Creativity Explored is a studio in San Francisco that partners with artists with developmental disabilities to celebrate and nurture the creative potential in all of us. Their artists have seen their work exhibited in museums, galleries, and art fairs in over 14 countries (and now SFMOMA!). Their San Francisco studios are the center of a thriving creative community where all are welcome.
Working on a scaffold in an airplane hangar before a live audience, Diego Rivera painted The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on This Continent, commonly known as Pan American Unity, his last mural in the U.S. The fresco depicts in colorful detail a past, present, and future that the artist believed were shared across North America, calling for cultural solidarity and exchange during a time of global conflict. With scenes of the Bay Area as a backdrop, the mural celebrates the creative spirit through portraits of artists, artisans, architects, and inventors who use art and technology as tools to shape society.