THE ALPHA WORKSHOPS
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Mission Statement
OUR MISSION HAS FOUR IMPORTANT COMPONENTS: 1. Draw on the powerful healing potential of useful work and creative self-expression. 2. Provide training and employment in a flexible, compassionate workplace where the special needs of its employees can be met. 3. Compete in the marketplace successfully at the highest level of craftsmanship and artistry. 4. Provide a new model of economic development for people living with HIV/AIDS or other visible or invisible disabilities.
About This Cause
Dedicated to creating beauty and changing lives, The Alpha Workshops is the nation’s first nonprofit organization providing decorative arts education and employment to adults with visible or invisible disabilities and/or other vulnerabilities. It was founded in 1995 in the Chelsea area of Manhattan and modeled on the famed Omega Workshops, the Wiener Werkstätte, the Bauhaus, and the American Arts & Crafts movement. The multi-faceted organization encompasses The Alpha Workshops Studio School (AWSS), a vocational school licensed by the New York State Department of Education, and The Alpha Workshops Studios, an award-winning professional design and decorative arts atelier staffed exclusively by AWSS graduates.