For more than forty years, the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, has been giving disabled adults the opportunity to make art. As the world\u2019s oldest and largest center of its kind, Creative Growth\u2019s history mirrors the evolution of a growing disability rights movement and an increased interest in self-taught art. This book provides an expansive visual overview of the organization\u2019s projects and artists, and contains new essays from international contributors including musician\/artist David Byrne and Creative Growth Director. From its humble beginnings in its founders\u2019 home, to its current international design, museum, and fashion partnerships, the book is a visual history of Creative Growth\u2019s most noted projects and artists, including Dan Miller, William Scott, and Judith Scott.
\nPublished with the support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, this publication provides critical information about how the art of people with developmental disabilities is being increasingly recognized as an important part of the contemporary art world.<\/p>\n
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\nClaire Daigle<\/strong> is the Chair of the Graduate Studies program at the San Francisco Art Institute and a scholar and writer on the work of Cy Twombly.
\nLucienne Peiry<\/strong> is the former Director of the Collection of Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland.
\nMatt Haber<\/strong> is a New York Times<\/em> writer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"