Studio Route 29 is a progressive art studio, which means we are a studio that centers the creative practices and perspectives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are a community space that champions inclusion and brings people together in play and creative spirit. 

We aim to strengthen the art community at large by extending resources and access to those historically dispossessed of them. We provide space, materials, and support to explore, create, and develop an artistic practice. Artists will have access to a wide range of mediums including (but not limited to) drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, installation, fashion design and production, weaving, rug making, sound art and music, performance, video, photography, and poetry.

We are integrated into the broader creative community of Frenchtown and beyond, and we have clubs, workshops, field trips, exhibitions, performances, film screenings, and all kinds of festivities that are open to the public.

Our gallery celebrates, represents, and advocates the artistic and cultural production of the studio, community space, and larger progressive art studio movement. We exhibit and sell artworks by our artists and others, and we work to promote our studio artists’ artwork broadly. We provide career support and professional development specific to each artist’s personal goals.

We are here to support our studio artists to accomplish their dreams, and to support the larger creative community to become more inclusive, connected, and vital. 

by Theo Baransky and Hop Peternell