By repetitively visiting the same site, Natasha Carlos captures the infinite vantage points and perspectives of a singular landscape. Acting as a pseudo-explorer, Carlos inserts her own body into simultaneously specific and ambiguous outdoor environments. For the month of July, Carlos has installed a stop-motion animation piece and photographic sculpture within the Frank Ratchye Project […]

Sudio Artist, Leigh Ann Coleman has developed a new, responsive body of work to the current political climate. Coleman’s installation reimagines how we simultaneously occupy space and time, as a way of coping, connecting, understanding, and taking ownership of the present.

Hello RD Blog followers! My name is Samantha Reynolds and I am thrilled to be the 2017-2018 Exhibitions Fellow. Over the past year, I have worked as the Exhibitions Intern at Root Division, so it is a real privilege to continue to work with RD’s amazing team and Studio Artists in a new capacity.   Outside

Spring has officially sprung here at Root Division. Our latest exhibition Back to the Garden–curated by yours truly–opened on April 8th and turned the gallery into a verdant landscape. Back to the Garden–which featured stunning work by sixteen local artists–explored the motivations and methods by which human beings shape the natural world into a reflection

The twenty-five artists included in Root Division’s biennial MFA Now exhibition are in the midst of a two or three year program, in which they focus on their respective development as individual artists and experiment with the possibilities of their work. While the artworks produced during this time function as extensions of specific MFA programs,

Root Division is full of fresh new energy this month. Currently on display in RD’s main gallery is their biannual MFA Now exhibition, which showcases work by current students in the top MFA programs around the Bay Area. Juried by ProArts Gallery director Natalia Mount, the work in this show covers a broad range of

Last month, I attended the 100 Days of Action Inaugural Ball at Royal Nonesuch Gallery in Oakland. The event served as the launch of the 100 Days of Action, a project of artistic resistance, designed to be a counter-narrative to Trump’s plan for his first 100 Days. At the event, guests were prompted to write

Right now, it feels so difficult to find hope amidst all of the hatred and ignorance that permeates our national dialogue and threatens the safety and well-being of millions of people. Root Division, however, continues to stand in resistance to our current political climate by providing an oasis for creative expression, diverse perspectives, and open dialogue between

December seems to be the month of all things wacky, whimsical, and weird here at Root Division. From our annual Misfit Toy Factory event on December 10 to Eliza Dennis’s latest work in the Frank-Ratchye Project Space–this month is about one-of-a-kind work that is both intriguing and bizarre. If you missed the live artmaking at the

If there was ever a time that I needed to be surrounded by contemporary feminist art, it was certainly this month. Luckily, Pulling Threads, an exhibition that places contemporary Bay Area women artists in conversation with Feminist art history, is open now through November 30. If you haven’t seen the show yet, I urge you to check it