Creative Growth artist Juan Aguilera celebrates nature, Mexican heritage through designs
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Aguilera finds art therapeutic, and from home, he’s still finding ways to stay involved with activities that bring him joy.
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Creative Growth Center: An unwavering community in an ever-changing Oakland
T he corner of 24th and Valdez in Uptown Oakland, where you’ll find the Creative Growth Art Center, is home to a lot of contradictions. Blocks of boarded-up businesses are punctuated by tall glass buildings, while kids in hand-me-downs sit at Lake Merritt picnics next to men in suits talking
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First Fridays: Looking for inspiration, finding creativity
1. “Reclaiming: A New Asylum” at Creative Growth Art Center In a world removed from conventional art and pop culture lies Creative Growth Art Center’s latest show featuring childlike scribbles, shapes and brushstrokes. “Reclaiming: A New Asylum” showcases the essence of creativity. Part crazy and part beautiful, the exhibition, which
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Your guide to February Oakland Art Murmur
1. “Histoire Noir” at Mercury 20 Gallery Though the discipline of history may seem fact-driven, emotion and imagination merge with historical renditions of Oakland and Europe in “Histoire Noir,” a two-part show opening at Mercury 20 Gallery. Artist Jody Medich takes the stories of her relatives living on the border
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