Opening reception Thur, Sept 15, 7-9pm, exhibition September 15 - October 26, 2016
Creativity Explored, the premier nonprofit visual art gallery and studio for artists with developmental disabilities, presents Natural History, a group exhibition that transforms the gallery into a miniature museum complete with bone sculptures and diorama. In this multi-media exhibition, Creativity Explored artists explore astronomy, geology, prehistoric science, and flora and fauna using a range of art practices including painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation.
Curators and Visual Arts Instructors Andrew Gilson and Glenn Peckman mirror the environment of a natural history museum by dedicating different areas of the gallery to various fields of study. Insect paintings on wood are displayed pinned to the wall while pedestals showcase sculptures of taxidermy animals and fossils. A gallery alcove will transform into an aquarium complete with colorful acrylic and wood cutouts. From the street, passers will see the large windows evolve into a mock- diorama and bone sculpture excavation site. To complete the museum experience, there will be a gift shop featuring small artworks like Doris Yen's ink and watercolor on paper dinosaur studies.
Drawing on inspiration from their love of classic natural history museums - specifically, the old Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, CA (pre-renovation) and the Museum of Natural History in New York, NY, curators Gilson and Peckman create a broad overview of different areas of a museum: fossils, dioramas, taxonomy, astronomy, and more.
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