• Summer 2020 (amidst the COVID pandemic) Anthony Marcellini (independent contractor) begins conversations with Services to Enhance Potential (STEP), Brent Mikulski (CEO 2014-2024) and Terey Delisle (Director of Program Services 2021-2023), to launch an open-studio-based art and exhibitions program for adults with disabilities at STEP.  
• [Anthony was the exhibitions and programs manager of the Friendship Circle Soul Studio (2018-2020), an art studio and exhibition program for adult artists with disabilities. He became aware of STEP through an exhibition they produced with the Detroit gallery Playground, featuring artwork from its former “Art in the Market” program (2014-2019), a classroom-based art program run by artist and educator Ray Ackley.]  
• The program Anthony proposed was not a classroom, but a studio model, based on the progressive art studio structure. Progressive art studios are a pedagogical model, developed over 50 years ago, with an educational ethos developed to advance adults with disabilities into professional art careers, united by a goal to support independence, confidence building and unique self-directed art practices.  
• Fall 2020, Anthony and STEP begin planning this program, and attend the Second annual Creating Community Symposium, hosted virtually by Creative Growth.  
• December 3, 2020, PASC announces the newly named Progressive Art Studio Collective program via its social media accounts.  
• January 2021, PASC program opens its first studio, a private studio housed inside the STEP Detroit Resource Center at 4700 Beaufait St, Detroit, as the first and only progressive art studio in Detroit and Wayne County, working with a group of about 30 artists a week.  
• Mid-January 2021, PASC launches its first virtual studio program for PASC participants unable to attend in person, due to the COVID pandemic.  
• February 2021 PASC launches its second studio PASC Westland, a private studio housed inside the STEP Western Wayne Resource Center in Westland MI, doubling the numbers of artists participating.  
• March 2021, due to increased participant numbers PASC Detroit moves into a larger studio space in the STEP Detroit Resource Center.  
• May 13, 2021, PASC launches its website, offering online sales of PASC artworks 
• May 13, 2021, PASC launches its first online exhibition “An Ecstasy Beyond Language” on its website and makes its first sale.  
• July 2021 PASC meets with Anthony Curis of Library Street Collective to begin initial discussions on moving the PASC Detroit Studio into a public location, a building that will become known as ‘The Lantern’ in Southeast Detroit. 
• September 2021, TomMarla Day joins PASC staff.  
• September 1, 2021, PASC launches its first in person exhibition, “From Periphery to Center”, at The Scarab Club, Detroit 
• From October 2 - October 30, 2021, PASC participates in its first out of state exhibition, “Cordially Invited IV” at Make Studio in Baltimore, MD 
• November 2021, PASC launches its first public studio and gallery, PASC Southgate, in Southgate, MI, and opens it’s first PASC Southgate exhibition, Introductions 
• November 2021, PASC receives a MACC grant to launch its first pop-up gallery in Detroit. 
• January 2022, PASC launches its second in-person exhibition “Art is a Human Right” curated with Terie Hilton, at Swords Into Plowshares Gallery, Detroit, MI 
• February 11, 2022, PASC opens group exhibition Carbon Into Diamonds, at  PASC Southgate Gallery, curated by Hannah Lilly, 
• March 2022, Renee Willoughby joins PASC staff 
• March 25, 2022, PASC opens Vantage Points, at the Art Gallery at Westland City Hall, Westland, MI. This is our first exhibition, which launches an ongoing partnership with yearly exhibitions at the gallery.   
• April 2022, Chloé Hajjar joins PASC 
• May 2022, PASC opens our first pop-up gallery exhibition “Liberty Realm” at The Valla Group, 1410 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48207, curated by artist James Benjamin Franklin 
• PASC hires its first part time Gallery Assistant Evie Dahmer to run our pop up gallery at The Vella Group. 
• June 10, 2022 PASC opens Electric Relaxation, at PASC Detroit Pop Up Gallery, at The Vella Group, Detroit, curated by artists Anita Bates and Thomas Pyrzewski 
• July 2022 Todd Stevens joins PASC Staff 
• July 16, 2022, PASC opens Affections, at PASC Detroit Pop Up Gallery, at The Vella Group, Detroit, curated by gallerist Bridget Finn 
• September 2, 2022, PASC opens Setting The Table, at PASC Detroit Pop Up Gallery, at The Vella Group, Detroit, curated by artist Tyrell Winston 
• September 3, 2022 PASC artists participate in the exhibition Outside Forces, Art Enables, Washington, DC. 
• October 2022, PASC closes its pop-up gallery at The Vella Group  
• October 2022, Emilee Bergum joins PASC staff 
• November 2022 PASC receives another MACC grant to open a second pop-up gallery in Detroit. 
• November 18, 2022, PASC artists exhibit in Life on the Moon, an exhibit coinciding with a theatrical performance of the same name at the Detroit Repertory theatre, Detroit, MI 
• January 2023, Eleni Zaharopoulos joins PASC staff.  
• February 2023 Kristi Terns joins PASC staff 
• February 4, 2023, PASC artists participate in By Design at SAGE Studio, a progressive art studio and gallery in Austin, TX 
• February 23, 2023, PASC produces the exhibition ART AT HOME: A Progressive Art Exhibition a collaboration at Chap Lofts with Meet Erica’s Art at Home program 
• February 25, 2023 PASC artists exhibit in Get Together at Reyes|Finn Gallery, Detroit, a group show with 100 Detroit artists.  
• March 31, 2023, PASC opens the group exhibition, From Every Direction at Art Gallery at Westland City Hall 
• April 2023, PASC signs a lease to move its Detroit studio into Lantern 
• April 2023, PASC Westland studio undergoes a renovation to professionalize the studio 
• May 2023, PASC opens its second pop up gallery, PASC at The Belt, in the Belt Alleyway across from Library Street Collective’s Gallery. Sponsored by a second grant from MACC with the exhibition, with Persistent Vision a group show curated by Anthony Marcellini 
• May 2023, PASC receives a two-year NEA grant to launch a curatorial training program with PASC artists 
• June 23, 2023 PASC opens the group show, Expanding Orbits, Padzieski Gallery, Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI, curated by Evan Condron, Renee Willoughby and Eleni Zaharopoulos 
• July 13, 2023, PASC artists participate in the group exhibition, Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear, Circle Contemporary, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL  
• July 22, 2023, PASC participates in an exhibition at  Madison Heights Civic Center celebrating ADA Pride, Madison Heights, MI 
• July 8, 2023, PASC opens, Every Portrait Is A Portrait Of The Artist, PASC At The Belt, Detroit, MI, curated by Anthony Marcellini 
• August 2023 PASC raises over $100,000 through a matching campaign with MEDC to build out PASC Detroit studio and gallery in Lantern. 
• September 8, 2023, PASC opens The Sympathetic Relationship of Things a group exhibition at PASC At The Belt, Detroit, MI, curated by Anthony Marcellini 
• September 8, 2023, Beyond The Obvious, opens at Art Space 200, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, curated by Grace Serra. A group exhibition featuring PASC artists 
• October 6, 2023, PASC artist Ronald Griggs participates in Today is the Greatest at NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA, curated by Quickest Flip 
• October 18, 2023 PASC opens Speak Out, at Ford Art Gallery, WCCC, Belleville, MI, curated by Hannah Lilly 
• December 2023, PASC opens its first museum exhibition at MOCAD, titled “Intimacy: The Artistic Community of PASC”, curated by Abel Gonzalez Fernandez, Associate Curator at MOCAD and Anthony Marcellini 
• December 2023, by years end PASC has grown to support 180 artists across three studios 
• February 2024, Benjamin Haddix joins PASC Staff 
• February 29, 2024, PASC opens Cosmic Connections, PASC Southgate Gallery Southgate, MI, curated by Hannah Lilly 
• March 10, 2024, PASC at BasBlue, Art of BasBlue, opens, BasBlue Detroit, MI a program supported by Wasserman Projects Fund, curated by Alison Wong 
• March 28, 2024, A Tapestry of Transformation, a group show at Art Gallery at Westland City Hall, Westland, MI, curated by Eleni Zaharopoulos, Kristi T, Chloé Hajjar 
• May 2024, PASC Detroit at Lantern opens, this is PASC’s first public studio and first permanent gallery in Detroit, and the only gallery representing artists with disabilities in Detroit. We officially have three studios, and two galleries. 
• May 2024, PASC hires Amber Beasley as Gallery Assistant to help manage PASC exhibitions and social media. 
• May 9, 2024, If Anyone Can Hear This, PASC Detroit Gallery Detroit, MI curated by Scott Vincent Campbell 
• May 2024 Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI), accessions fifteen artworks by PASC artists Sherri Bryant, Marquise Rucker, Alsendoe Owens, Jeremy Dillard, DeRon Hudson, Ronald Griggs, Keisha Miller, Lewis Foster, Renee Rogan and Nejwa Elghoul into their permanent collection. 
• June 20, 2024, People Are People opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI curated by Matthew Higgs and Erin Somerville of White Columns Gallery, NY 
• June 27, 2024, Rejoice opens at PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI, curated by Hannah Lilly 
• August 1, 2024, Creatives In Control, PASC’s first artist curated exhibition opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, curated by Lewis Foster, Rodney Hudson, Keisha Miller and Lauren Williams 
• September 26, 2024, Cup Of Sugar opens at  PASC/SR Detroit, MI curated by Lynne Avadenka and Anthony Marcellini 
• October 5, 2024 PASC artists participate in, Don't Talk To Me Until I've Had My Lasagna!: A Garfield Themed Exhibit, SAGE Studio, Austin, TX  
• October 17, 2024, Crossing Point, opens at PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI, Ben Haddix and Kristi Ternes 
• October 26, 2024, PASC artist Sherri Bryant, is featured in How We Make the Planet Move: The Detroit Collection Part I, Cranbrook Art Museum, Birmingham, MI  
• November 7, 2024 Imagination Maps opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a two-person exhibition with Sherri Bryant and Robert Duncombe 
• November 19, 2024, PASC artists participate in Sudden Spoon, A Rosy Charm, at Art Enables, Washington, DC  
• November 21, 2024, PASC and Signal Return premiere a collaborative print project featuring eight PASC artists, at PASC Detroit Gallery and Signal-Return, Detroit, MI 
• December 2-8, 2024 PASC participates in Open Invitational an art fair for artists with disabilities, Miami, FL  
• December 3-7, 2024 PASC artists are featured at White Columns’ booth at NADA, Miami, FL. 
• December 12, 2024 When I Get Home, opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a group exhibition of PASC artists curated by Amber Beasley Nax 
• January 2025, PASC receives a NeighborHubs grant, through the Detroit Regional Chamber to improve our PASC Detroit studio and Gallery.  
• January 23, 2025, All Things You See, opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI a two person exhibition featuring Eric Green and Renee Rogan   
• January 30, 2025, Signs From the He(ART), opens at PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI, an artist curated group show of PASC artists by Therrin Burns, Nick Granch, and Randy Rodriguez 
• February 1, 2025, On the World With the World opens at "University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities, Ann Arbor, MI a group exhibition of PASC artists curated by Amanda Krugliak 
• February 27 - March 2, 2025, PASC shows with Shelter Gallery at Outsider Art Fair, 33rd edition, New York City, NY 
• March 13, 2025 Wild Things, opens PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a group show of PASC artists curated by PASC artists Detroit Angel Tweety, Mandy Demorest, and John Peterson. 
• March 27, 2025, Dream It Out Loud!, opens at the Art Gallery at Westland City Hall, Westland, MI, a group show of PASC artists curated by Ben Haddix and Kristi Ternes 
• May 1, 2025 Family Ties, opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a solo exhibition with PASC artist Ronald Griggs. 
• May17, 2025, artworks by PASC artists Chantell Donwell, Dameon Miller and Keisha Miller are featured in The Sea and the Sky, and You and I, at The Shepherd, Detroit, MI, a group show with internationally known artists curated by Alison Glenn 
• May 2025 Evan Mazellan joins PASC Staff 
• May 7 – 11 2025 several PASC artists are featured at Open Studio’s booth at NADA, New York City, NY. 
• June 12, 2025, ODA Disability Pride Celebration, Detroit, MI, an exhibition organized by the Detroit Office of Disability Affairs 
• June 5, 2025 A Lively Sense, opens at PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI, a three-person show featuring PASC artists Randy Rodriguez, Brahem Shaw, and Aaron Taylor curated by Amber Nax and Kristi Ternes 
• July 10, 2025, Opening Exhibition, Open Studio, New York, NY, a group show of artists from progressive art studios at a new gallery dedicated to progressive art studios, curated by Rachel Cohen and David Fierman  
• July 12, 2025 All Text, All Love opens at PASC Detroit Gallery Detroit, MI, a group show of PASC artists curated by Amber B. Nax and Anthony Marcellini 
• July 24, 2025, Gods From Afar opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a group show of PASC artists Curated by Amber B. Nax 
• July 29, 2025, Breaking Barriers opens at Lansing Shuffle, Lansing, MI, a exhibition of art by artists with disabilities curated by The Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council 
• September 2, 2025, Outside Forces opens at Art Enables, Washington, DC, several PASC artists participate in this exhibition featuring artists from many other national progressive art studios 
• September 4 – 7, 2025, Open Invitational, New York, NY. PASC participates in the first New York City iteration of this traveling art fair.  
• September 10, 2025,  PASC and Signal Return collaborate on, Free Contemporary Artist Prints at LANTERN, Detroit, MI a collaborative live print project featuring prints by Eric Green and Nathaniel McNeal part of Detroit Month of Design. 
• September 11, 2025 Worlds Within Worlds: Santina Dionisi, Rodney Stephens and Lauren Williams, opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI curated by Anthony Marcellini and Amber B. Nax 
• September 26, 2025 Under-Discovered Detroit opens at Detroit Artist Market Detroit, MI, a group show of PASC artists curated by  Anita Bates 
• October 2025 PASC receives grant support from Gilbert Family Foundation 
• October 1, 2025, Look Everywhere, Atelier Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, a group show of artists from progressive art studios curated by Jennifer Gilbert featuring Robert Duncombe 
• October 17, 2025 American Dreams opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a group show of PASC artists curated by Mario Moore 
• October 21-26, 2025 Keisha Miller is featured in Detroit Salon Domestic Dialogues, Art Basel Paris, Paris, France  
• November 2025 PASC receives two Detroit Arts Support grants from Erb Family Foundation and Hudson-Webber Foundation. 
• November 2025 PASC receies a grant from Applebaum Family Compass Fund to support a ceramics program opening in 2026 
• November 13, 2025,Veiled Forms opens at PASC Southgate Gallery, Southgate, MI, a group exhibition of PASC artists curated by Evan Mazellan and Amber B. Nax   
• December 1-6, 2025 PASC presents artwork at Open Invitational Art Fair, Second edition, Miami, FL 
• December 4, 2025 , Multitudes//Multitudes opens at PASC Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI, a group show of PASC artists curated by Ben Haddix and Amber B. Nax