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Creativity Explored

August 13 - October 1, 2009

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3245 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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New Work in Printmaking and Drawing by Artists with Developmental Disabilities is Showcased in Exhibition at Creativity Explored August 13–September 30 3245 Sixteenth Street, San Francisco Opening reception: August 13, 7–9 pm Creativity Explored gallery hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 am –3 pm; Thursday until 7 pm; Saturday, 1–6 pm During the traditional gallery introductions season, Creativity Explored presents new work in printmaking and drawing by Walter Kresnik, Bertha Otoya, Ana Maria Vidalon and Doris Yen. The four artists employ a remarkable expressiveness of line in their mediums, which is further enhanced by their monochromatic palettes. Walter Kresnik revisits and refines his previous work in portraiture, using artists and musicians as his subjects. These intricate drawings are paired with renderings of cultural landmarks from the country of origin of each of Kresnik’s subjects. Doris Yen, Bertha Otoya, and Ana Maria Vidalon vigorously explore printmaking, a medium that is new for the three artists. Yen‘s mastery of line is further highlighted by the printmaking process, as seen in her works of fish and animals. Otoya also incorporates fish as a subject matter, along with animals, script, and images from hand-made stamps in her monoprints and in a stand-out 70-foot long scroll. Vidalon has experimented with several printmaking techniques to introduce entirely new content to her work. Inspired by sheet music, she employs chine-colle techniques that enable her to incorporate actual sheet music into her delicate compositions of lines and notes that dance across the surface of her works on paper.