
Come support art, artists, & arts education in San Francisco! This fundraising event presents an eclectic mix of quality artwork from over 100 established and emerging local artists. Take a chance, throw your hand up in the air, and return home with an inspiring, affordable, and original work of art. Proceeds benefit local emerging artists, as well as Root Division’s free after school art classes for Bay Area youth.
Featuring food by Chef Anthony Myint of Mission Bowling Club, specialty cocktails byOtis Lounge and Dr.Teeth & the Electric Mayhem, music by Dr. Linder of Queen’s Nails and more!
7:30 –10:00 pm: Regular Admission/ Silent Auction
8:15 pm: Live Auction with Wes Sparling of Bonhams
Pre-Sale Auction Tickets: $35 ($25 if purchased before October 23)
Pre-Sale VIP Tickets*: $80 ($65 if purchased before October 23)
Special Pre-Sale Deal: 4 VIP tickets for $220
Host Level Tickets: Starting at $250, you and a guest receive VIP benefits*, reserved seats, and more!
*VIP tickets include early viewing and bidding, complimentary appetizers, live music, and a limited-edition artist-designed tote filled with goodies and gifts!
Check out the list of participating artists!
Sponsors to date:
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Dr. & Mrs. Jay Kaiser |
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AFAR Magazine
Brian O’Connor Hoodwork, LLC Joe Kowalke + Stephen Bowden |
Asian Art Museum
California Shakespeare Company Cottage Farm Gangs of San Francisco T-shirt Co. Hia Phua + Christine Tsang Timothy Asher, LAc |
Arlequin Wine Merchant
Dossier Mel Prest Vinyl Signtist |
For more info, call 415-863-7668, or visit www.rootdivision.org/Auction2012.html

3175 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.863.7668
www.rootdivision.org
Root Division’s mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration and community participation. We provide subsidized studio space to working artists in exchange for their service in creating shared learning opportunities for the community. Artists develop creatively and professionally by teaching art to underserved youth, leading adult education classes, and producing exhibitions that showcase local emerging artwork. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area.
Root Division is supported in part by grants from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts / ArtWorks, Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, Grants for the Arts: San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, San Francisco Arts Commission / Cultural Equity Grants, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, W A Gerbode Foundation, Art4Moore, and Bill Graham Memorial Fund.
For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Amy Cancelmo at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org.