Catch tonight's panel discussion, "Balancing Aesthetics and Activism," at SF Arts Commission Gallery.

On Thursday, San Francisco's own Amy Franceschini gives a talk at the SF MOMA.

Openings of interests include: RayKo Photography, Johansson Projects, Altman Siegel, and an art show/pre-film set at Southern Exposure.

See you out at the galleries.
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Tuesday:
+ Panel Discussion: "Balancing Aesthetics and Activism" A Panel Discussion featuring Christina Seely, Kim Anno and Jesse Schlesinger at SF Arts Commission Gallery

Wednesday:
+ Workshop: Samara Halperin "West of the Wonder Wheel" An Interactive Sculptural Wonderland in Miniature Inspired by Coney Island curated by Daniel Nevers at Southern Exposure

Thursday:
+ Adam Ekberg, Ari Salomon, Christine Laptuta, Daniel Marchand, David Wasserman, Eric Zeigler, Erik Auerbach, Lane Wilson, Lee Fenyves, Mary Parisi, Philipp Striebe "Scene Unseen" Alternative Landscapes at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
+ Marna Clarke, Richard Man, Una Hayes Ingram, Victoria Heilweil "Marketplace Artists" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
+ Artist Talk: Amy Franceschini "Infinite City: Poison Palate" at SF MOMA
+ 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
+ "Come Inside" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
+ Patrick D. Wilson, Sara Bright, Stella Ebner at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)

Friday:
+ Sara VanDerBeek "Of Ruins and Light" at Altman Siegel
+ Samara Halperin "West of the Wonder Wheel" An Interactive Sculptural Wonderland in Miniature Inspired by Coney Island curated by Daniel Nevers at Southern Exposure
+ Millie Kapp "Dancing to Make Another Dance" at Important Projects

Saturday:
+ Jennie Ottinger "Due By" at Johansson Projects
+ Artist Talk: "Blurring the Line - Artist Talk" at Kala Art Institute

Tuesday, November 9

+ Panel Discussion: "Balancing Aesthetics and Activism" A Panel Discussion featuring Christina Seely, Kim Anno and Jesse Schlesinger at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 7-8pm

"Organ Spectacular" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $5 - $15 Sliding Scale, 7:30pm

Artist Talk: at Richmond Art Center
Richmond District: 2540 Barrett Avenue, $10 RAC member, $15 non-member, 7-8:30pm

Wednesday, November 10

Performance: Collin McKelvey, Holly Herndon, Jesse Kauppila, SCUBA, Tears "Sights and Sounds: Volume 1" at NOMA Gallery
SOMA: 80 Maiden Lane, floor 3, 8pm

Jason Gardner "Images of Pernambuco" curated by Tricia Rampe at Brazilian Consulate
Downtown: 300 Montgomery Street, floor 3, Free, RSVP to triciarampe@gmail.com, 5:30-7:30pm

Kristen van Diggelen, Miguel Arzabe "the farther away the better I see you" at The Cottage Industry Painting Salon
Japantown: 2326 Fillmore Street, floor 1, free, 7-9pm

+ Workshop: Samara Halperin "West of the Wonder Wheel" An Interactive Sculptural Wonderland in Miniature Inspired by Coney Island curated by Daniel Nevers at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 3-7pm

I-Ju Chiang "Senior Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA) (CCA North/South Gallery)
Oakland: 5241 College Avenue Oakland, CA 94618, 1st floor, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, November 11

+ Adam Ekberg, Ari Salomon, Christine Laptuta, Daniel Marchand, David Wasserman, Eric Zeigler, Erik Auerbach, Lane Wilson, Lee Fenyves, Mary Parisi, Philipp Striebe "Scene Unseen" Alternative Landscapes at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

+ Marna Clarke, Richard Man, Una Hayes Ingram, Victoria Heilweil "Marketplace Artists" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

Lecture: Galyn Susman "The Value of Storytelling" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $5, 7-9pm

+ Artist Talk: Amy Franceschini "Infinite City: Poison Palate" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, 7pm

+ 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, 5-7pm

Surendran Nair "Neti, Neti" at Frey Norris Gallery
Downtown: 456 Geary Street, 6-8pm

Andy Goldsworthy "Incidental Objects" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Performance: "Comedy is War: Veteran's Day Comedy Night" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $7 - $12 sliding scale or FREE with membership, 8pm (doors at 7:30pm)

"Metaphysics" Neon works by Meryl Pataky at a.Muse Gallery
Mission District: 614 Alabama Street, 6-9pm

+ "Come Inside" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, 7-10pm

Erica il Cane "We Were Living in the Woods" at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7-10pm

+ Patrick D. Wilson, Sara Bright, Stella Ebner at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, November 12

"Drawn From The Economist: The Editorial Art of KAL" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, 7-9pm

+ Sara VanDerBeek "Of Ruins and Light" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 6-8pm

+ Samara Halperin "West of the Wonder Wheel" An Interactive Sculptural Wonderland in Miniature Inspired by Coney Island curated by Daniel Nevers at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

Lorena Siminovich "Happy Town Menagerie" at Curiosity Shoppe
Mission District: 855 Valencia Street, 6-9pm

Grant Gilliland , Martin Hsu "Creature Comforts" at Lower Haters Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 597 Haight Street, 7-10pm

Adele Shiek, Amsi Ruiz, Christopher Su, Fngrs, Francesca Marquez, Jasper Bailey, Jose Aponte "On Point" at Art 94124 Gallery
Hunters Point: 3900-B 3rd Street, 6-9pm

+ Millie Kapp "Dancing to Make Another Dance" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

Screening: "PIXAR: 25 years of animation" O-Zone- t's all about food! at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, Free with admission, 5-9pm

Saturday, November 13

Benefit: "Big Deal" Visual Aid's art sale at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 4pm-9:30pm

Mary Snowden "Down on the Farm" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

? Auction: "2010 Benefit Auction" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Alberto Vargas "Retrospective" at San Francisco Art Exchange
Downtown: 458 Geary Street, 7-10pm

Benefit: "Tickle Your Fancy at the BIG, BIG DEAL" Art Sale and Fundraiser at Visual Aid
Downtown: 57 Post Street, Suite 905, 4-9:30pm

Dave Schubert "Vision is a Dream" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, Free, 7-10pm

Dave Schubert at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-10pm

? A.J. Fosik, Ben Venom, Erin Riley at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

"Something from nothing" at INCLINE
Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, 1-4pm

Art Fair: "Where Art Lives Community Fair" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Hunters Point: Third Street in Bayview, 10am-3pm

Sheri Tharp "Masks and figurative sculpture" at Studio Quercus
Oakland: 385 26th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Jennie Ottinger "Due By" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Doug Garth Williams "The Waiting Room" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

+ Artist Talk: "Blurring the Line - Artist Talk" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, Free, 2pm

Sunday, November 14

Workshop: "Curious George Saves The Day: The Art Of Margret And H. A. Rey" Drop-In Art-Making: Worldly Travel Tags at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, 1-3pm

"tiny" small pieces under $400 at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, 2-6pm

Performance: "Noise Pancakes" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $5 - $10 sliding scale or FREE with membership, 12pm

Panel Discussion: Tobi Kahn "Sacred Synergies" at Manresa Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 650 Parker Avenue, 3-4:30pm

Monday, November 15

"UpRooted: A Selection of Work by Root Division" curated by Marisa McCarthy at Heart
Mission District: 1270 Valencia St, 6-10pm

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