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+1 415-863-7668
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1131 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94103
b/t 7th St & Julia St
SoMa
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830 ftCivic Center / UN Plaza
850 ftCivic Center
0.3 miBig Bus Tours Stop 7, Civic Center
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Specialties
Art Classes, Exhibitions, Art Gallery Artist Studios, Professional Development for Artists, Youth Art, Adult Continuing Education Art, Event Space Rentals
History
Established in 2002.
Root Division is a visual arts non-profit that connects creativity and community through a dynamic ecosystem of arts education, exhibitions, and studios.
Root Division’s mission is to empower artists, promote community service, inspire youth, and enrich the Bay Area through engagement in the visual arts.
Three MFA graduates founded Root Division in 2002 as a way to constructively address the challenges facing emerging artists and to remedy the lack of arts education in schools.
In 2004 we opened Root Division’s first home, located on 17th Street in San Francisco’s Mission District, where we resided for ten years. Root Division runs four interconnected programs — Studios, Youth Education, Adult Education, and Exhibitions & Events — which link diverse audiences and interests in mutually beneficial relationships. Our programs not only nurture creativity, but also foster volunteerism and community engagement that is vital to the social, economic, and cultural health of the Bay Area.
Meet the Manager
Michelle M.
Manager
Michelle Mansour is an artist, educator, and the current Executive Director of Root Division. Mansour received her MFA in Painting from SFAI (2003), a Post Baccalaureate degree in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1998), and a BA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University (1995). Mansour has given lectures and been on panels with the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Art Institute, California College of the Arts, University of San Francisco, Oakland Art Gallery, & Berkeley Art Center. Her artwork has been shown in a variety of non-profit and commercial galleries including Southern Exposure, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, ProArts/Latham Square, Southern and Blankspace Gallery, and she is the recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
