It's a center for art by artists with disabilities, which has the larger art world paying major attention.

Jeffrey Brown recently visited the San Francisco Bay Area for our ongoing look at Health and the Arts, part of our canvas series.

A crowded exhibition at SF-Moma, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, known for showing works of leading contemporary artists.

On display here, a large abstract painting by 43-year-old Joseph Aleph.

It's a big thing. It's a big accomplishment in my life and to see a painting like this

and to imagine how incredible I did and it's wow and it's just I'll be amazing.

It's just wow. Also in the exhibition, Susan Jano.

You probably didn't expect that when you started 21 years ago.

No.

No.

And here I am today, three exhibitions.

I can tell you it was totally amazing.

Jano and Ailiff are among some 140 self-taught artists who call Creative Growth Arts Center in Oakland, California their creative

home.

The organization celebrating its 50th year offers an open light-filled space, supplies and

instructors like Amy Kiefer.

So are these different kinds of cars or just different colors?

Commottery and all-around support to people with developmental mental and

physical disabilities. Executive director Tom D. Maria. The idea of

being an artist is often a privileged act.

So I think if we bring people into an artistic studio

and say, you can be creative here, we'll support you,

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