The theme of this week is cultural enrichment and professional development with a cornucopia of lectures, screenings, and performances -- topped off by the 11th Annual Expo for Independent Arts at CELLSpace on Saturday.

Out of the surplus of events, I would like to highlight the following:

A lecture on Thursday at CCA of Jan Verwoert, a Berlin-based art critic and contributing editor to Frieze.

"Electronic Cinema" at ATA this Friday, where sound artists perform live scores for films by experimental filmmakers.

A novel art show concept comes to SF Art Commission Gallery: "Transplanted" three commissioned projects by Bay Area newcomers opens Friday.

Lastly, a spatial acoustic concert, not to be missed, at Southern Exposure called "Infrasound 25" on Saturday.


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- "Featured Artist: Xaviera Simmons" with video, images, and write-up by Helen Homan Wu.
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- "C/16: The Return of Avant-Garde Cinema"
- "Birdbath and New Cookies" - Helen Homan Wu tastes new cookies at the New Museum.
- "Ask Art Critic Jerry Saltz" - a call to action from NY Mag's art critic.

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: "The Art of Tim Whiten" SFAI in collaboration with Meridian curated by Robert Farris Thompson at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Lecture: "Lecture by Martino Zanotta" The Furniture Program presents at California College for the Arts (CCA)
+ Benefit: "Friends of the San Francisco Public Library's Big Book Sale" at Fort Mason Center

Thursday:
+ Screening: "Others/Ourselves: The Cinema of Robert Gardner" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Adrian Esparza, Armando Miguelez, Eduardo Sarabia, Favianna Rodriguez, Maximo Gonzalez "Volver: Mexican Folk Art into Play" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
+ Teresita Fernandez at Anthony Meier Fine Art
+ "Darker, ever darker; Deeper, always deeper" The Journey of Tim Whiten at Meridian Gallery

+ Screening: David Scheid, Luther Price "What Is Life Without The Living?" curated by Bradford Nordeen at A.T.A.

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+ "Lecture by Jan Verwoert" Presented as part of CCA's Graduate Studies Lecture Series at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ Pawel Kruk, Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe, Richard T. Walker "Transplanted" curated by Meg Shiffler at SF Arts Commission Gallery
+ Anthony Discenza, Elise Baldwin, Tana Sprague (Lissom) , Vanessa Woods "Electronic Cinema" Sound artists perform live scores for films by experimental filmmakers. at A.T.A.

Saturday:
+ Artist Talk: Koki Tanaka "Nothing related, but something could be associated" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Artist Talk: Adrian Esparza, Armando Miguelez, Eduardo Sarabia, Favianna Rodriguez, Maximo Gonzalez "Volver: Mexican Folk Art into Play" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
+ Performance: guest Michael Gendreau, Randy Yau, Scott Arford "Infrasound 25, A spatial acoustic concert" at Southern Exposure
+ Art Fair: "11th Annual Expo for Independent Arts" at CELLspace
+ Kerri Lee Johnson "Wanderlust for Wonder's Sake" at The Compound Gallery

Sunday:
+ Artist Talk: Marjolijn Dijkman "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" Matrix 234 at Berkeley Art Museum

Monday:
+ Workshop: "Opportunities in the Central Market ARTery" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (New Conservatory Theater)

Tuesday, September 21

Lecture: Brad Borevitz "Thinkings by Brad Borevitz" How computers change the way we see by altering the way we think a three-part discussion series at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 7-9pm

Panel Discussion: "Promoting Your Underground Art" Presented as part of 11th Annual Expo for Independent Arts at Mission: Comics & Arts
Mission District: 3520 20th Street, Suite B, 6-8pm

Lecture: Jill Oberman at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Free, 6pm

Wednesday, September 22

+ Lecture: "The Art of Tim Whiten" SFAI in collaboration with Meridian curated by Robert Farris Thompson at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, 7pm

Performance: "Celebrate!" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, Celebrate local, organic food and performers. Admission $5-15, 7-9pm

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Martino Zanotta" The Furniture Program presents at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 7-9pm

"Cultivar" Etymology: cultivated / variety curated by Brooke Waterhouse at Project One
Potrero Hill: 251 Rhode Island Street, 7pm-12am

+ Benefit: "Friends of the San Francisco Public Library's Big Book Sale" at Fort Mason Center
Marina District: Intersection of Marina Boulevard & Buchanan Stre, 10am-8pm

Thursday, September 23

+ Screening: "Others/Ourselves: The Cinema of Robert Gardner" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 7:30pm

+ Adrian Esparza, Armando Miguelez, Eduardo Sarabia, Favianna Rodriguez, Maximo Gonzalez "Volver: Mexican Folk Art into Play" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 7-9pm

+ Teresita Fernandez at Anthony Meier Fine Art
Downtown: 1969 California Street, at Octavia, floor 1, 6-8pm

+ "Darker, ever darker; Deeper, always deeper" The Journey of Tim Whiten at Meridian Gallery
Downtown: 535 Powell Street, 6-9pm

Performance: Eyal Perry, Lital Dotan "Homage Performance Weekend" at Marina Abramovic Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Free, 7pm

Lynn Goldsmitth "The Looking Glass" at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Downtown: 464 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

+ Screening: David Scheid, Luther Price "What Is Life Without The Living?" curated by Bradford Nordeen at A.T.A. Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8-10pm

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+ "Lecture by Jan Verwoert" Presented as part of CCA's Graduate Studies Lecture Series at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Free, 7-9pm

Benefit: "Arty Panty Party" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , 6-9pm

Closing reception: Githinji Wa Mbire "Last Exit To Afrika" at Pueblo Nuevo
Berkeley: 1828 San Pablo Avenue, 2pm-2am

Patricia K.Kelly "EarthBound" at Firehouse Collective (Firehouse Nouth)
Berkeley: 1790 Shattuck Avenue, 7-9pm

Friday, September 24

Performance: "Believer" curated by Chris Duncan at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 6-9pm

Koki Tanaka "Nothing Related, But Something Could Be Associated" Part of PAUSE: Practice and Exchange curated by Julio Cesar Morales at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, RSVP required. jmorales@ybca.org, Please Inquire, 6-8pm

Performance: Eyal Perry, Lital Dotan "Homage Performance Weekend" at Marina Abramovic Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Free, 7pm

+ Pawel Kruk, Primitivo Suarez-Wolfe, Richard T. Walker "Transplanted" curated by Meg Shiffler at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 6-8pm

"Retrospective Anniversary Exhibition" curated by Carolina Ponce de Leon at Galeria de la Raza Mission District: 2857 24th Street , free, 7:30-10pm

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Auction: "Erotic Art Auction" at Visual Aid
Mission District: 398 12th Street San Francisco, CA, 9pm-1am

"All the is Solid Melts into Air" Nightmare City with Copy Lake, Erin Elder and Sam Green curated by Erin Elder at Queens Nails Projects
Mission District: 3191 Mission Street, 7pm-10pm

+ Anthony Discenza, Elise Baldwin, Tana Sprague (Lissom) , Vanessa Woods "Electronic Cinema" Sound artists perform live scores for films by experimental filmmakers. at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6-$10, 8pm

Saturday, September 25

Benefit: "¡Viva Muralismo! A Fundraiser for Precita Eyes" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $30-50, 7-10pm

Mariah Robertson at NOMA Gallery
SOMA: 80 Maiden Lane, floor 3, 6-8pm

+ Artist Talk: Koki Tanaka "Nothing related, but something could be associated" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 2-4pm

+ Artist Talk: Adrian Esparza, Armando Miguelez, Eduardo Sarabia, Favianna Rodriguez, Maximo Gonzalez "Volver: Mexican Folk Art into Play" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 11am

"Jimi Hendrix Photography Tribute: Can You See Me? - A Life Through the Lens" at San Francisco Art Exchange
Downtown: 458 Geary Street, 7-10pm

Jane Fulton Alt "The Burn" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 2-5pm

Pat Tseng "Emblems of Ethereal Grace" at Chinese Cultural Center
Downtown: 750 Kearny Street, floor 3, 2pm-4pm

Performance: Eyal Perry, Lital Dotan "Homage Performance Weekend" at Marina Abramovic Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Free, 7pm

Open Studio: More than 40 artists "North Beach ArtWalk" at Live Worms
Russian Hill: 1345 Grant Avenue, floor 1, free, 11am - 5pm

+ Performance: guest Michael Gendreau, Randy Yau, Scott Arford "Infrasound 25, A spatial acoustic concert" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 7:30-11pm

+ Art Fair: "11th Annual Expo for Independent Arts" at CELLspace
Mission District: 2050 Bryant Street, Free, 11am-6pm

Ellen Gailing, Fletcher Oakes, Ken Osborn, Matt Matsuoka "Blossoms & Thorns" The Legacy of Richmond's Historic Japanese American Nurseries at Richmond Art Center
Richmond District: 2540 Barrett Avenue, 3-5pm

Garry Knox Bennett "Vertical at 75" at Richmond Art Center
Richmond District: 2540 Barrett Avenue, 3-5pm

Open Studio: David Patchen, Jeff Rogers "Hot Glass Cold Beer" at Public Glass
Hunters Point: 1750 Armstrong Street, 6-10pm

+ Kerri Lee Johnson "Wanderlust for Wonder's Sake" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Marcus Lorenzo Penn "Visions of Ghana" at FLOAT Gallery
Oakland: 1091 Calcot Place, #116, 6-9pm

Tour: "Bird Walk With John Harris And Kathryn Spence" Part of Kathryn Spence: Short sharp notes, rolling or churring whistles, clear phrases at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, Meet in courtyard, Free, 10am

Sunday, September 26

Performance: San Francisco's Seriously Eccentric Entertainers at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, SOMArts Theater, $12, 12pm-3pm

"Knock-Outs" at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, 2-6pm

+ Artist Talk: Marjolijn Dijkman "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" Matrix 234 at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Museum Theater, Free, 3pm

Monday, September 27

+ Workshop: "Opportunities in the Central Market ARTery" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (New Conservatory Theater)
SOMA: 25 Van Ness Avenue, Lower level, 4-5:30pm

Panel Discussion: "Kan Xuan and Jewyo Rhii in dialogue with Britta Erickson and Hou Hanru" Part of Everyday Miracles (Extended) at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free, 7:30-10pm

Lecture: "Lecture By Hilary Sample" Sick City: A Global Investigation into Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Disease at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 7pm

"Chimera Council" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, CCA Irwin Student Center Gallery, 5:30-7:30pm

Martin Hammer , Randolph Langenbach "Haiti After The Earthquake" The Resilient People and Buildings of Port-au-Prince at LightRoom Gallery
Berkeley: 2263 Fifth Street, 6-8pm

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