This site is dedicated to supporting the creative aspirations of persons with traumatic or acquired brain injury.The Creativity Expo is a non-profit event designed to support the creative aspirations of persons with acquired or traumatic brain injury.

Welcome to CREATIVITY EXPO IX, 2012. You can download the forms for entry and information flyers below for this years show. The Show will be held from July 14th to July 22nd 2012. Please contact Vince Diorio at vincentd54@msn.com or at 703-297-7726 if you have any questions.

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Last years show was a great success with new and returning artists and crafts people, thought provoking poets, accomplished musicians and dazzling dance performances. Hope to see you all this year at CREATIVITY EXPO IX, 2012
 
Below is a video from the Creativity Expo 2011 held at the Raritan Valley Community College art gallery in North Branch, N.J.

Visual Arts and Craft

Below are some pictures from the Creativity Expo 2010 held at the Raritan Valley Community College art gallery in North Branch, N.J.

Below are some pictures from the Creativity Expo 2007 held at the Raritan Valley Community College art gallery in North Branch, N.J.
The show featured the work of 35 artists, all of whom have survived either a traumatic or acquired brain injury.

This is the fourth year of the Creativity Expo at Raritan Valley Community College. We have gone from a dozen participants the
first year to three dozen participants in four years and we anticipate a great deal of growth as we develop the
Creativity Expo to serve more people interested in growth through the arts.

On the left, third year contributor Sonia Scott describes the process involved in making her hand made dolls.
Each doll represents a person she knows. On the right we have a close-up of the dolls.
The Creativity Expo invites persons with brain injury to explore their potential in the arts and to grow creatively.
The quality of the work contributed is amazing. The Creativity Expo is dedicated to raising public awareness.
It helps the public understand that a brain injury is not an impediment to creativity.

We support a wide range of representational art and craft work. On the left are samples of handmade clothing made by first year participant Donna Sparacio. Donna indicates she had no interest in sewing or making clothing before her stroke. Donna associates improvements in her language skills with improvements in her finger dexterity skills. On the right second year participant and acquired brain injury survivor Mark Canright dazzles us with an original video piece and some "found art" sculpture from his family farm.

At the Creativity Expo opening we had a large number of poets and prose presenters who took to the microphone to recite their work. The audience was profoundly moved by the heartfelt presentations.
The gallery patrons were amazed at the quality and substance of the work. Many people who came into the gallery after opening day were initially unaware that the artwork they were seeing was produced by people with brain injuries. Many of the artists were able to sell work during the course of the Expo.
 
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