Wearable art. Hands-on creativity. Oakland style.

👗 What to Expect

This is not your average art workshop; it’s a full-on creative lab featuring artist-led stations where you can:

Couture Clothes – Upcycle and embellish your garments into wearable pieces of art
Fashion Collaging – Build mood boards and design visions with mixed-media inspiration
Fabric Painting & Textile Manipulation – Experiment with color, texture, and surface design
Mend & Sew – Add character, not waste, with machine and hand-sewing support
Jewelry-Making, Beading & More – Explore tactile adornments with offbeat, joyful materials

All stations are led by Creative Growth artists and local practicing creatives, professionals in both vision and technique, whose fashion designs have walked the runways of OAK and NYC!

💡 Bring your own clothing for upcycling, or choose from a curated rack of vintage fashion (donation-based).

🎟️ Ticket Tiers

$45 – Creator Pass

Includes access to 2 art-making stations: collage and fabric painting. Other activities included are access to a community weaving project and getting styled by CG artist Lizzy Rangel. All materials and tools provided.

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$55 – Style Seeker Pass

Includes access to 3 stations: collage, fabric painting, and embroidery. Dive deeper into process and embellishment. Other activities included are a community weaving project or a styling session with CG artist Lizzy Rangel. All materials included.

$75 – All Access Atelier

Full access to all 7+ art-making stations across the studio. Try out collage, painting, embroidery, sewing, beading, felting, jewelry-making, and textile manipulation. Other activities included a community weaving project or a styling session with CG artist Lizzy Rangel.

($100+ value if purchased individually.) All materials and tools included.

➕ Add-Ons

$15 – Add a Station

Expand your Creator or Style Seeker experience with an additional art station of your choice. Available in advance or on-site (pending space).

🧵 About Creative Growth

For over 50 years, Creative Growth Art Center has supported artists with developmental disabilities in achieving full creative expression. As the first studio and gallery of its kind, our Oakland-based organization has championed inclusive access to the arts and built a global reputation for groundbreaking work that now lives in collections at MoMA, SFMOMA, LACMA, the Smithsonian, and more.

Learn more about our fashion program and annual runway show, Beyond Trend, here! If you have any access needs or questions, visit here.

“Our philosophy is that each person has the right to the richest and fullest development of which he is capable. Only then can society reach its fullest potential. Creativity is a vital living force within each individual.”— Florence Ludins-Katz & Elias Katz, founders of Creative Growth

Creative Growth Fashion Lab

Paint, sew, embellish, embroider, and mend. It's an open studio for fashion expression!

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