Upcoming Events
Very Special Art Festival!
Join CIDA for its 9th Annual Very Special Art Festival!
Registration is required to attend this event, click here to register today!
Peaceful Palettes Exhibition
Visit our upcoming exhibition, “Peaceful Palette,” opening Tuesday, August 20th!
Exhibition Dates are Tuesday August 20th to Friday August 23rd, and Gallery Hours are 12pm-4pm.
Peaceful Palettes features CIDA’s CoSpire artists’, exploring their ideas about Peace – internal, international, social – and what that means for each of them personally, intellectually, or emotionally.
Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Communities
Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Communities is a special workshop that CIDA is running in collaboration with CACF.
CoSpire Thrift Shop - May 17
CoSpire’s pop-up Thrift Shop on Friday, May 17!
CoSpire Cafe - May 17
Visit CoSpire’s pop-up cafe on Friday, May 17th!
CoSpire Cafe - May 3
Visit CoSpire’s pop-up cafe on Friday, May 3rd!
CoSpire Cafe - April 19
Visit CoSpire’s pop-up cafe on Friday, April 19th!
CoSpire Thrift Shop - April 19
CoSpire’s pop-up Thrift Shop on Friday, April 19th!
Click here to view the flyer of upcoming Thrift Shop Dates
CoSpire Cafe - March 15
Visit CoSpire’s pop-up cafe on Friday, March 15th!
CoSpire Utopia Exhibition
Don’t miss CoSpire’s Utopia Exhibition at Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University.
Exhibition Dates: Jan 25 - March 23, 2024
Visiting Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 10am - 5pm, Saturday: 12pm - 5pm
Very Special Art Festival Exhibition and Award Ceremony
Join CIDA in celebration of this year’s Very Special Art Contest though an exhibition and awards ceremony at St. John’s University!
Color the World Art Contest
Join CIDA for their 2023 Very Special Art Contest!
Please click here to visit our Very Special Art Website for contest details.
Friendship Day (Copy)
Make new friends at CIDA’s Friendship Day! This is an incredible opportunity where adults with disabilities can meet new friends and participate in fun-filled activities such as dancing, baking, and drawing.
Summer Showcase & Art Sale
From August 11-18, the CIDA Community Center will be displaying the works of its art group and summer-session art students on its gallery wall!
Friendship Day
Make new friends at CIDA’s Friendship Day! This is an incredible opportunity where adults with disabilities can meet new friends and participate in fun-filled activities such as dancing, baking, and drawing.
CIDA & Solomon's Summer Festival
Join CIDA and Solomon for their Summer Festival event at Alley Pond Park!
There will be food, music, and activities such as hula hooping, cornhole, bowling, face painting, origami, scavenger hunts, and more!
CoSpire Thrift Shop
As part of CIDA's Workforce Development program, our job trainees are launching and operating a pop-up thrift shop!
Stop by to find great deals on unique and affordable goods and provide our trainees with invaluable experience.
Night in Paris
Step into a world of enchantment at our Night in Paris Fundraising Dinner. Once seated, you will be treated to an incredible French-inspired four course dinner prepared by Chef Denis Williams.
After School & Summer Program OPEN HOUSE
Visit our Open House to learn more about our Afterschool and Summer Programs!
Please register by clicking the event title and completing the included form.
Local Employers Night
Join CIDA at our monthly networking night! CIDA is a Bayside non-profit focused on building capacity within the local community. Stop by to meet other local business and learn strategies to build capacity and retain your workforce. Light refreshments will be served.
Autism Awareness Day
Join CIDA in our celebration of Autism Awareness Day. Stop by to view our art exhibition, concerts by musicians with autism and crafts activities, and enjoy some light refreshments.