....AND WE ARE BACK

Move over New York, it is a hot time in the SF Bay Area this week, and if I have anything to say about, this year.

I am more excited then ever about today's new galleries, new artists, new critical voices, new arts programing, and new engagement of established venues. We are part of a rich network of relationships that aspires to make the visual arts into a viable profession for some, and an evocative experience for all.

I hope you will continue to follow this Weekly Update, and to continue using our website (www.artcards.cc/sanfrancisco) as a resource to stay on top of the ever changing field of art events.

If you have any suggestions or are interested in becoming more involved contact me at emma@artcards.cc.

To the new year -- may it be one to remember,
Emma Spertus
Editor, Artcards San Francisco


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New on Artcards Review:
- "Featured Artist: Timothy Briner" by Carissa Pelleteri

Thursday:
+ Chris Russell, Ether Staircase, James Seevers, Michael Louis Young "The Wandering Flood Moves Through Us" at Fivepoints Arthouse
+ Katy Grannan "Boulevard" at Fraenkel Gallery
+ Enrique Chagoya "Works on Paper" at Gallery Paule Anglim
+ Group Show Black and White and Read All Over at Creativity Explored
+ "After Dark: Chill" at Exploratorium

Friday:
+ Ginger Wolfe-Suarez, Jaime Cortez, Kenneth Lo "Three Solo Exhibitions" at Southern Exposure

+ Jay Nelson "With Edits" at Triple Base Gallery

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+ Amy Yao, Cameron Soren, Paul Cowan at Jancar Jones Gallery
+ Erin Allen, George Chen, Jessalyn Aaland, Paul Morgan "Bay Area '00's Poster/Flyer Excavation" at 21 Grand

+ Troy Bayless "In disguise" at Forthrite

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+ Adam Hathaway, Casey Logan "[You] Illusion [Were] Translation [Thinking] And [This] Reality" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ Colter Jacobsen, Israel Lund, Larry Rinder, Sam Korman "Book Release Party" at SF Camerawork
+ Aleksandra Zee, Martin Machado, Todd Freeman "As it was before." at Gallery Hijinks

Sunday:
+ Kit Rosenberg, Ruth Hodgins "Altered States" at WE artspace

Tuesday, January 4

Workshop: "Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $6-10, 7-9pm

Wednesday, January 5

"The Neighborhood" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, Free, 21+, 9pm-2am

Thursday, January 6

Anne Colvin, ColterJacobsen, David Horvitz with Zach Houston, Dodie Bellamy with Publication Studio, Ed Steck., Guillermo Gómez-Peña with La Pocha Nostra, Matt Lipps, Nona Caspers, Nonsite Collective, RJ Muna, Stuart Krimko "As Yet Untitled: Artists & Writers in Collaboration" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

+ Chris Russell, Ether Staircase, James Seevers, Michael Louis Young "The Wandering Flood Moves Through Us" at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, 6-9pm

Workshop: "CRAFT BAR with ETSY LABS" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, Free with $5.00 Museum Admission, http://www.mocfa.org/craftbar/index.htm, 6-9pm

Aaron Parazette, Chris Corales, Don Voisine, Jake Longstreth, Leonhard Hurzlmeier "High-Def" at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Katya Bonnenfant, Max Cole "Terra Firma" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Stephan Fritsch "Paintings" at George Lawson Gallery: Room for Painting Room for Paper
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, at Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Michael Ajerman at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Katy Grannan "Boulevard" at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Marco Casentini "Recent Paintings" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Enrique Chagoya "Works on Paper" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Dennis Leon "Remembering..." at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 5:30-7:30pm

Josh King, Kevin Blagrave, Will Ratliff "Pictures from a Floating World" at Cafe Royale
Downtown: 800 Post Street, free. Leo Suarez playing cello., 8pm-12am

Anthony May, David DeFelice, Nancy Spoelhoff, Peter Dimick "Restructured" at Hang Art
Downtown: 556 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

David Fenton "Even If It's Wrong" at Space Gallery Civic Center: 1141 Polk Street, Free, 7-10pm

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+ Group Show Black and White and Read All Over at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 7-9pm

+ "After Dark: Chill" at Exploratorium
Marina District: 3601 Lyon Street, 6-10pm

Friday, January 7

Geoff Chadsey, Sandra Ono "shift, return" at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, 6-8pm

Spy Emerson "Books from The Underground Public Library”" at Jellyfish Gallery
SOMA: 1286 Folsom Street, floor 1, 6:30-9:30pm

"First Friday in North Beach" Art walk at Gallery 28
North Beach: 1228 Grant Avenue, 6-9pm

Book Signing: Dan Witz "In Plain View: 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise?" at Space Gallery
Civic Center: 1141 Polk Street, Free, 8-10pm

+ Ginger Wolfe-Suarez, Jaime Cortez, Kenneth Lo "Three Solo Exhibitions" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 7-9pm

+ Jay Nelson "With Edits" at Triple Base Gallery Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 7-10pm

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+ Amy Yao, Cameron Soren, Paul Cowan at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 965 Mission Street, Suite 120, 6-9pm

"Group Show" at City Art Gallery
Mission District: 828 Valencia Street, 7-10pm

Chela Fielding "La Fe" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Erin Allen, George Chen, Jessalyn Aaland, Paul Morgan "Bay Area '00's Poster/Flyer Excavation" at 21 Grand
Oakland: 416 25th Street, 6-9pm

+ Troy Bayless "In disguise" at Forthrite Oakland: 5857 San Pablo Avenue, 6-9pm

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Devon Kelley-Yurdin, Jen May "Everyday, Sometimes" at Rock Paper Scissors Collective Oakland: 2278 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 6-9pm

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+ Adam Hathaway, Casey Logan "[You] Illusion [Were] Translation [Thinking] And [This] Reality" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Jennie Ottinger "Art Murmur at Johansson Projects" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-9pm

Saturday, January 8

Jonathan Solo "Shadow" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 5-7pm

Kambui Olujimi "Love to Lose" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 5-7pm

+ Colter Jacobsen, Israel Lund, Larry Rinder, Sam Korman "Book Release Party" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

Jennifer Celio, Libby Black, Melissa Manfull , Serena Cole, Taravat Talepasand "Fabrications" at Marx & Zavattero
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5pm

"H E R O S W/bling" at Market Street Gallery
Civic Center: 1554 Market Street, 6-9pm

Dan Witz "What The %$#@? (WTF)" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 1, Free, 7-11p,

Morgan Slade "Company of Killers" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, Free, 7-11pm

Adam Friedman, Graham Macbeth, Jack Leamy, JJ Miyaoka Pakola, Kristin Van Diggelen, Leila Cartier, Nicholas Bohac, Rebecca Suss, Robert Minervini, Sara Bright "Call & Response" curated by Robert Minervini at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, Suggested Donation $2-20, 7-10pm

? "Nothing To Say" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

+ Aleksandra Zee, Martin Machado, Todd Freeman "As it was before." at Gallery Hijinks
Mission District: 2309 Bryant Street, at 21st Street, floor 1, FREE, 6-10pm

Sunday, January 9

Performance: "SQUART! (Spontaneous Queer Art) We Are The Resolutionists!!" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, $0-10, 6-10pm

+ Kit Rosenberg, Ruth Hodgins "Altered States" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 2-5pm

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