Conference art exhibit

Putting Care at the Center 2023 will feature an art exhibit hosted in collaboration with Vinfen, a leading provider of community-based services in the Boston area. See a variety of art — from paintings to handcrafted pieces — created by their program participants on this year’s conference theme: Elevating behavioral health in whole-person care. This three-day event will provide conference attendees with the opportunity to browse unique, one-of-a-kind artwork from local artists and provide a chance to learn more about art as a form of whole-person care.

The art exhibit will take place on the second floor, Mezzanine level of the Boston Park Plaza from Wednesday, November 1, 2023 – Friday, November 3, 2023.

The opportunity to meet artists and purchase artwork will be provided during select times.

For 45 years, Vinfen has been dedicated to transforming lives. Vinfen’s mission is to transform lives by building the capacity of individuals, families, organizations, and communities to learn, thrive, and achieve their goals. Their services promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people they serve. As a human services leader, Vinfen strives to be the provider, employer, and partner of choice.

Webster Clubhouse in Roslindale Massachusetts is a community center for adults with long-term mental health diagnoses. The aim of Webster Clubhouse is to foster a sense of community through participation in the Work Ordered Day, where every member has a role in the day-to-day functioning of the clubhouse. Here, members and staff work side by side in multiple growth encouraging areas relating to employment, intake, social/communications, and finally the art unit. The art unit is where we put care in the center of creativity as a means of coping and as a form of catharsis. At Webster Clubhouse artists can explore a wide variety of mediums for self-expression as a vital component of healing and understanding mental health conditions.

Gateway Arts is dedicated to providing individualized, arts-based services to adults with disabilities, and supporting meaningful lives and careers in art. Gateway Arts in Brookline, Massachusetts, is an internationally acclaimed studio art center, gallery, and store supporting meaningful lives and careers in art for adults with disabilities. For fifty years Gateway Arts has nurtured the creative talents of artists with diverse diagnoses, strengths and needs.