Creativity Explored Celebrates 25 Years: May 2009  
# Friday, January 02, 2009

Creativity Explored is a nonprofit visual arts center where artists with developmental disabilities create, exhibit, and sell art.

The Gala event at Foreign Cinema will sell out! Buy tickets in advance.

In just 25 years, Creativity Explored has earned a reputation as one of San Francisco's best art galleries and one of its most beloved arts organizations. Creativity Explored is more than just a gallery and a studio - it's a spirited community of more than 120 artists with developmental disabilities creating some of the most profound, fearless and innovative art on view in galleries today. This May marks the 25th year that this extraordinary art center has been changing lives through art. To celebrate this important milestone, the gallery at 3245 16th St. hosts "Quarter Century" - a rare display of its archives and permanent collection May 1 through June 18 and celebrates with a gala event May 15 at Foreign Cinema - the Mission District’s hot spot for food and film.

ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

EXHIBITION: Quarter Century
Creativity Explored's 25th Anniversary exhibition will feature many treasured artworks set aside over the years for the gallery's permanent collection, highlights from past exhibitions including the critically acclaimed "Don’t Call Me Retard" and select pieces from the traveling Steele Art Collection. The exhibition also offers fans of some of CE's most highly regarded and widely collected artists such as John Patrick McKenzie, Michael Bernard Loggins, Douglas Sheran and Vincent Jackson a chance to see early works that trace their creative evolution. A special memorial wall honors the work of studio artists who have passed away. Videos made by and about the artists will also be a featured part of the display. The exhibition is on view May 1 through June 18, 2008; Monday through Friday 10 am to 3 pm, Thursday until 7 pm, Saturday 1 to 6 pm. The gallery is located at 3245 16th St. in San Francisco.

GALA EVENT: 25th Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate 25 years of changing lives, Creativity Explored hosts a gala event May 15th at the Mission District's hot spot for food and film, Foreign Cinema. The evening features a screening of selections from Ben Wu's Academy Award-winning student documentary about the artists of Creativity Explored "Cross Your Eyes, Keep them Wide" and a silent and live auction of tantalizing items and exceptional artworks by studio artists and some of their nationally-known colleagues. Partygoers will enjoy delicious gourmet treats and an open bar while listening to the Parisian café stylings of The Baguette Duet, western swing and cowboy music by Chris Leone and the Spurs of the Moment plus special performances by surprise guests. The event takes place May 15th from 7 to 10 pm Tickets are $100 per person in advance; $125 per person day of the event. Foreign Cinema is located at 2534 Mission St. in San Francisco.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT EITHER EVENT OR TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE GALA, THE PUBLIC SHOULD CALL (415) 863-2108 OR VISIT WWW.CREATIVITYEXPLORED.ORG

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