Bell Family Arts Center

For decades, the award-winning arts center at Little City has been a beloved mainstay program that is integral to our mission of making lives better for the people we serve. The arts center has long empowered children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to explore and expand their creative talents through innovative and therapeutic opportunities for artistic engagement and expression.  

Renamed the Bell Family Arts Center, this evolving state-of-the-art facility and expanding programs are building on that longstanding tradition for today and far into the future, ensuring that artistic exploration and expression remain a core element of Little City’s mission for decades to come.  

View the renderings below for a sneak peek at the new facility, currently under construction!

Rooted in three core pillars—Learning Experiences, Creative Expression, and Social Engagement—the program delivers enriching and experiential activities designed to spark creativity, build confidence, and create an inclusive and inspiring learning environment that transcends disability.  

Nurturing the artistic process by serving as a site for experimentation, art education, and skill building. 

All those that experience the Bell Family Arts Center will be immersed in learning opportunities. Areas include a historical timeline wall, an interactive flip wall of Little City artists, access to established art educators, a vast art gallery, and more. 

Fostering an individual’s capacity for bold creativity while also serving as a therapeutic outlet for expression. 

Participants will have many options to explore their creativity through a wide selection of arts mediums, a kiln for ceramic production, a material exploration zone, a tech fusion lab, and more. 

Bringing people together by providing a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible space to form social connections through mutual love of art. 

Participants will have the opportunity to engage with fellow artists and visitors at the arts cafe, during art classes, at art exhibitions, and at special outings for our artists to experience. 

For more than 25 years, the award-winning Bell Family Arts Center at Little City has empowered children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to explore and expand their creative talents. Through the arts, participants experience a sense of accomplishment and empowerment. The Bell Family Arts Center is a dynamic program that continually pushes the boundaries of artistic expression, offering innovative opportunities for artistic engagement through exposure to new mediums and ideas.

The Bell Family Arts Center serves both children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Little City residents and the community. At Little City, artists who cannot see, speak, or recognize the presence of others around them are the painters, sculptors, potters, and designers who compete and exhibit their work alongside others without the same challenges.

The Bell Family Arts Center provides necessary accommodations and modifications to ensure your loved one can fully participate. While trained instructors are present, participants must be independent and able to work in a 1:8 staff-to-participant ratio. A support person may attend at no charge if needed.

Little City’s Bell Family Arts Center hosts several events throughout the year for residents and families. Check back soon for more information!