in art exhibits all over the country, as well as having had their works published in magazines and in featured articles in publications such as the New York Times and Spirituality and Health magazine.

Since Northeast Center for Special Care is a therapeutic community the benefit derived is a form of cognitive rehabilitation.  Individuals with brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, paralysis, respiratory disorders and who may be or have been on a mechanical ventilator are able once again to initiate a project, perform multiple steps and see the project through to completion. They also have been able to participate in their community as individuals who make a valuable contribution.   For some this may be first time they have been able to accomplish that since their injury.  In effect this is healing art.

Photo of Susan Togut Artist-in-Residence at the Northeast center for Special Care Art Studio

     Susan Togut Artist-in-Residence

From the beginning the Art Studio at Northeast Center for Special Care is a part of a larger mission of rehabilitation, recovery and community reentry of individuals with brain injury and other disorders – to recognize the dignity and value of each individual.  

The Art Studio program is under the supervision of an artist.  The program is therapeutic, but it is not traditional art therapy.  The Art Studio is one of many innovative and alternative treatment modalities we employ at Northeast Center for Special Care.

Please take time to visit our Online Art Gallery and view some of the amazing artworks created by our talented Resident-Neighbors.

Visit our current gallery exhibition, an exhibition of works by two Resident-Neighbor artists at Northeast Center for Special Care:

Artists with Brain Injury Artists with Disabilities

Current Online Art Gallery

Current Online Art Gallery 

Online Galleries Archive:

Gallery Archive 1

Online Galleries Archive:

Gallery Archive 5
Gallery Archive 4
Gallery Archive 3
Gallery Archive 2
Gallery Archive 1


Bill Richards Profile  - Read a profile about Bill Richards, our Art Studio Director Emeritus, who originally created this program in 1999.

Healing People Through Creativity

From Broken Lives, Amazing Art

Amazing Art: A Celebration of Consciousness




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