Looking for a great afternoon to share with the entire family? Head to Root Division for New Growth, an exhibition of youth artwork, a rock music show, free hands-on art activities, and refreshments.
The exhibition features artwork by elementary, middle, and high school students and includes photography, water media, street art, painting, photo-grams, ceramics, drawing and mixed media pieces. Artwork on display includes the creative endeavors of students from Root Division's Youth Education Program partner programs including:
• Buena Vista Child Care
• Fairmount After School
• Hoover Middle School
• Bayview/Hunter's Point YMCA
• Street Styles
Students, families, and guests are invited to enjoy refreshments and a variety of free interactive art activities. This exhibition reception also coincides with Mission Open Studios and is a great opportunity to check out recent work by our Resident Studio Artists.
Live music by The Paul Green School of Rock Music starts at 4:00 with three special sets: (1) A Tribute to The Grateful Dead, (2) A Tribute to Southern Rock, and (3) A Tribute to Frank Zappa. Musicians range from ages 7 to 17 and will leave you wanting to take up the drums yourself!
ABOUT ROOT DIVISION'S YOUTH EDUCATION PROGRAM:
In its Youth Education Program, Root Division currently provides free art classes for several after-school programs in San Francisco. In addition to training & placing our Resident Studio Artists, Root Division recruits volunteers from the local artist community to teach six-session art classes in drawing, painting, mixed media, sculpture, and/or other arts. Volunteers offer one hour per week and choose the types of projects and media they are interested in teaching. Root Division assists the artists in formulating effective, age-appropriate lesson plans and offers them guidance in working with children. As a result, artists gain valuable experience teaching within the community, and young students are able to interact with adult mentors in the art-making process.
All of our programs serve a diverse group of youth, most of who attend San Francisco Unified School District schools. Two of the programs, Buena Vista Child Care and Fairmount After School, are located in elementary "immersion" schools. We also work with junior high school students at the Bayview/Hunter's Point YMCA, Seven Teepees Youth Program, and Hoover Middle School. A new class "Street Styles," held at Root Division in collaboration with Youth Speaks, is open to Bay Area high school students.
For more information or to volunteer, please email edu@rootdivision.org.
