Over the last few years I have been lucky enough to get to know and work with some of the artist's at Creative Growth in Oakland, CA, one of the most established art centers for adults with developmental disabilities in the country. I also have an incredibly talented friend Cheryl Dunn, a documentary film maker who has been trying to put the pieces together to make a doc on Creative Growth. Inspired to help Cheryl and Creative Growth get some bills together to get this project off the ground. I hit up a dear/talented friend at Marc Jacobs and proposed that MJ do a collaboration of sorts with Creative Growth, not surprisingly MJ saw the magic as well and jumped in. 

The artist inspired merchandise includes 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. 

I just went over this week to peep the goods and window display and the work looks lovely. Swing by and get yours and give a little too. It is a feel good shopping purchase, the kind we need more of these days.