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17TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION: *BUY NOW* PREVIEW & ARTIST RECEPTION
2nd Sat Reception: Sat, Oct 13, 2018 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibition Dates: Oct 10, 2018 to Oct 25, 2018
Art Auction 2018
Host & VIP: 6:00pm | Event: 7:00pm - 10:00pm Collect art, support arts education, and be inspired by artists at Root Division's largest annual fundraising event!
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Root Division's Adult Education Program offers highly innovative and affordable art classes. Root Division's Studio Artists, as well as other Bay Area professional artists, guide students through a variety of art processes, and it all happens in a friendly and engaging environment. The classes and workshops are the perfect length for the busy and non-committal, while allowing enough time for students to leave with a handmade masterpiece and sense of accomplishment.

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Studios Program

Our artists receive studio space at below market rates and valuable professional and creative development opportunities in exchange for service in the organization.

Youth Education

We recruit, train, and place artists to teach free art classes in one of our eight after-school partner programs.

Adult Education

We offer highly innovative and affordable art classes in a friendly and engaging environment.

Opportunities & Open Calls

View current open calls, fellowships, internships, and other opportunities.

Exhibitions & Events

This program provides a platform for innovative artwork in an engaging environment. Our Second Saturday Exhibition Series showcases over 350 artists annually.

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Fall 2018
September 4 - December 20, 2018

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Call for Curatorial Proposals

Thank you for your interest in curating an exhibition at Root Division!

Root Division's Second Saturday Exhibition Series annually showcases the work of over 300 artists, and offers up to eight emerging curators the opportunity to explore conceptually rigorous group exhibitions in our galleries.

Strong proposals to our curatorial program are innovative, engaging, and conceptually driven group exhibitions.

Sherwin Rio is an artist/curator expected to receive the dual Master of Arts in Exhibitions & Museum Studies and Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2019. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking with a minor in Art History from the University of Florida in 2014.