• Art Explorers is the only progressive art studio in Mendocino County. Our program has been running for more than 24 years.
• Art Explorers supports artists by exhibiting and selling artwork in our studio gallery and online shop, and by seeking out opportunities at national and international venues for broader visibility. Artists retain 50% of sales.
• The Art Explorers studio is a place to build community and be recognized as a working artist. We are proud to a part of the local art scene.
Art Explorers, Inc. is a creative arts program and progressive studio in Fort Bragg, California, serving physically disabled and neurodivergent adult artists. We are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. Our mission is to provide a fun, nurturing, non-judgmental, and artistically stimulating environment for creativity to thrive!
"We believe that creative thought and expression is a universal right - without rules, restrictions, or cultural boundaries. Our studio is an inclusive space that upholds this belief and our philosophy is rooted in a total respect for individuals and their communities, and in the foundation that all people have a unique artistic voice that deserves to be heard."
WAYS WE GO is a celebration of how we get from here to there – of the similarities between our different styles & visions, modes & rhythms for making our way! Each November, Art Explorers presents a group exhibition that includes one piece of artwork by each of the 43 studio artists we support. It is one of our bi-annual fundraising events with 50% of artwork sales retained by artists and 50% going directly toward art supplies and the operational costs that keep our doors open.
Please join us on for the opening reception November 1st, from 5 – 7pm at the Art Explorers studio at 333 N. Franklin St., in downtown Fort Bragg for light refreshments, live music, and to celebrate this awesome community of artists!
Cordially Invited aims to shine a spotlight artists working at progressive art studios, and the efforts of these studios to disrupt ableism, advance full inclusion, and first-and-foremost to ensure that their artists’ perspectives are centered and their original art is advanced and can be experienced by all. Participating artists this year come from over 30 diverse studios located as close as DC and as far away as Japan.
Click HERE for more information and to see participating artists' work!
