Friday, July 10, 2009

Reservoir: John M. Walsh III Collects

San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles10am-5pm

This exhibit features quilt designs based on water and nature-inspired themes. The 29 quilts, taken from the private collection of John M. Walsh…

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Don Cardoza

The Fremont Art Association11am to 5pm

The Fremont Art Association's Third Quarter Showcase Artist is Don Cardoza. The artist, who is a San Francisco native, is accomplished in the…

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Jeong Im Yi: Reverent Memories

ArtZone 461 Gallery12-8 pmOpening Reception 5-8 pm

ArtZone 461 Gallery is pleased to present in our main space new and recent works by Korean artist Jeong Im Yi. She describes her painting…

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Young Mind, Old Soul

Fifty 24SF Gallery12pm - 6pm

“Young Mind, Old Soul” is a solo exhibition by Word to Mother, an illustrator and painter from the U.K. Inspired by his past and the world…

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Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art10am - 4:30pm

Whether photographing politicians, artists, writers, fashion models, or movie stars, Richard Avedon revolutionized the genre of portraiture.…

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Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character

Chinese Culture CenterTues-Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 12-4pm

Opening reception: Sat. May 2, 1-4pm 31 contemporary artists from the Bay Area & beyond interrogate the phenomenon that is modern Chinese…

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Back Channels

Johansson Projectsnoon - 6pm

Nestled away between what never was and what could not be lurk the Back Channels, the tangled trails of yesteryear's tomorrows. Evan B. Harris…

Slumbody Love You-a Kevin Peterson Solo Exhibit & Opening

Varnish Fine Art StudioBY APPT ONLY

Kevin Peterson sends a love note in Slumbody Loves You at Varnish Fine Art Kevin Peterson’s Slumbody Loves You solo exhibit of oil paintings…

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Rebecca Martinez

Robert Tat Gallery 11am

“Perfect beauty in all things living and inanimate is revered by our society. Once that beauty ages and is damaged, its embodiment becomes devalued…

Plates and Prints

Sutter Gallery9-5pm

Plates and Prints : Wet Plate Collodion and Platinum/Palladium. An antiquted historical process.

Margaret Fitzgerald

Chandler Fine Art10am - 5pm

Margaret Fitzgerald's works are a building up of many layers of paint and then scraping through these layers to reveal the passage of time and…

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We Are...

RayKo Photo Center10-8pm

From the Academy Award winning movie Milk to the battle that is being waged over Prop 8 in California, and the upcoming June Pride events in…

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Erica Wheelock & Nathan Watson: "Shades of Grey"

NOMA GALLERY11am - 6pm

NOMA GALLERY presents a conversation between artist/writer Maria Porges and artists Erica Wheelock and Nate Watson. Thursday, July 23rd at 7pm In…

Dennis McNulty

Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art10:30am - 5:30 pm

McNulty re-engages the colors, shapes, and layouts of early 1980s men's magazine design, zeroing in on the genre's own re-engagement of the…

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Until The Whistle Blows

The Shooting Gallery7pm - 11pm

Opening Reception: July 11th 2009, from 7-11pm. Showing: July 11th through August 2nd 2009. Open to the public. The Shooting Gallery is…

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Samurai

Asian Art Museum10:00 am to 5:00 pm Evening hours Thursdays until 9:00 pm

The samurai culture and code of conduct, bushido, have long captivated the imaginations and aspirations of young and old in the Western world.…

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Chicana/o Biennial

M.A.C.L.A. (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana)Wed-Thu, noon-7pm and Fri-Sat, noon-5pm

Art can reflect and provide a context for some of the most troubling issues affecting society today. For 25 years, MACLA has been one such gallery,…

Claire Baker & Ryan Reynolds

Swarm Gallery12pm

Swarm Gallery is pleased to present new paintings by LA-based artist Claire Baker and Berkeley-based artist R. Reynolds. Both artists are plein…

Club 1992

111 Minna Gallery9pm

Finally! A NEW DANCE PARTY in SF! The 90’s are in! Come back when JTT ruled pop culture, Zach & Kelly couldn't stay broken up & slap bracelets…

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Paul Klee's Social Creatures

SFMOMA11:30am

With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated, or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating…