The Studio at Gallant Therapy Services in Hallowell recently moved to 100 Water St., the red building at north end of Hallowell downtown business district that used to house the Harlow Gallery. There are 38 artists with varying intellectual and developmental disabilities and Autism who attend The Studio to participate in drawing, painting, fiber arts and other types of art on site and in the community. The Studio had previously been located in downtown Augusta. The group will host a public open house Saturday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Earrings made with clients’ artwork are seen for sale recently at The Studio at Gallant Therapy Services in Hallowell.

John Dumas shows one of his comic-style drawings recently at The Studio at Gallant Therapy Services in Hallowell.

Olivia Hassell, one of the The Studio at Gallant Therapy Services artists, draws with chalk on the bulkhead in Granite City Park recently in Hallowell.

As other artists and staffers work in the background, John Dumas looks at reference art on a laptop Wednesday while he works on a comic book-style drawing at The Studio at Gallant Therapy Services in Hallowell. The group, which recently moved from downtown Augusta to Hallowell, provides a space for people with varying intellectual and developmental disabilities and Autism to participate in drawing, painting, fiber arts and other types of art.