Live art making, local vendors, and lots of fun! Join us for our 8th Annual Misfit Maker + Creative Marketplace, a one night live art-making event featuring over 40 Bay Area artists. Throughout the evening, artists will be making small sculptures and other giftables on site in Root Division’s gallery. These notable objects range in spectrum with distinct designs and innovative approaches to object-making. Each artist made item will be available for sale as they are completed, ranging in price from $20 - $60.
Presented alongside this interactive art making, Root Division’s Creative Marketplace will feature booths from local artists, shops and workshops specializing in Bay Area artist-made goods. This temporary marketplace offers an additional outlet to explore one-of-kind objects and directly support artists and art workers.
As a new addition this year, Root Division has partnered with Open Book Show, produced by Kate Laster, featuring artist books by 30 local artists. This project is a continuation of previous community-based programs that allow visitors to directly interact with the intimacy and tactility of various artist books. Alongside the showcasing of these unique works, Laster and a selection of artists will be live printing a poster inspired by the event and available to purchase throughout the evening.
Through a combination of live art making and partnerships with artist-driven businesses, this unique night connects visitors to a range of local artists, art makers and business owners.
Misfit Maker & Creative Marketplace is free, open to the public, and family friendly, including a Creative Station - all ages art activities hosted in our classroom during the 2nd Saturday opening reception.
Misfit Maker Participating Artists:
Greta Liz Anderson* Kathy Aoki Becca Barolli Sarah Barsness Ana Bedolla Ray Beldner Erik Beltran Anh Bui* Jessica Cadkin Michael + Alina Campbell Irene Carvajal Leigh Ann Coleman Susa Cortez Salome El* |
Eva Enriquez* Hunter Franks* Nimah Gobir* Amy Hibbs Tania Houtzager Lindsay Howland Santiago Insignares Stephanie Jucker Rebecca Kaufman* Alyssa Lempesis Carey Lin |
Rhiannon MacFadyen Nick Maltagliati* Francesca Mateo* Meg Moriarty* Katie Revilla* Blanca Rodríguez* Lucy Stark* Margaret Timbrell* Michal Wisniowski ...and more TBD! *Root Division Studio Artist |
Creative Marketplace Booths:
Tony Bellaver
Alice Combs
Rel Lavizzo-Mourey
Paula Lucia*
Mary Marsh
Lindsay Stripling
*Root Division Studio Artist
Open Book Show Participating Artists:
Organized by Kate Laster
Sarah Aineb Penelope Ansthruther Negash Asegde Jordan Barram Amy Berk Danette Bouzanquet Cristian Castelo Kai Chen Sam Companatico Ben Cornish* Galen Crawford Katie Curry Jose de los Reyes Colleen Donovan Selvaggio Dordetti David Dugoncevic Dugoncevic* Alex Ehmer Delaina Engberg Innablü Funk Jer Garver* Drew Grasso Abby Gregg Ryan Harrison Art Hazelwood* Jonathan Hemelberg* Samantha Hensel Mafer Hernandez Chris Hernandez Sean Howe Whitney Humphreys |
Hayley Samantha Jensen Tianhu Kang Raven Kemp Michael Keum Sara Knight Clelia Knox Niki Korth Steph Kudisch* Alex Larsen Kate Laster* Finn Grace Li Oscar Lopez Freddie Lopez - Daniel Miles MacDiarmid Jade Mar Diana Martinez Jenna Meacham* Dani Melen Cecilia Mignon Mareiwa Miller Kennedy Morgan Laura Morgan Nicola Munson Asa Nakata Vasudhaa Narayanan Lennie Nelson Olivia Nogueira - Wheaton Natani Notah James Patterson Fifi Perkins |
Sebastian Petersen Evan Pettiglio Eliza Phelan-Harder Megan Ramirez Cenorina Ramirez Bojana Rankovic* Sherwin Rio M. Roa Manny Robertson JoAnna Ruckman Sara Samano Jesse Sawyer AJ Schnettler Keith Secola Jr.* Jusun Seo* Amina Shah Bobby Singer Claire Sorosky Shannon Sperling Wyn Di Stefano Marena Teixeira Ileana Tejada* Kat Trataris Daniel Valencia Laura Van Duren Brandon Virnig Carolee Wheeler Isabelle Wilhelm Michelle Williams Krista Wright Shengbin Wu Jasmine Zhang |
*Exhibiting additional wall or sculptural work