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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 - Cat and Chicken by William Tyler

William Tyler is one of the longest attending artists at the Creative Growth Art Center. He is a productive, dedicated artist whose meticulous drawings reflect an intricate narrative using images from both his personal experience, cultural icons, and his perspective on the world at large to create a symbolic place where order reigns over emotion.

Created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with All Day Everyday and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org

Creative Growth - The Cruise Ship by William Tyler

William Tyler is one of the longest attending artists at the Creative Growth Art Center. He is a productive, dedicated artist whose meticulous drawings reflect an intricate narrative using images from both his personal experience, cultural icons, and his perspective on the world at large to create a symbolic place where order reigns over emotion.

For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org

Creative Growth - To Be The Best Oh Yeah

Meet the artists of Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California. Filmmaker Cheryl Dunn goes behind the scenes to introduce us to some of the personalities behind this incredible collective. Get inspired by these remarkable artists with developmental disabilities who have been building a community here since it’s establishment in 1974. 

For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org

Creative Growth - Art Happens Here

The Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California has been a home for artists with developmental disabilities since 1974. Filmmaker Cheryl Dunn has been documenting and working with the artists for seven years to create this beautiful series about the center. The artists’ work has been shown in galleries and museums throughout the world and i am OTHER is proud to present these films in hopes that they will shed light on this important institution.

Created by Cheryl Dunn and brought to you in conjunction with All Day Everyday and i am OTHER. For more information about Creative Growth visit http://creativegrowth.org

Pharrell Williams Introduces Creative Growth

Pharrell Williams talks about the innovation behind Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center and why this beautiful documentary series from filmmaker and photographer Cheryl Dunn should be celebrated. 

For more information about Creative Growth visit: http://creativegrowth.org

OTHERS by Hypebeast - Cyrcle.

LA-based art collective Cyrcle. blur the lines of the contemporary art world through street campaigns, design, fine art, murals, and collaborations. In their second solo show “Organized Chaos!” the artists created interactive puzzles and artworks that play on the metaphor between bees and flowers to “illuminate the symbiosis between art and society.” 

Street Art vs. Illegal Billboards with Cyrcle http://bit.ly/JPWZcb
Watch more Hypebeast videos here: http://bit.ly/MnrEz1