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Over 40 years of supporting artists with disabilities in San Francisco.

We are a studio in San Francisco that partners with artists with developmental disabilities to celebrate and nurture the creative potential in all of us.

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Enrollment Open for Afterschool, Weekend, and Summer Camp Youth Programs!

Registration is now open for Camp Imaginate, the coolest art camp for 6–12 graders in San Francisco! Session programming is designed specifically for creative youth with developmental and learning disabilities, while warmly welcoming San Francisco teens of all abilities and every skill level.

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Imaginate Teen is an afterschool program for youth artists aged 11–18 where they can try different art forms, express themselves, and make new friends. This program is all about choice—students decide how often they attend (one, two, or all three days per week) and what kind of art they want to create.

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Imaginate YAY is a Saturday art program for neurodiverse young adults aged 18–22. Saturdays during the Fall school semester, students can create art using different materials, go on field trips to art places in San Francisco, and connect with others who share similar interests.

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Events & Exhibitions
Hung Kei Shiu: Color Field
Jan 15
Hung Kei Shiu: Color Field

Creativity Explored is proud to present a solo exhibition of Hung Kei Shiu, one of the studio’s very first artists. Shiu is known for his abstract works made up of tiny hatched line segments, loose circles, and short blocks of color. His marks accumulate, subtly altering in size, assembling into stunning abstractions and transformations of objects. With his organic layering of paint, Shiu patiently builds fields of delicate color within his marks until the finished artwork , resulting in echoes with a deep sense of space.

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