A place where every artist has the standing to be seen
Maqaam is an inclusive art platform championing artists with disabilities and neurodiverse artists across India. Through accessible exhibitions, workshops and artist-development programmes, we help artists present their work, reach new audiences and build meaningful creative careers.
A place where every artist has the standing to be seen
Maqaam is an inclusive art platform championing artists with disabilities and neurodiverse artists across India. Through accessible exhibitions, workshops and artist-development programmes, we help artists present their work, reach new audiences and build meaningful creative careers.
A place where every artist has the standing to be seen
Maqaam is an inclusive art platform championing artists with disabilities and neurodiverse artists across India. Through accessible exhibitions, workshops and artist-development programmes, we help artists present their work, reach new audiences and build meaningful creative careers.
Call for Artists Colours of Inclusion, An Inclusive Art Exhibition Colour Blindness Awareness Month | September 2026, Organised by Maqaam Foundation, In collaboration with 'कृ' Gallery of Art, Create. Inspire. Include. Maqaam Foundation and 'कृ' Gallery of Art invite artists to be part of Colours of Inclusion—an inclusive art exhibition celebrating creativity, diversity, and accessibility. Open to emerging and established artists, artists with disabilities, art students, and independent creatives working across all visual art forms. Showcase your original work, connect with the creative community, and contribute to a more inclusive future through art. Join the Movement Celebrate creativity without barriers and help shape a more inclusive cultural landscape. "True art is not about seeing every colour—it is about seeing every possibility."
Health, education and awareness — where the work reaches.
Exhibitions are one strand of Maqaam's practice. Alongside them we run programmes in slum communities, awareness circles, welfare counselling and skilling residencies — sixty NGO partners deep.
Slum communities · Health & education
3 yrs
of continuous slum outreach
Where the classroom is a courtyard
Maqaam takes hygiene, drawing and personal-development sessions into the camps where the state rarely arrives — teaching art online through the pandemic, and running month-long personality programmes with slum children in Delhi.
Awareness & advocacy
60+
NGO partners across India
Making disability a national conversation
Awareness events at clubs, colleges and academic campuses turn each exhibition into a public forum — with sign-language interpreters, braille descriptions, and audio-assisted image descriptions.
Welfare & guidance
Ongoing
mentorship & counselling
Year-round, one person at a time
Beyond exhibitions, Maqaam runs a quieter practice — scholarship help, college-admission guidance, disability-rights counselling, and support with pension and welfare paperwork.
Skill workshops & residencies
18+
workshops since 2022
A studio wherever the artists are
From tribal Mashan painting in Delhi to nature-art camps in the Himalayas, Maqaam runs residencies that give disabled and neurodiverse artists new mediums, new venues and new audiences.
Who we are
Maqaam means a place of standing. Since 2022 we have built that place — inclusive exhibitions where artists with disabilities and neurodiverse artists are shown beside everyone else, and known first as artists.
Registered as Maqaam Foundation · 5 July 2022 · New Delhi, India
Maqaam in media
Written up, across India.
Clippings from the exhibitions and the artists — national dailies, arts pages and disability press.
Maqaam Foundation is a powerful platform where artists with disabilities showcase their talent, express their creativity with dignity, and connect with audiences who truly appreciate their work.
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Tanu Gupta
Founder & CEO, HFactor 10X Consulting · 2024
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Maqaam Foundation creates meaningful opportunities for children from slum communities and for artists with disabilities — using art as a tool for expression, dignity and transformation.
Through Maqaam Foundation, young artists with disabilities have a platform to showcase their work to the world — with sign-language interpretation, braille descriptions and audio-assisted access.
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Jamal Siddiqui
Executive Director, AADI · 2024
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Maqaam has used art as a multiplier for disability advocacy — giving young artists visibility, mobility and the dignity of being paid for their work.
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Ganapathy Subramanian
Managing Trustee, India Inclusion Foundation · 2024
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Maqaam Foundation is one of the few disability platforms in India that treats artists as artists first — creating opportunities that are meaningful rather than merely symbolic.
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Shruti Pushkarna
Founder & CEO, Karuneti Consulting · 2024
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Maqaam Foundation nurtures talent and gives a professional platform to budding young artists with disabilities across India.
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Siddhant Shah
Founder, Access for All · 2024
Take part
Bring inclusive art to your city.
Visit an exhibition, host a show with us, or partner to build the next inclusive platform. There is a place here for everyone.