March 18 – April 24, 2024
EBMUD Oakland Administration Building
2nd Floor Lobby
375 11th Street (bet. Webster & Franklin)
Oakland, California
Sky Blue: a Creative Growth Art Show is a celebration of expansiveness and fresh opportunity. The opening of this exhibition, marks many historic firsts as Creative Growth’s newly formed Black Artist Group collaborated with EBMUD on the details that determined each aspect of the show. Founding member of the Black Artist Group, Tanisha Warren had this to share about working with fellow artists to consider the curation and timeline of the project, “It will be so exciting for us to see this show. We all worked together as a team and were inspired by each other’s ideas. Nothing quite like Sky Blue has ever happened.”
Like the boundless feeling this new history brings, The Black Artists Group hopes their audience will be inspired by the limitlessness of a clear blue sky. They had this to say about the show’s very uplifting theme: Sky Blue is a fun day with Creative Growth artists. A glorious day. A blessed day. New beginnings, just like spring. You might be inspired. When you go outside on a lovely day, there are birds, water, waves, the ocean. Blueberries. Cookouts. Luncheons. Think about food! The sky is bright sunshine. Day time. Happy. Flowers. Amazing. Life. Sky Blue is infinity. It goes on forever. Sky Blue and Creative Growth mean connections. Respect. Nature. Respect Mother Earth, she gets me out of the house. We’re family here. We have different personalities. We have intelligent disabilities. We love art. Art is human. We paint and create. We speak for ourselves. You can come here where it’s safe, where no one will criticize you or put you down. We give people room to get through.
Possibilities are endless like the sky. Be yourself without judgment. We’re all intelligent people. We are all different. We are family and friends. D’Lisa Fort, of the Black Artists’ Group, had this to say about Sky Blue, “We are honored for the opportunity to show with EBMUD. Thank you for helping us share our work and organization with the community. We hope it will help us bring even more visitors to see us at Creative Growth!”
An artist reception will be held on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, 12 noon – 1:30 pm
The exhibit is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm
For more information, call 510-287-0138
www.ebmud.com/art