---
title: Root Division
description: 'A community arts center with a gallery, classes, artist studios and a store.'
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/root-division'
type: organization
createdAt: '2026-09-26'
updatedAt: '2026-09-29'
organizationType: Arts center
location: 'San Francisco, CA, United States'
website: 'http://rootdivision.org/'
yearFounded: 2002
---

# Root Division

*Arts center • San Francisco, CA, United States*

## About

A community arts center with a gallery, classes, artist studios and a store.

Root Division is an arts organization that runs a gallery with rotating exhibitions, an Adult Education Program of affordable art classes taught by professional artists, and studios for its Studio Artists and Fellows. It also operates a store selling art from its gallery and studio artists, along with Root Division merchandise.

The organization describes its aim as cultivating community-minded artists and an arts-minded community. It relies on donations and holds an annual art auction, with the 2026 edition scheduled for October 22.

## Details

- **Founded:** 2002
- **Address:** 1131 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
- **Website:** http://rootdivision.org/
- **Social Media:** facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RootDivisionSF/, instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootdivision/

## Programs

View current programs from Root Division on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/root-division