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For Immediate Release

For additional information contact:

Jennifer O’Neal, Curatorial Projects Manager, Creative Growth Art Center
510-836-2340 ext. 15 jennifer@creativegrowth.org or Tom di Maria, Director,
510-836-2340 ext. 13 tom@creativegrowth.org | www.creativegrowth.org

Creative Growth Art Center is thrilled to announce: Creative Growth for Marc Jacobs merchandise collaboration with the renowned international fashion retailer. One-hundred percent of proceeds go to support Creative Growth, an art studio for adult artists with disabilities.

WHAT: Creative Growth for Marc Jacobs, ‘Special Item’, limited edition, artist-inspired merchandise

WHEN: Beginning Friday, April, 24 in Marc by Marc Jacobs retail stores world-wide, and here in San Francisco

WHERE: Marc by Marc Jacobs retail locations in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Savannah, Boston, Chicago, Provincetown (Cape Cod), London, and Paris.

PUBLIC INFO: For more information call 510/836-2340 ext.15

Oakland, California—April 17, 2009— Creative Growth Art Center announces: Creative Growth for Marc Jacobs:

Creative Growth, the world’s oldest and largest art studio for adults with disabilities is thrilled to announce the limited edition release of ‘Special Item,’ artist inspired Creative Growth merchandise in collaboration with internationally renowned designer and retailer Marc Jacobs.

Included in the collection, are eleven items designed by four Creative Growth artists: Louis Estape, Dan Miller, William Scott, and Gerone Spruill. The items include t-shirts, tote and shoulder bags and a clutch wallet, ranging in price from $19 to $35. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of the artist inspired merchandise will go toward supporting the programs at the Oakland, California based center for adult artists with disabilities.

Creative Growth has been a leading advocate in the field of arts and disabilities, successfully having blurred the perceived line existing between Outsider and contemporary art making. Creative Growth Director, Tom di Maria remarked that the collaboration with Marc Jacobs offers wonderful support for Creative Growth’s projects and initiatives and adds, “It is gratifying to see the recognition that Marc Jacobs is providing for artists with disabilities and how these artists are increasingly being recognized as leading contributors to the art our time.”


CONTACT: Jennifer O’Neal, Curatorial Projects Manager, Creative Growth Art Center 510-836-2340 ext.15 jennifer@creativegrowth.org or Tom di Maria, Director, 510-836-2340 x 13 or tom@creativegrowth.org