The First Street Gallery and Art Center is located in a modern high-rise office tower, which looks out of place amongst the old buildings and cottages of the Historic District. First Street Gallery is not a typical art gallery. The gallery is a program of the Tierra del Sol Foundation, a charitable human service organization established in 1971. The mission of the program is to enable individuals with developmental and multiple disabilities to realize their greatest human potential, become as independent as possible within their families and communities, and establish a valued role in society. The center provides clients with professional art training and exhibition resources. Artists create original works of art such as paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture and collage.