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Monument at Minnesota Street Project, curated by Ajit Chauhan
The Record Store
The Record Store is a celebration of music in the form of an immersive group show. Recreating the aesthetic of a record store in the gallery, artists have filled the space with interpretations of various album covers, tour posters, portraits of musicians, and merchandise.
Slowtide X CE
Join us at the ‘For Good’ charity art show produced by Slowtide & curated by Art Helps Heaps to benefit us at Creativity Explored! 100% of the net proceeds will be donated to Creativity Explored.
This charity art show brings together unique towel designs from a select group of talented and generous artists, including our own Samedi Djeimguero!
With only 40 towels available per artist, each piece is a limited edition gem. Guests at the in-person events in Costa Mesa, Newport, Los Angeles, and Ventura will have the opportunity to browse and purchase these exclusive artworks, displayed gallery-style.
As the weather warms up, these towels offer both practicality and style, whether you're building your art collection or hitting the beach!
Can't make it in person? Keep an eye out for the online launch on May 20th, where these exclusive towels will be available for purchase.
Featuring the art of:
Cali Dewitt, Samedi Djeimguero, Bailey Elder, Eric Elms, Roy Fowler, Evan Hecox, Julian Klincewicz, Ruby Neri, Russ Pope, Alexis Ross, Jenny Sharaf, C.r. Stecyk Iii & Ed Templeton
Save the Date :
5/15 - Costa Mesa @ Skullcandy 7-9 PM Address: 2955 Randolph Av, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
5/16 - Oceanside @ The Hill Street Country Club 7-9 PM Address: 530 S Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054
5/17 - Los Angeles @ The 3120 Creative 7-9 PM Address: 3118 Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026
5/19 - Ventura @ INDOEK Gallery 3-7 PM. Address: 432 N Ventura Ave Studio 30. Ventura, CA 93001
The events are free to attend, all ages are welcome.
Space is limited, please RSVP HERE !
Thank you to Art Helps Heaps, a Social Enterprise that aims to make creativity accessible to everybody through a sustainable and long-term approach to collaboration, and in the process do good and raise awareness of genetic disorders and rare diseases. Since its inception in 2022, Art Helps Heaps has raised and donated just over $74,000 through the development of products by collaborating with generous artists who answer our call.
Imaginate Saturday
Mental Health Awareness with Sakura
Join Creativity Explored and our longtime partner, Sakura of America, as we come together to champion mental health awareness this May. Experience a one-of-a-kind Imaginate Saturday, thoughtfully crafted to delve into the impact of anxiety. With the support of Sakura's quality art supplies, beloved by our artists, we invite you to join us in uncovering the serene rhythm of image repetition and flow. Find inspiration in the mesmerizing works of CE artists as we explore the depths of Creativity and engage in a guided bookmaking workshop, shedding light on the healing connection between art and anxiety.
“I feel happier when I make art. The world can be very overwhelming and I feel a real bond at CE, making art here brings me a lot of joy.”
- Kevin Roach
SF Design Week: Housing Advocacy Project Unveiling
Join us for a multimedia night, as we open our studio doors to welcome new guests, artists, and designers alike to check out our newest work and talk about art, equity, and inclusivity in San Francisco.
Over the past 6 months, Creativity Explored artists have united in working to envision a better future centered around access to safe and inclusive housing for all. Thanks to the support of the Bay Area Creative Corps grant, we’ve had the opportunity to bring this vision to life through art making and personal testimonies, culminating in a multimedia project that highlights issues that people with disabilities face in and around housing, and their wishes for the future of disability housing, and housing in general, in the Bay Area.
We will be unveiling this important project and hearing from the artists at Creativity Explored directly about their work on this project. Join us as we unveil the collaborative artwork and compelling video projects featuring their interviews and advocacy efforts.
Untitled Gesture
Each artist in ‘Untitled Gesture’ offers a highly personal visual language in physical form.
Curated by Leeza Doreian & Patricia Rubio
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Art Changes Lives 2024
At Art Changes Lives this year, we are celebrating you — for making an unprecedented year of opportunities for our artists possible. With milestone acquisitions, exhibitions, and publications around the Bay, our community is experiencing the power of being seen. Join us for an evening like never before, as we harness this incredible moment to open new doors for artists with disabilities in 2024.
BACC Housing Workshop
Join us for a community focused afternoon and an opportunity to participate in a Creativity Explored video project focused on housing for people with disabilities.
Housing is a crucial issue in the Bay Area, but it has a disproportionate burden on the disabled community. Our artists at Creativity Explored envision a San Francisco where everyone, regardless of ability, has access to safe and inclusive housing. Thanks to the support of the Bay Area Creative Corps grant, we have the opportunity to bring this vision to life through art and personal testimonies. Come be a part of this important project and help us create a more inclusive and supportive community for all.
The Record Store Night!
Join us at Creativity Explored and BFF.fm for a night of music and art on April 5th from 5-8 p.m.! DJ Lead Teddy and Lonald J. Bandz will provide the groove while you enjoy the party. Bring your own records to swap and shirts or totes for screen printing. Don't forget to check out our current exhibition, 'The Record Store.' Come together with us to celebrate art, music, and community—you won't want to miss it!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Art is Art: Creativity Explored at Rare Device
In honor of Creativity Explored’s 40th anniversary and the release of Art is Art, Rare Device invited a select group of CE artists to showcase drawings and sculpture work. Original artworks include popular color-block oil pastel portraits by Vincent Jackson, who has worked at CE for four decades; Nubia Ortega’s cartoon-like ceramic cars glazed with Crayola-like hues; and Gerald Wiggin’s sculpture “dude” figures who are named after imaginary and known characters. You’ll love the pops of color and whimsical nature of these artists’ work and will learn firsthand how Art is Art, no matter who makes it.
Outsider Art Fair
This year at the Outsider Art Fair, Creativity Explored is highlighting six artists who have been hard at work in our progressive art studio for over a decade.
HUES
Creativity Explored is thrilled to join NIAD in the spotlight of 'HUES,' a celebration honoring Black artists in the Bay Area.
Presenting twenty-five outstanding Black artists from the Bay Area, this showcase will be hosted at Senator Scott Wiener's Office in the State of California Building, San Francisco. This exhibition will showcase over 30 pieces encompassing painting, photography, sculpture, textile, and mixed media from Black artists in the Bay Area.
Root Division
Crip’d Ecologies: Unfurling Expanded Environments
This exhibition will feature two Creativity Explored artists Elana Cooper and Peter Cordova.
Crip’d Ecologies: Unfurling Expanded Ecologies addresses ecosystems that are personal, shared, and imagined. Inviting artists across disabilities to consider the following curatorial question: How can we bring dynamic Crip strategies into landscapes, ecosystems, and bodies impacted by climate change to support practices of becoming, grief, abundance, and multispecies relationships instead of scarcity?
Alongside the exhibition, Root Division will also host a two day convening and offer hybrid, online and in-person programming.
Co-curated by Moira Williams and Jeremiah Barber
Opening Reception
February 10, 2024 | 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Two Day Convening
Saturday, March 9 - Sunday March 10, 2024
The Imaginary City
If you are in Paris, visit The Imaginary City. Presenting how artists perceive - consciously or unconsciously - urban life, exploring the relation between contemporary humans, their imaginations, and the city. Featuring CE artists Lance Rivers and James Miles.
Looking Back - The 14th White Columns Annual
Creativity Explored is delighted to participate in Looking Back, the 14th White Columns Annual exhibition featuring the abstract work of Evelyn Reyes. A longstanding partner of Creativity Explored, White Columns is also celebrated as one of New York's oldest alternative art spaces.
FOG Art & Design
For this year's FOG Design + Art Fair, we are proud to present a joint exhibition with Creative Growth and NIAD highlighting artists whose works were recently acquired by SFMOMA.
Flower Power
Elana Cooper’s first solo exhibition at Creativity Explored brings together a selection of monochromatic flower works, created over the past six years. Since joining Creativity Explored in 2013, Cooper has primarily become known for her iconic silhouettes. These flower portraits are elegant, awkward, bold, and true to themselves– reflecting the quirky personalities of both flowers and people.
Prepared Guitar Ensemble: Workshop and Performance with Fred Frith
Prepared Guitar Ensemble, a collaboration founded by San Francisco based composer Matt Robidoux in 2019 with Creativity Explored is a space where artists meet to make sound inclusively with instruments of their own design.
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Holiday Art Shop & Opening Celebrations
We’re kicking off the Holiday Art Shop with two nights of parties and extended studio hours! Join in on the fun while getting artful, meaningful gifts for yourself and all your loved ones.
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Old Friends/New Friends: Live Reading and Performance
On Thursday, November 9th, join us for an evening of art, featuring introductions with Curator Natasha Boas, live readings artist Amanda Eicher and a dance performance by Emma Lanier and Cauveri Suresh.
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Design Friends
Join us on October 19th, 2023 at the vibrant CE Studio and Gallery, where we will showcase the creative possibilities of collaboration between Bay Area designers and Creativity Explored.
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Imaginate Saturdays
Join us at Imaginate Saturdays at our colorful studio, where the public can make art alongside our imaginative artists!
Today is the Greatest
CE artists Tranesha Smith-Kilgore and Yolanda Ramirez are featured in Today is the Greatest, an inclusive exhibition featuring artwork by artists with and without disabilities, curated by Quickest Flip.
Bay Area Now 9
CE Artist Doris Yen is featured in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’s next exhibition, Bay Area Now 9.