{"id":98,"date":"2026-02-23T06:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:50:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"98\" class=\"elementor elementor-98\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e9b2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6e9b2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-debc6d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"debc6d1\" 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=\"1366\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/about-us-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-101\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/about-us-hero.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/about-us-hero-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/about-us-hero-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fm-connect1.fortmindz.in\/wp-pva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/about-us-hero-768x319.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\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-cad200d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cad200d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf92b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cf92b7\" 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-8e4140c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e4140c\" 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\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a711980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a711980\" 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 (PVA) was founded in 2002 by The Shield Institute a not-for-profit human-service agency that educates and supports New Yorkers with autism and other developmental disabilities.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d65b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2d65b6\" 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>Pure Vision Arts is New York\u2019s first specialized art studio and exhibition space for people with developmental disabilities. PVA is staffed by trained professionals with backgrounds in art education, fine arts, and art therapy who provide mentoring and support to the artists who attend the studio.<\/p><p>Pure Vision Arts is ultimately about facilitating social change by creating opportunities for access and inclusion in the arts for people with neurological challenges. Many PVA artists have led extraordinary lives and the sheer power and uniqueness of their work helps to break down negative public misperceptions and stereotypes about people who have disabilities. In a very short time, PVA has become a vital resource for new and emerging artists of vision who would otherwise remain culturally and socially isolated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141d0cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"141d0cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f1f43 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79f1f43\" 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-e748f03 usp-section elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e748f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">PVA serves an often ignored community of men and women with an accommodating and supportive art space located in one of New York\u2019s vital cultural communities, where they express their creativity, sell their work and develop careers.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">PVA generates sales for the artists it represents, providing much needed economic opportunities.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">PVA\u2019s artists have been regular standouts at the annual International Outsider Art Fair in New York City and Vienna, where they have been enthusiastically embraced by collectors of contemporary and outsider art.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a432e usp-section elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d4a432e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">ARTnews, Arts and Antiques, The Folk Art magazine, Raw Vision, Folk Art Messenger and other important journals of art have recognized the highly-accomplished work of PVA\u2019s artists and their emergence as cultural contributors.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">PVA has organized major exhibitions with leading galleries and colleges in the United States and Europe focusing attention on the important cultural contributions of artists with disabilities.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">In his proclamation, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised \u201cthe dedication and ingenuity of this pioneering studio.\u201d<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41eaad1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"41eaad1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64b1e49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64b1e49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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As interest in PVA has expanded, so have the number of requests for tours of our studio and overall facility. While we make every effort to accommodate each request, please bear in mind that our time and resources to meet this growing demand are limited.<\/p><p>Contact Us at <a href=\"tel:212-366-4263\">212-366-4263<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Pure Vision Arts (PVA) was founded in 2002 by The Shield Institute a not-for-profit human-service agency that educates and supports New Yorkers with autism and other developmental disabilities. Pure Vision Arts is New York\u2019s first specialized art studio and exhibition space for people with developmental disabilities. 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