Grantee Database

CREATIVE GROWTH INC

Grant Year

2022-23

Grant Program

Creative Youth Development

Award Amount

$40,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, CREATIVE GROWTH INC will engage 10 youth artists, ages 15-24, in professional development activities to prepare them for their eventual transition into Creative Growth’s adult program which will introduce these artists to the world of professional art opportunities.

Organization Summary

Creative Growth Art Center provides high-quality art studio and exhibition programming to 140-160 adult and young-adult artists with developmental and concurrent disabilities. In the studio art program, our artists explore a range of visual arts, including painting, drawing, print making, woodwork, ceramics, fiber arts, fashion design, rug making, mixed media, and digital arts. Eighteen staff art instructors facilitate our studio program, which Creative Growth artists attend one to five days per week. Our Saturday Youth Program provides early exposure to the arts for young people with disabilities ages 15–22. Creative Growth also provides gallery representation for our artists, each year presenting at least 6 exhibitions in our Oakland gallery and exhibiting our artists’ work in approximately 20 external art fairs, gallery shows, and museums in the US and Europe, including prestigious contemporary art fairs in Paris, New York, and Miami. Adult artists attend our program for free and receive 50% of net sales of their work.

Organization

Creative Growth Art Center

Address

355 24th Street

Oakland

94612

County

Alameda

Region

Bay Area – Other

Phone

(510) 836-2340

Congressional District

California Assembly district 18

State Assembly District

District 18

State Senate District

District 9

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