‘It never feels like you can’t do something’: How Project Onward’s artists with disabilities strengthen each other

At Project Onward, a nonprofit gallery for artists with disabilities, the community has become a support system and lifeline that shapes their art. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

As any creative knows, it’s not easy to share your art with others, especially works in progress. Putting yourself out there can be nerve-racking and stressful. However, the artists at Project Onward have found that making art in a community has benefits. In fact, the opportunity to work in a community is among the biggest benefits of working with the gallery.

When you enter Project Onward at the Bridgeport Art Center, it is buzzing with energy.