The Maria Neil Art Project is a venture created by avid art collectors and patrons, John Farina and Adam Tully. They started the business in early 2012 as a way to bring art to nontraditional spaces and encourage collecting. With their recent move to the Collinwood neighborhood, they opted to launch a gallery space as a way to not only better promote the many unrepresented and underrepresented artists, but also be a part of enhancing the community they live in.