It's First Thursday!* So run around from 5:30-7:30pm to take advantage of San Francisco 18 year-old downtown tradition of art openings galore.  If you just make it to one building don't miss 49 Geary.  Haines Gallery is holding a reception for David Maisel's History's Shadow, ethereal photographs of the soul.  Walk on over to Altman Siegel and view the group show featuring Zarouhie Abdalian, Keller/Kosmas and Matt Sheridan Smith.

But who wants to check out just one building when there's art all over the place?  Walk a few steps down Geary and through the doors of number 77 and head to Patricia Sweetow Gallery to view the work of Jamie Vasta, After Caravaggio.

Now shuffle those feet one block north and a few blocks west to Hespe Gallery at 251 Post Street and you will experience nature's intimacy in the paintings of Eric Zener.

Finally it's Friday, but don't slow down after First Thursday, Mauve? (Gallery 1044) is having a Book Launch: Mauve? Journal Release Party  at 1044 Larkin Street from 7-9pm.

Okay Saturday, kick ass week of creativity, top it off with Kristofferson San Pablo "Mania II" at Maniac Gallery on Leavenworth Street from 7:30-10pm.

See you out there.


*Correction: I miss guided you in last week's Weekly Update by telling you it was SF's First Thursday, when it was actually the last Thursday of March. Tricky.

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Wednesday:
+ Panel Discussion: "Jack Wendler hosted by Lawrence Rinder" at Kadist Art Foundation

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: "Special evening with Deborah Oropallo, Glen Helfand and Fauxnique" at Gallery 16
+ Keller/Kosmas , Matt Sheridan Smith, Zarouhie Abdalian "Group Show" at Altman Siegel

+ Joan Brown, Robert Hartman at Gallery Paule Anglim

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+ Eric Zener at Hespe Gallery

Friday:

+ "Spread: California Conceptualism Then and" SOMArts ALL ACCESS at SOMArts Cultural Center

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+ Book launch: "Mauve? Journal Release Party" at Mauve? (Gallery 1044)
+ Performance: Chris Thayer, Dave Muller, David Enos "Pigeon Dealers: A Variety Show" L@TE Friday Nights curated by Betty Nguyen at Berkeley Art Museum

Saturday:
+ Al Farrow at Catharine Clark Gallery

+ Sandow Birk at Catharine Clark Gallery

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+ Kristofferson San Pablo "Mania II" at Maniac Gallery

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+ Cody Hudson "Freedoom" at Guerrero Gallery

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+ Alex Zecca, Amanda Curreri, Chad Stayrook, Cliff Hengst, Dan Tierney, Deric Carner, Erik Scollon, Gwenael Rattke, James Sterling Pitt, Josh Pieper, Josh Podoll, Kirk Stoller, Liam Everett, Lucy Pullen, Pablo Guardiola, Scott Hewicker, Susan O’Malley "Living Room" curated by Vanessa Blaikie and Joey Piziali of Romer Young Ga at Park Life

Wednesday, April 6

+ Panel Discussion: "Jack Wendler hosted by Lawrence Rinder" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Thursday, April 7

+ Artist Talk: "Special evening with Deborah Oropallo, Glen Helfand and Fauxnique" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 6:30pm

Workshop: "Clip-On Bow Tie Workshop!" CRAFT BAR with ETSY LABS at MOCFA SF at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, $5 admission includes materials, 6-8pm

Dominique Caron "Word on Hand / Le mot et la main" at Alliance Francaise de SF
Downtown: 1345 Bush Street, Free, 6:30pm

+ Keller/Kosmas , Matt Sheridan Smith, Zarouhie Abdalian "Group Show" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

David Maisel "History’s Shadow" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

David Simpson "Nonsense Poems" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Etiye Dimma Poulsen, Mulugeta Tafesse "Beyond Axum" at Bekris Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Brent Townshend, Brian Taylor, Holly Roberts, Jamie Baldridge, Jenny Honnert Abell, Jerry Uelsmann, Julieanne Kost, Maggie Taylor, Mary Daniel Hobson, Sienna Freeman, Susan Friedlander, Susan kae Grant, Tom Chambers "Approaching the Unreal" at Modernbook Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Jeanne Finley "Geary Street" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 5:30-7:30pm

Jamie Vasta "After Caravaggio" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Joan Brown, Robert Hartman at Gallery Paule Anglim Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

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Guy Overfelt "Ever Wash" curated by Tony Labat at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

Don Fritz, Lawrence McAdams "Curious Association" at Sandra Lee Fine Art Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, 5-7:30pm

+ Eric Zener at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Courtney Johnson, David Symons, Frank Rossi, Fred Parker, Fredrik Marsh, Jo Bradford, Kaethe Wenzel, Maggie Foskett, Peter Feldstein, Suzanne Izzo "Cliche-Verre in the Digital Age" curated by Courtney Johnson at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Downtown: 464 Sutter Street, 5:30-7:30pm

"SpaceCRAFT" at CELLspace
Mission District: 2050 Bryant Street, FREE, 7-11pm

Amy M. Ho, Brandon Bigelow, Hiroko Kikuchi, Imin Yeh, Jean Chen, Jennifer Yin, Jeremy Liu, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Yosh Han "A Sensory Feast: Local Flavors" at 18 Reasons Gallery
Mission District: 593 Guerrero Street, 6-8pm

Friday, April 8

+ "Spread: California Conceptualism Then and" SOMArts ALL ACCESS at SOMArts Cultural Center SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, Free, 6-9pm

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Bunnie Reiss "Elle a eu beaucoup de chance (She had a lot of luck)" at Jellyfish Gallery
SOMA: 1286 Folsom Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

+ Book launch: "Mauve? Journal Release Party" at Mauve? (Gallery 1044)
Downtown: 1044 Larkin Street, at Sutter St., floor 1, 7-9pm

Performance: Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards "I Am America" at Performance Art Institute Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Seating is limited, please contact reservations@theworkcenter.org to reserve. $20 suggested donation., 8pm

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Brent Bushnell, Hooshang Yashar, Jeff Neugebauer, Kelsey Harrison, Patrushka, Sheela Singla, Stirling Elmendorf, Tiffany Chavez "Spring Art Exhibit" curated by Lon Richter at Aspect Gallery
Civic Center: 731 Polk Street, 7-9pm

"Opening and ArtSpan Mixer" at Secession Art & Design
Castro: 3361 Mission Street, 6:30-9:30pm

+ Performance: Chris Thayer, Dave Muller, David Enos "Pigeon Dealers: A Variety Show" L@TE Friday Nights curated by Betty Nguyen at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 5-9pm (performance at 7:30pm)

Saturday, April 9

Jane Rosen "Wild Life" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

+ Al Farrow at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 4-6pm

+ Sandow Birk at Catharine Clark Gallery SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 4-6pm

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Workshop: "Make It @ MOCFA" at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, $5 admission includes materials, 11am-1pm

Charles Grogg "After Ascension and Descent" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 2-5pm

Panel Discussion: "Performance, Act, Ritual: Art and Mourning" at Performance Art Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, free, 1-3pm

ROA "New Works" curated by Justin Giarla at White Walls Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 1, Free, 7-11pm

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Paul Chatem at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-10pm

+ Kristofferson San Pablo "Mania II" at Maniac Gallery Tenderloin: 727 Leavenworth Street , floor 1, 7:30-10pm

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KC Ortiz "The Golden Land" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 7-11pm

+ Cody Hudson "Freedoom" at Guerrero Gallery Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 7-11pm

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+ Alex Zecca, Amanda Curreri, Chad Stayrook, Cliff Hengst, Dan Tierney, Deric Carner, Erik Scollon, Gwenael Rattke, James Sterling Pitt, Josh Pieper, Josh Podoll, Kirk Stoller, Liam Everett, Lucy Pullen, Pablo Guardiola, Scott Hewicker, Susan O’Malley "Living Room" curated by Vanessa Blaikie and Joey Piziali of Romer Young Ga at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Yisrael Feldscott "Still Standing" at Paul Mahder Gallery
Richmond District: 3378 Sacramento Street, 6-9pm

Michael C. McMillen "Train of Thought" at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Sunday, April 10

Art Fair: "SOMARTS ALL ACCESSS! Open House & Pop-Up Shop" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, Free, 2-6pm

Monday, April 11

Lecture: "Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture: Riva Lehrer" at UC Berkeley (Westminster House Common Room)
Berkeley: 2315 College Avenue, floor 2, 7:30-10:30pm

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