Visit Creativity Explored at our own Ferry Building storefront this holiday season!
Each Saturday from November 27 through December 18, 2021, join Creativity Explored from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Ferry Building for a day of shopping, art activities, and contests.
Ferry Building visitors and holiday-goers are invited to explore and shop original drawings, paintings, prints, ceramics, tapestries, and one-of-a-kind fashions created by CE artists – plus, stock up on gift-giving essentials with CE wrapping paper, greetings cards, artful accessories, books, stationery, art supplies and more. As always, artists earn income directly from each sale!
In celebration of the partnership between two iconic San Francisco institutions, the Creativity Explored community will host a series of experiences at the Holiday Art Pop-Up Shop in partnership with the Ferry Building during operating hours:
Every Saturday, get to know a different CE artist and their artwork during casual Meet-and-Greet events. CE artists are excited to reconnect and show you what they’ve been creating!
Throughout December, the CE Holiday Art Pop-up Shop will also feature an art-making activity led by the Museum of Craft and Design. The activities are inspired by the Mode Brut fashion exhibit – on view through January 22, 2022 – which features original garments and fiber art by Creativity Explored artists created with local designers.
Every week Creativity Explored will host a free contest at the pop-up shop featuring art supplies by Sakura, Isaac Haney-Owens’ SF Icons Burnt Caramel Truffles chocolates from Recchiuti Confections, and limited-edition CE products.
Leading up to the series of pop-ups, a large-scale reproduction of artwork by CE artist Lien Nguyen (b. 1960, Vietnam) will bring a fantastical San Francisco skyline inside the Ferry Building for the public to enjoy. During the residency, the display will be viewable on the gates of the storefront from Sundays through Fridays.
No stranger to the local flavors of the Ferry Building, Creativity Explored has enjoyed over a decade of partnership with Recchiuti Confections, whose storefront boasts chocolate truffles emblazoned with artwork by CE artists. The arts licensing partnership has featured nearly a dozen seasonal designs inspired by CE artists. The newest collab features Jesus Huezo’s spooky illustrations and Isaac Haney-Owens’ fan-favorite San Francisco Icons Burnt Caramel Truffles was recently inducted as a regular item due to popular demand.
This holiday season get in the spirit of giving back at Ferry Building with the artists of Creativity Explored!
Schedule of Events
Featured artists and full schedule to be announced via the Creativity Explored newsletter and Instagram and the Ferry Building Instagram. Sign up here to learn about all the activities ▸
CE Holiday Art Pop-Up Shop at Suite 33
Saturdays on November 27, December 4, 11, and 18
8:00 am to 3:00 pm
Saturday, November 27
Artist Meet-n-Greet: Peter Cordova and Kevin Roach
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Small Business Saturday Scavenger Hunt
Pick up a map at a participating merchant and begin the hunt! Discover artwork by CE artists hidden throughout the Marketplace and inside some of your favorite small businesses – can you find them all? Participants will be entered to win art supplies, CE products and Ferry Building goodies! Visit the CE shop at Suite 33 between 8:00 am and 3:00 pm to enter the contest.
Saturday, December 4
Artist Meet-n-Greet: Donald Gruneisen
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Artful Wearable Accessories with Museum of Craft and Design
Drop-in activity from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
CE Dance Party
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
We’re bringing a CE tradition to the Ferry Building! Drop by to create artful wearables with the Museum of Craft and Design, then boogie down with the CE crew.
Saturday, December 11
Artist Meet-n-Greet: Isaac Haney-Owens
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Catch up with Isaac during this casual event. Isaac will be showcasing his artwork, Whipper Snapper Word zine, and Recchiuti Confections’ SF Icons Burnt Caramel Truffles.
Embroidered Snowflake Pillow Pins with Museum of Craft and Design
Drop-in activity from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Saturday, December 18
Artist Meet-n-Greet: Joseph “JD” Green
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Handwritten Handkerchiefs with Museum of Craft and Design
Drop-in activity from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Cityscape (San Francisco Skyline) by Lien Nguyen, 2016, ink, watercolor and pencil on paper, 11.5 x 30 inches
About the Ferry Building
Since 1898, the Ferry Building has stood as the gateway to San Francisco; an iconic landmark located on San Francisco’s waterfront Embarcadero. The first-floor marketplace is a destination for the local artisan food community and is home to nearly 50 restaurants, cafés, and retail shops offering a variety of foods, beverages, groceries, goods, and wares celebrating the best of the Bay Area. The magnificent, second-story Grand Hall is the entryway to two floors of 193,000 square feet of world-class office space, and the building and its plazas are adjacent to multiple transportation hubs including the recently expanded Downtown Ferry Terminal. Plentiful tables and seating combined with unobstructed Bay views make the Ferry Building’s back plaza one of the largest and most scenic outdoor dining venues in the City. The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, operated by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), is held at the building three times each week.
For more information, visit ferrybuildingmarketplace.com