Creative Growth - The Painter by John Hiltunen
John Hiltunen is best known for his humorous collages of animal-human hybrids in settings that cleverly juxtapose high-brow fashion with the animal kingdom in an intentionally tongue-in-cheek manner. John is an artist at Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, the world’s first non-profit art studio for adults with developmental disabilities.
The Creative Growth series was created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with ALLDAYEVERYDAY and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Creative Growth - “I’ll Show You How Strong I Am” by Alexandra Bell
Alexandra Bell is an artist at Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, the world’s first non-profit art studio for adults with developmental disabilities.
The Creative Growth series was created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with ALLDAYEVERYDAY and i am OTHER.
For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Creative Growth - Emotion Pictures by Edward Walters
Edward Walters is an artist at Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, the world’s first non-profit art studio for adults with developmental disabilities.
The Creative Growth series was created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with ALLDAYEVERYDAY and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Creative Growth - Merritt Wallace - Time Door
Creative Growth artist Merritt Wallace creates colorful cityscapes, game boards, and idiosyncratic mazes into cohesive matrixes. Despite his developmental disability, Wallace finds that creating these fantasy worlds to be soothing.
For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Creative Growth - ‘How Are You Doing? What Time Is It?’ by Jackie Frank
Artist Jackie Frank is known for her colorful woodworks and hand woven textiles. She is an artist at Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, the world’s first non-profit art studio for adults with developmental disabilities.
The Creative Growth series was created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with All Day Every Day and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Hanksy - It’s A Punderful Life
In preparation for his first Los Angeles art show, New York street artist Hanksy explains the inspiration behind how he came to be. His celebrity obsession and subsequent wordplay phenomenon has been shrouded in mystery since his emergence two years ago.
Directed and Edited by Nicolas Heller
Shot by Jared Soule
Music by Cliff Dweller
Additional Post-Production by Daniel Perzan
Creative Growth - Nick Pagan - You Freak, Thank You
Meet Nick Pagan, an artist at Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, a non-profit for adult artists with developmental disabilities. The self-professed metalhead is not only known for his drawings, paintings, ceramics, and textiles, but he also builds cardboard drums sets and guitars which he “plays” in short films and at art exhibits. Nick has two words for people who call him a “freak.”
Created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with ALLDAYEVERYDAY and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Creative Growth - Dan Miller - Crack The Lightbulb
Dan Miller is one of the most recognized artists of Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, the world’s first non-profit art center dedicated to serving adults with developmental disabilities. Using ink and paper, Miller interprets every day subjects into intense, multi-layered ink masses that reflect the artist’s obsession with light bulbs, food, electrical outlets and even people’s names. Miller’s work is in MOMA’s permanent collection.
Created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with ALLDAYEVERYDAY and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org
Style Hunt - Shoreditch Street Style
Do you like African prints and mixing high and low fashion like a pro? Style Hunt scours the globe to hunt down the best street style of everyday people in some of our favorite cities. In Shoreditch, London, we learn to weather a hangover in style, accessorize for the Congo, and opine about the ills of skinny jeans.
Created by Metro International’s style director Kenya Hunt, presented by ModMods.com. Watch Style Hunt’s New York Fashion Week here: http://bit.ly/XDdsJB
Creative Growth - Aurie Ramirez Pin Stripe Soup
Artist Aurie Ramirez’s watercolor and ink compositions are often influenced by her love of The Addams Family and the rock band Kiss. Fragments of 18th century dandyism, neo-Victorian decorum, psychedelia, Venetian masquerade, Glam Rock sex and Punk fetishism are expressed in her work which has been shown at White Columns and Gavin Brown’s enterprise in New York, the Jack Hanley Gallery in Los Angeles, ABCD in Paris, and Collection l’Art Brut in Lausanne.
