Creativity Explored

Creativity Explored (CE) is a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that hosts a day program for developmentally disabled adult artists.

[1] Located in the Mission District and Potrero Hill, CE functions as a studio-based collective, offering, as of August 2023, over 130 artists art supplies, training, exhibition and sales opportunities.

[6] Creativity Explored was founded in 1983 by artist Florence Ludins-Katz and psychologist Elias Katz who worked at the Sonoma Developmental Center.

[8] The three centers were intended to be independently operated although similar organizations in response to statewide cuts in services for disabled adults.

[13] Creativity Explored has a gallery in its 16th Street location in the Mission District, where art is sold and exhibitions are curated, roughly five times a year.

Creativity Explored in San Francisco's Mission District gallery front, 2023
CE studio tables and storage/display area
CE ceramic storage
Studio during programming