About the Business
Founded in 1984 in San Francisco by a psychologist and an artist in response to the nationwide de-institutionalization of disabled people in the United States, Creativity Explored is a nonprofit serving the neurodiverse community with the ethos that creative expression and art is a human right.
The studio and gallery have welcomed hundreds of developmentally disabled artists and facilitated their careers in the contemporary art world locally in the Bay Area and internationally. Visitors enjoy stopping in often to see the changing exhibitions, to meet and visit with the artists and staff, and to shop for incredible and affordable original art.
Utterly original and so very human, the artwork made by Creativity Explored artists will expand your definition of what makes an artwork beautiful. Explore portfolios of over 130 practicing disabled artists offering up their drawings, paintings, collages, ceramics, embroidery, fashions, prints, and multimedia creations – all for sale or pure enjoyment.
The gallery is home to rotating exhibitions curated by the teaching artists and staff, well-known artists and art professionals, and of course, the Creativity Explored artists themselves.
Consistently voted the Best Art Gallery and Best Nonprofit in SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Awards, this hidden gem in the popular and vibrant Mission District is a creative beacon, unlike any typical museum or gallery.
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- Creativity Explored was founded by Florence and Elias Katz, on the principle that all people have the ability to create, and that visual artistic expression is a viable means to self-growth.
- (415) 863-2108
- 3245 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
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