Past Projects

Root Division is thrilled to present New Growth: Rooted Together, our annual Arts Education Celebration. New Growth showcases student artwork created throughout Root Division’s free after-school Youth Education Program. We partner with a collective of youth-centered organizations to present dynamic live performances alongside hands-on all-ages art-making activities. This year’s theme, Rooted Together focuses on how our Youth Education Education Program is rooted in the organizations, communities and families we partner with, and to be able to celebrate the accomplishments of this year together.

FEATURED ROOT DIVISION ARTISTSChad AbbleyChanel KimElaine NguyenAriel RiveraJasper Wilde

Presented by Root DivisionCurated by PJ Gubatina Policarpio Blurring the boundaries between reality and the extraordinary, the works in this presentation integrate uncanny, dreamlike, and sometimes unsettling visions rooted in contemporary life. Informed by political anxieties and personal tragedies, these images reflect a flexible consciousness where the strange, supernatural, and surreal are used to examine