First Thursday is here, but it seems to be experiencing a spring lull in the excitement department. This may be due to the Armory Art Fair in NYC distracting some of the local energy. If you are visiting NYC for the fairs, check out Artcards New York for comprehensive coverage & private tours.

Back to the Bay: Electric Works, and Southern Exposure's Monster Drawing Rally at the Verdi Club are my top picks for this week.

Thursday:
+ Chris McCaw, Mario Giacomelli at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
+ Michael Shankman "Dream Home" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
+ Jamie Potter, Liz Harris at Partisan Gallery
+ Screening: "Distortion" After Dark at Exploratorium
+ Gaby Wolodarski "Textie Textie" at Hatch Gallery

Friday:
+ Dave Schubert, Harry Clewans , Jeremiah Maddock at Electric Works
+ Benefit: "10th Annual Monster Drawing Rally" A live drawing event and fundraiser at Southern Exposure (Verdi Club)
+ Artist Talk: "Friday Nights at the de Young in partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists" Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo series at de Young (Golden Gate Park)

+ Cecile Brillet "One year in California" at Forthrite

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+ Closing reception: Lydia Greer, Andrew Rottner, Anthony Discenza, Desirée Holman, Matthew Rana, Sunaura Taylor, Trevor Paglen "Lending Library" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ Ryohei Tanaka "ROCKIN' PAPERS SWINGIN' SCISSORS" at Rowan Morrison Gallery

Tuesday, March 2

Artist Talk: "AN EVENING WITH XING DANWEN" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 7-9pm

Amberlee Rosolowich at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Wednesday, March 3

Philip Buller "Vulnerability" at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, 5:30-7:30pm

"Autonomia: Aesthetics for Renewed Independence" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, 7:30-10:30pm

Thursday, March 4

Seth Armstrong, Chris Russell "Fort Big Mountain" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 5-Midnight

Cause Collective! at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

Eric Butcher "Material Witness" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Chris McCaw, Mario Giacomelli at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Xing Danwen "A Personal Diary" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Judith Fox at Fifty Crows
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Stephen Sollins "New Thoughts" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Lorraine Peltz , Nicole Schmoelzer, Silvia Levenson at Micaela Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 234, 5-7:30pm

Barbara Takenaga at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Mel Ramos, Patti Oleon at Modernism Gallery
Downtown: 685 Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-8pm

Chadwick Heath Moore, David Marc Grant "Plastastik" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

Karen Mason "Soft Breeze" at Art People Gallery (Crocker Galleria)
Downtown: 50 Post Street, #41, 4-7pm

Heidi McDowell "Light Conditions" at Visual Aid
Downtown: 57 Post Street, Suite 905, 5-7:30pm

+ Michael Shankman "Dream Home" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

+ Jamie Potter, Liz Harris at Partisan Gallery
Mission District: 112 Guerrero Street, 6-9pm

+ Screening: "Distortion" After Dark at Exploratorium
Marina District: 3601 Lyon Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, 6-10pm

+ Gaby Wolodarski "Textie Textie" at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 6-9pm

Arts and Humanities Academy Students "See Us, Hear Us, Vision Across Curriculum" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, free, 6-8pm

Friday, March 5

+ Dave Schubert, Harry Clewans , Jeremiah Maddock at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, 6-8pm

+ Benefit: "10th Annual Monster Drawing Rally" A live drawing event and fundraiser at Southern Exposure (Verdi Club)
Mission District: 2424 Mariposa Street, between Hampshire and Potrero Streets, Donation: $10 & up, 6-11pm

+ Artist Talk: "Friday Nights at the de Young in partnership with Precita Eyes Muralists" Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo series at de Young (Golden Gate Park)
Bernal Heights: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, 5-8:45pm

+ Cecile Brillet "One year in California" at Forthrite Oakland: 5857 San Pablo Avenue, 6-9pm

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+ Closing reception: Lydia Greer, Andrew Rottner, Anthony Discenza, Desirée Holman, Matthew Rana, Sunaura Taylor, Trevor Paglen "Lending Library" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-9pm

Performance: Carl Stone "DARDA" L@TE Friday Nights at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, $5, 6pm

Saturday, March 6

? "I Got 5 On It" at 31 Rausch Gallery
SOMA: 31 Rausch Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Jessica Whiteside "Innocence Perceived" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, Gallery Three, 7-11pm

Aaron Nagel "Marks" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

Jessica Hess, Kevin Cry "Temporal Surfaces" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

"Inaugural Group Show" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 7-11pm

t.w. five "ON TIME" at Soap Gallery
Bernal Heights: 3180 Mission Street, 6-9pm

+ Ryohei Tanaka "ROCKIN' PAPERS SWINGIN' SCISSORS" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 7-10pm

Sunday, March 7

Nicholas Bohac, Robyn Engel "Rebirth" at WE artspace Oakland: 768 40th Street, Free, 5-9pm

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