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Meet the Artists
- Join our artists to experience for yourself how art can:
- Build community;
- Grow self-confidence and self-awareness;
- Feel satisfaction, joy, and beauty (find your people, feel safe and heard, express oneself);
- Find genuine interests and passions;
And, for some, develop a vocation.
1:00-1:15 PM: Luna Dance and Creativity and Spectrum Laboratory- Interactive experience
1:15-1:35 PM: Creative Growth and The O’Kelley Lab- Exhibition tables
1:35-1:45 PM: Alameda Adaptive Arts- Dance and song finale
With our Arts Alliance Panelists:
- Julie Plasencia, Creative Growth
- John-Mario Sevilla, Luna Dance and Creativity
- Garth Herberg, Spectrum Laboratory
- Rachel O’Kelley, O’Kelley Lab
Marcy Morrison Pearce, Alameda Adaptive Arts
And, also:
Joanna Beal, Fiber Artist @ Creative Growth since 2015
Born 1989 in Chicago, Illinois, Jo Beal is a fiber artist. She begins a new piece with an underlying structure, in many cases a rod or frame, before carefully wrapping it in layers of thread and yarn until the underlying structure is obscured and the thread becomes a sculptural element. Beal pays particular attention to textures, and chooses threads with varying line qualities, from fuzzy mohair to the defined line of sewing thread
Dee Hoover, Joanna Beal's mother and former Creative Growth Board Member
Dee Beal discovered Creative Growth shortly after moving to California in 1997 with her husband, Steve Beal, and their two children. They had relocated from Chicago, where they both worked at the Art Institute, after Steve became Provost at the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts). Many faculty and students there were connected to Creative Growth and introduced Steve to the center. He then introduced Dee. Their interest in Creative Growth was both personal and professional. Their daughter, Joanna, has an intellectual disability, and both parents had long careers in the arts. Steve joined the Board of Directors, and when he later became president of CCA, he stepped down and suggested Dee take his place. She served on the board for six years, including two as secretary.At first, they didn’t imagine Joanna would become an artist. She was young and had little interest in art. But Dee brought her to the Saturday youth program just to explore. Joanna entered with reluctance, but two hours later, she didn’t want to leave. That day changed everything. Joanna soon began identifying as an artist.
Shui Wah Poon, Artist @ Creative Growth since 2017
Born in Hong Kong in 1964, Shui Wah Poon creates highly detailed images of animals, mostly a wood-burning tool on plywood or leather. Poon remains undaunted by the laborious process, which creates portraits that are both textural and visually impressive.
Adrianna Sorondo, Creative Growth Facilitator
Adrianna Sorondo is a textile and ceramic artist/facilitator and CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) at Creative Growth Art Center. As an American Sign Language-fluent facilitator, she works closely with the d/Deaf+ community at CG and beyond. Over the last three years, Sorondo has supported the inclusion of Deaf culture within the art studio and beyond.
The Alameda Adaptive Arts Performing Troupe
