Creativity Explored

@creativityexplored

Since 1983, we’ve partnered with artists with disabilities to celebrate the creative potential in us all 🌟
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Creativity explored is a San Francisco-based nonprofit art studio and gallery that supports and exhibits the work of artists with developmental disabilities, providing them with space, supplies, and representation to build careers in the art world. @creativityexplored We designed this whimsical ladybug watercolor in a stacked frame floating on our in house white rag mat. The outer frame is a Painters Place original rift sawn white oak moulding on top of a @larsonjuhl baby blue block stem from their “Confetti II” collection. The soft inner frame and natural wood frame beautifully pull out the cool background tones, making the vibrant red and yellow ladybugs instantly pop! #fineart #customartframing #pictureframing #interiordesign #interiordecor
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Tonight! A nice trio of shows open at @etalgallerysf 5-8pm tonight ✨✨
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Some snaps from today’s visit to @creativityexplored !! OI partnered with Creativity Explored for our fair during @sf_artweek … always nice to check in with old friends !
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~ Friday’s Openings & Events ~ Recology Artist in Residence Exhibitions: ~Tianzong (TZ) Jiang: Polishing Brick into Mirror ~Wacala! Studios (Camila Montero and Ale Raigoza): Theatre of the Mind ~Mark Brest van Kempen: Mechanical Mambo: Possession and Dispossession in the Material World Opening Night, 5 - 8 PM @recologyair @markbvk @wacalastudio @tianzong_jiang 501 Tunnel AvenueSan Francisco Elisabeth Nicula: Possible Outcomes Opening Reception, 5 - 8 PM @etalgallerysf @elisabethnicula 2831a Mission Street, San Francisco Peter Cordova: Solo Exhibition Opening Reception 5 - 8 PM @etalgallerysf @creativityexplored 2831a Mission Street, San Francisco Neighbors Opening Reception, 5 - 8 PM @etalgallerysf @daniel_arthur_mendoza @dnltrejo @justin__mata 2831a Mission Street, San Francisco CCA 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition Closing Celebration & Performances, 5 - 8 PM @wattisarts @ccafinearts 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco Futurity Library: Disobedient Artists' Books in the Postbook Age Curated by bex ya yolk @bx_yayolk Opening Reception, 6 - 8 PM @sanfranciscocenterforthebook 375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco Countermyths: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition Opening Reception, 4-6 PM Artist Talks, 6 PM @bampfa @ucberkeley_artpractice 2155 Center Street, Berkeley
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We’ve been proud to support artists at @creativityexplored , a San Francisco studio supporting artists with developmental disabilities through daily creative practice and community. We share a belief that making is part of being human, and that creative practice helps us process, focus, connect, and feel more like ourselves. Today we’re highlighting work from a few of the artists at Creativity Explored, and are continually inspired by the ways they use Sakura tools in their process. The work is full of color, texture, and repetition, with each artist building a visual language that feels entirely their own. In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, a reminder of how creative practice can support how we feel, every day. We hope you find inspiration here like we do! Featured artwork by: 1- Samantha Mathews 2- Calvin Bernard Snow 3- Taneya Lovelace 4- Elana Cooper 5- Dan Michiels
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My pick for #artcrushmonday are the many talented artists from @creativityexplored a San Francisco- based organization working with and for developmentally disabled artists. This is a small selection of the talent you'll find when you explore their website. Please have a look and consider a donation or support the artists with a purchase. One of my favorite art purchases comes from an artist working with them🤩. #creativityexplored #artforall #artchangeslives
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Saturday starts early this week. If you’re planning a full day out, here’s where to begin👇️⁠ ⁠ • 10AM–4PM @legionofhonor : Opening Day Symposium of "New Perspectives on the Etruscans." A full day of talks with leading scholars exploring Etruscan art, engineering, and cultural influence.⁠ ⁠ • 11AM–1PM @creativityexplored : Curator-led walkthrough of "Pretty City," followed by an architectural tour of the neighborhood highlighting Victorian, Edwardian, and Art Deco details.⁠ ⁠ • 11AM–6PM @artofcontemporaryafrica : "Memory in Motion: Identities, Materials and Resonances," a group exhibition of contemporary African artists working across painting, sculpture, and assemblage.⁠ ⁠ • 12–3PM @arcgallerysf : "Spotlight: The Printmakers VI," features six California-based artists, plus a reception and trunk sale with works available directly from the artists.⁠ ⁠ • 1:30–3PM @wallboxgallery (South SF): Opening reception for "Collective Unconscious," a solo show by @t.a.t.y.x exploring abstraction, memory, and intuition.⁠ ⁠ • 1:30–4:30PM @asianartmuseum : Photo Embroidery Workshop with Embroidered Panda. Learn to transfer images onto fabric and build dimension through stitching. Materials included.⁠ ⁠ • 2PM @asianartmuseum : Gallery talk with @adesouza64 on "Table Settings," reflecting on how we assign value and attention.⁠ ⁠ • 2PM @sfmoma (Phyllis Wattis Theater): "Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: George’s Sphere." Screening of films by George Kuchar, including works made with his SFAI students. Curator @lamphole in attendance.⁠ ⁠ Stay tuned...there’s more coming in Part 2! 👀⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🖼️ Cover courtesy Tatiana Carvalho "Our Love Will Not Fade Away."
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Things to do in San Francisco 4/27–5/3 ! Links on my website. 🎨 ARTS & CULTURE 🎨 4/29: @sfmoma Art Bash 4/30-5/1: @​​therealconniehan at @sfjazz 4/30-5/2: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at the @sfsymphony 🍴 FOOD & DRINKS 🍴 5/2: Day into Dusk Party on the Lawn on @treasureislandsanfrancisco by @allineedevents ft @mahmutorhan @wakyin . @yuksel.presents @sf.nightlife @npu.live @opulenttemple @usa.turkish.concerts 5/2: Whisked Away: A Matcha Daydream by @jamesbongevents 5/4: Selena de Mayo at @sparksocialsf by @latinasforeversf 👥 PUBLIC EVENTS 👥 5/2: Mission Architectural Tour & “Pretty City” Walkthrough by @creativityexplored 5/2: AAPI Heritage Month Day Market by @ivalueculture @iamswig @society_of_art_livingarchives @yanksing 5/3: Off the Grid Treasure Island by @offthegridsf @treasureislandsanfrancisco 🪩 NIGHTLIFE 🪩 5/1: @theblessedmadonna by @electroluxxprty @eruptionparty @playajoy ft @vnssa 5/1: Wildin’ Out at @freshbladesbarbershop by @re.windpresents . @thaliarahim @jared.seidel @shotbynave @cstr.music 5/2: Rize SF | GlamoRIZE by @qtnightlife ft @dj_trungle @dj_babadubz at @evenightclubsf Email me for any paid promos if you’d like your event to be included on my SF Events list posted on my website and socials every Monday.☺️ Subscribe to my substack to get all the SF event links emailed to you every Monday! (: 📍San Francisco, CA #sfevents #funthingstodoinsf #sfitinerary #sfinfluencer #sfblogger
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~ Saturday’s Openings & Events PART 1 ~ Opening Day Symposium: New Perspectives on the Etruscans, Lectures + Tours, 10 AM - 4 PM @legionofhonor 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco Memory in Motion | Identities, Materials, and Resonances Opening Day, 11 AM - 6:30 PM @artofcontemporaryafrica 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco Pretty City: Exhibition Walkthrough & Mission Architectural Tour With curator Tom Leach @handdrawnsanfrancisco , 11 AM - 1 PM @creativityexplored 3245 16th Street, San Francisco Al-An deSouza: Table Settings Artist-led Tour & Walkthrough, 2 PM @asianartmuseum @adesouza64 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool: George’s Sphere Screening, 2 PM Co-presented by @canyoncinema @sfmoma 151 3rd Street, San Francisco The Last First Show: CCA MFA First Year Exhibition Opening Reception, 4 - 7 PM @minnesotastreetproject @ccafinearts 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco Tea. Dance. | A Celebration of Al-An deSouza Retirement party + Special Performance by Adrian Clutario (@aaaaadriiiannnnn ) 4 - 6 PM @sfac_galleries @adesouza64 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Yiming Clara: 似曾相识 | Dance, in Theater with Window Opening Reception, 5 - 8 PM *Artist Remarks at 4:30 PM @slashartsf @cla___li 1150 25th Street, San Francisco Mike Brodie: Solo Exhibition Opening Reception, 5 - 7 PM @casemoregallery @mikebrodie 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco
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Selene Perez!
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CE + ORION Forever! We had such a blast at @creativityexplored ’s annual Gala! It’s always so inspiring to be in a huge room full of so many advocates, donors, teachers, and most of all the artists. The amount of love and support for such a beautiful program and cause is amazing! @orioncustomframing is so proud to be the official framer for Creativity Explored! We donate all of the framing for the live auction, along with all of the gallery shows and exhibitions throughout the year! Our love and connection is just growing deeper and deeper and that’s exactly how we like it!
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