SEPTEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 21 2026
MEMBER PREVIEW:
Friday, September 18, 5-6 PM
PUBLIC OPENING:
Friday, September 18, 6-8 PM
Stereo Dynamic is the ultimate visual mixtape! This group exhibition explores what happens when music fuels the making, featuring handcrafted instruments, music videos, customized vinyls, and hand-stitched portraits of musical legends. Join us to celebrate the tracks, icons, and beats that inspire the art.
EXHIBITION detailS
Creative Growth proudly announces Stereo Dynamic, an electrifying group exhibition celebrating artists who draw inspiration from the world of music. For five decades, music legends, sonic history, and the energy of soul, disco, and dance-inspiring grooves have served as the sparkling disco ball illuminating Creative Growth’s vibrant studio practice. Spanning genres and mediums, Stereo Dynamic showcases a rich legacy of music videos, custom instruments, and musical collaborations.
The exhibition features multi-sensory experiences, including handcrafted instruments, hand-painted vinyl records, and a larger-than-life boombox by Deaf+ alum John Mullins. Radiating through the space alongside his classic tape paintings, Mullins expresses his unique relationship with sound using electric color and dynamic energy. Adding textural dimension to the show, Zina Hall debuts an intricately embroidered portrait series featuring Gladys Knight & The Pips, a deeply felt homage to the musicians who imprinted unforgettable memories.
Jamie Freid showcases two custom instruments, including a pyrographic violin. Freid will also lead an inclusive exhibition tour designed with tactile elements and visual descriptions specifically tailored for Blind and low-vision guests. Visitors will be sonically immersed through artist-curated playlists on rotation, featuring music from William Scott’s album, Peacemakers in the Summertime, alongside his striking painted portrait of SFOS Dreamgirl, Diana Ross.
Opening night kicks off with an unmissable glam rock window installation by Aurie Ramirez, plus live performances by Creative Growth artists and a live DJ set from Gerone Spruill.
Come experience the joy of music at Creative Growth!
Artist led exhibition tour
SEPTEMBer 26 2026
2:30-3:30 pm
📍Location: Creative Growth Art Center, 355 24th Street, Oakland, CA, 94612
Featured artist James Freid and Creative Growth staff will take you on an insider tour of our latest exhibition. This event is designed for everyone who wants to learn more about the artwork, with a focus on accessible experiences for Blind and low-vision guests. This includes tactile experiences and visual descriptions of selected artworks.
RSVP via email to emma@creativegrowth.org
Meet the Artist Featured in Our Window Installations
Aurie Ramirez
Born 1962, Sangley Point, Philippines
Practiced at Creative Growth since 1983
Aurie Ramirez’s sophisticated and delicately rendered watercolor and ink compositions create a fantasy world of 18th century dandyism, neo-Victorian decorum, psychedelia, glam rock sex, and anthropomorphic food. With imagery ranging the full spectrum from saccharine landscapes with smiling suns to punk fetishism and hardcore erotica, Ramirez explores sexuality, fashion, violence, and forbidden foods. Often depicting groups of women in KISS garb (Ramirez’s favorite band and most profound visual touchstone), Ramirez presents these women and their ephemera in endless iterations like paper dolls. In another series, she explores her Filipino heritage and childhood memories by reimagining traditional wardrobe on her red and green pinstriped characters. Ramirez is obsessive in her production, filling sketchbooks with dozens of compositions in a single day.
Ramirez’s work has been exhibited at galleries and museums internationally, including White Columns and Gavin Brown’s enterprise in New York; Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles; ABCD, Paris; Collection de l’Art Brut, Switzerland; and MADmusée, Belgium.
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