{"id":191,"date":"2026-02-23T09:03:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:23:03","slug":"history-of-pva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/about-us\/history-of-pva\/","title":{"rendered":"History of PVA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"191\" class=\"elementor elementor-191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61fb389 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61fb389\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06c75e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06c75e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2214\" height=\"1116\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-195\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas.jpg 2214w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas-1536x774.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alba-Somoza6-Untitled-Acrylic-on-Canvas-2048x1032.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2214px) 100vw, 2214px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3885e16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3885e16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511c5cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"511c5cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9658b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b9658b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History of PVA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40eb28f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40eb28f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPure Vision Arts (\u201cPVA\u201d) is Manhattan\u2019s only full-time professional art studio and exhibition space that serves artists with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f600ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f600ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We support our artists by encouraging community building, self-expression and creative development, and by providing potential economic empowerment.<\/p><p>Our studio was inspired by Oakland\u2019s Creative Growth which opened in 1974 as the nation\u2019s first independent visual art center for artists with neurodevelopmental conditions.<\/p><p>PVA champions full inclusion \u2013 social, artistic and economic \u2013 for artists who have traditionally been excluded from accessing and participating in our city\u2019s mainstream arts organizations and institutions. We work to promote the contributions made by our neurodiverse artists to contemporary folk art.<\/p><p>The art produced at PVA is enjoyed by a growing audience, including many serious collectors of Outsider art. Our goal is to continue expanding the public\u2019s awareness of the cultural vibrancy of the art created by artists with unique neurological perspectives.<\/p><p>Enter PVA on a typical day, and you will find as many as 25 artists painting, drawing, sculpting and working with textiles. They are sharing their ideas and mentoring each other as they work. 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