NIAD Art Center in Richmond has been announced as a featured partner in the Further Triennial, a major new regional arts initiative launching its inaugural edition in the spring of 2027.
The three-month celebration, titled Around Here, will bring together more than 80 nonprofit organizations from across Northern California to highlight how local artists have shaped the region’s history and culture. As a downtown Richmond studio that has supported artists with disabilities for over 40 years, NIAD earned a reputation for its independent and experimental style. By participating in the triennial, NIAD will host a special exhibition alongside other prominent East Bay institutions such as the Berkeley Art Center and the Oakland Museum of California.
The featured exhibition at NIAD is titled Time is a spiral and includes artwork from both current and past artists. To display these works, the team is using a moving conveyor belt that carries a parade of different objects, which visitors are encouraged to touch and rearrange. This interactive setup demonstrates that history and personal stories do not always move in a straight line but instead overlap across different generations of the Bay Area disability community. Artist Finnegan Shannon and curator Lauren Leving led the project’s development alongside NIAD artists and staff members Lucy Zimmerman, Camila de Andrade Bianchi, and Liliana Herrera. Their goal is to show how local stories connect with one another while highlighting NIAD’s significant role in the creative life of Northern California.
The Further Triennial aims to recognize “unsung heroes” and creative individuals who have been overlooked by mainstream art history. In addition to the NIAD Art Center, other major institutions hosting exhibitions next spring include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Oakland Museum of California, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), and the San Jose Museum of Art.
To support broader participation, a new initiative called the Community Impact Fund will provide $20,000 grants to 17 smaller organizations. This fund specifically targets groups led by people of color and LGBTQIA+ leaders to ensure the festival accurately represents the diversity of the community. Applications for these grants will become available on Feb. 24.
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