Autistic Art Coalition of Philadelphia

01/04/2026

🎨 | Year in Rewind 2025
2025 was a landmark year for The Autistic Art Coalition of Philadelphia ( ), with events and exhibitions held throughout Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.

We proudly presented our 5th Art Exhibition at Philadelphia City Hall, spanning two floors:
4th Floor – The People’s Floor
2nd Floor – The Mayor’s Floor
On this same day, AACOP received a Proclamation from Madam Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, officially naming March 2025 as Intellectual & Developmental Disability Acceptance Month.

On April 3, 2025, Colleen accepted—on behalf of AACOP—a City Resolution declaring April as Autism Acceptance Month. Introduced by nicorourkephl, for Councilmember Kendra Brooks-Mack
This marked the first year the City of Philadelphia Government officially removed the word “Awareness” from the resolution.
Our 5th Art Exhibition was on display from February 28 through April 25, 2025. This slideshow includes images from a special field trip to City Hall, where Colleen and artists from the Liberty Resources class toured the exhibition and City Hall with Tu Huynh, Curator at Creative Philadelphia.
We continued the momentum with:
6th Art Exhibition at Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Tacony LAB Community Arts Center
7th Art Exhibition at State Representative Joseph C. Hohenstein Temple University Disability Summit
📚 Education & Advocacy
AACOP taught over 150 classes across two locations in 2025.
Colleen (AACOP), Mary Beth Morgan (Liberty Resources Inc.), and Barb Baur presented together on a panel at the 47th Developmental Disability Conference at CHOP.
🎭 Community Partnerships & Cultural Events
AACOP sponsored AACOP artist and Indigenous muralist Priscilla Bell Lamberty at Indigenous Peoples Day at Penn Treaty Park, in partnership with IDPhilly.
Colleen was invited to the Mural Arts Wall Ball, attending with community partner Barb Baur of Tacony LAB.
AACOP was invited to the VIP City of Inclusion Planning Event for 2026 at Independence LIVE, with Colleen attending alongside AACOP Office Administrator Tracey Brock.
🎉 Closing the Year Together
Our 2025 Holiday Party was held at Tacony LAB Community Arts Center, welcoming community partners from:
Vision for Equality
Speaking For Ourselves
Supportive Behavioral Resources
And members of our wider community

01/04/2026

Hopefully this works. It has been something else not have direct access to this page.

11/17/2025

This is our ad for giving Tuesday allows for others to pay it forward, which helps us to replenish our supplies. For each person who gives towards The Autistic Art Coalition Of Philadelphia when we have our 8th Art Exhibition we will give a free ticket to that show. When planning is complete and we have an official date whether it is in December, January or back to our regular February. We tried to outdo previous years each year. There is a good possibility that our next show will be in December but we are not 100% sure yet. So anybody who donates to us we will give a free ticket to our next art show with a-merch-surprise.

11/17/2025

This Thursday we are encouraging people to come out to class as we The Welcomes back one of our Community Celebrity Teacher who is one of Philadelphia's Own Muralist who has painted for Mural Arts Philadelphia Pricillia Bell Lamberty read more about her on her website. https://pbutterpaint.com/about

Pricillia has taught for the Autistic Art Coalition of Philadelphia in the Mural Arts Philadelphia's The Tacony LAB Community Arts Center last year. But most recently the AACOPhilly Sponsored Pricilla last month at Penn Treaty Park for Indigenous Peoples Day Philly, Community Day of Teaching and Celebrating. ALL Are Invited to Join us This Thursday at 1PM to 2:30PM in Liberty Resources 112 North 8th street 2nd floor in the Wade Blank Conference Room.

Invited: Liberty Resources, Liberty Resources Home Choices, Disability Pride Pennsylvania, Mental Health Partnerships, The Attic Youth Center, Friends Select School , Philadelphia Autism Project, AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Staff & Students Moore College of Art, University of PennsylvaniaDrexel Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

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“I seek to share my art with others in hopes of sparking thoughtful conversation with the viewer. It is my hope to help shed light on some of the often-challenging topics that I address in my work.” 

11/13/2025

The Red QR Code is For Classes.

The Black QR Code on the Right is for DONATIONS to The Autistic Art Coalition of Philadelphia. The Next Two FREE Classes:

Tomorrow Thursday 13th at 1PM to 2:30 PM Downtown Philly.
Thursday the 20th at the same time as the 13th of November.
and on
Tuesday, November 25th in The Tacony LAB Community Arts Center from 6:00PM to 8:00PM.

Our Hotline # (215) 934- 2116
www.AACOPhilly.org

11/13/2025

Also help us to Replenish Our Community Pantry : Non-Perishables.
Examples Canned Goods, Dry Milk, Cream of Wheat, Oatmeal, Dried Beans, Nuts, Dried Fruit or Grains.

We were able to supply food that was donated to individuals - Thank You for ALL of your support! From Everyone from the www.AACOPhilly.org .

11/13/2025

It's Friday! 👏 Here's the lineup of events for this upcoming week. Take advantage of the last few yoga classes at Tacony Thunder Mug Cafe and Tacony Soccer Club before they end for the season and get excited for The Tacony LAB Community Arts Center 2nd Annual 24 hour Knitathon! 🧶

11/13/2025

Was Asked to Re-Share - in Messenger

We are deeply grateful to share that The Attic Youth Center has been nominated by Philly Gives and the Philadelphia Foundation as one of this year’s featured nonprofits!

This nomination is more than recognition — it’s a celebration of community, compassion, and the collective belief that every young person deserves the opportunity to thrive. For nearly three decades, The Attic has been Philadelphia’s only independent LGBTQ+ youth center, providing safe spaces, life-changing resources, and a sense of belonging for thousands of young people.

We’re incredibly grateful to Philly Gives, the Philadelphia Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, and Lenfest Institute of Journalism for highlighting our mission and to everyone who continues to stand with us in this work. Learn more about Philly Gives and how it’s helping amplify our work in the latest issue of Philadelphia Gay News and the Philadelphia Inquirer!
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11/13/2025

OUR CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA LOCATION

Tomorrow's Class is Open Studio -
There are still tickets to this FREE Class.
from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.

Here are Images from Previous Classes. We are trying to get discriptions on all images. (It takes me time as the person posting -with my asscibility i try my best)

Friends Select School, The Attic Youth Center, Mental Health Partnerships, Councilmember Kendra Brooks, Colleen Creative Philadelphia, City Year Philadelphia, The Center for Autism, Philly Autism Education & Program Advocacy, Councilman Anthony Phillips, Philadelphia Autism Project

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11/13/2025

We were notified on Monday, and we posted to Instagram straight away, There is limited access to this page. So we post as we can.

MISSING YOUTH - 14 year old Female who’s missing information was dropped, "she was dropped off to Northeast High School went to school. Was not there for dismissal 2:45 PM"

**** - Please Circulate so that she might be reunited with her parents, family and all who misses her.