Cruising towards the summer months with Memorial Day just around the corner.  Time to peruse the galleries and check out what's happening.  Take some time and see what the CCA clan is doing at the 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition at California College of the Arts: Thesis presentations (Timken Lecture Hall): May 11: 1:30–6 p.m.; May 12, 1–5 p.m. and 7–9 p.m. Or SFAI is offering their MFA Thesis show on Treasure Island on Friday.

Another Friday night option: spend your evening at the Bob Van Breda exhibition Pencil Me In at Electric Works.

Saturday join Gyöngy Laky for "Reading Geometries" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery.

The sun is up until 9pm, no excuse not to check out some art.

AND:

Artcards San Francisco's VIP Pass Give-A-Away for artMRKT continues for an exciting second week! To enter: email emma@artcards.cc your favorite gallery, your name, and your address. One pass-per-person will be sent to your house while supplies and postal time last!

Favorite galleries form last week's VIP Pass winners:
Silverman Gallery
Hosfelt Gallery
Baer Ridgeway Gallery

p.s. Berkeley Art Museum's Create show is featured on Artcards Review, read article below.
-----------
New on Artcards Review:

- "Featured Artist: Ezekiel Honig" by Maria Papadomanolaki
- ""Create" curated by Lawrence Rinder with Matthew Higgs"
- "Picture No Picture at Carriage Trade"
- "New Masters at Subliminal Projects"

Thursday:
+ "2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition" Graduate Program in Fine Arts at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ Bob Van Breda "Pencil Me In" at Electric Works
+ Nigel Peake "In The Wilds" at Needles & Pens

Thursday, May 12

Critical Mass Top 50 "Across The Divide" Juried by Todd Hido at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, Free, 6-8pm

Screening: Agustí Villaronga "In a Glass Cage" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $8, 7:30pm

Susan Z. Breyer "Immersion" at Art People Gallery (Crocker Galleria)
Downtown: 50 Post Street, #41, Free, 4-7pm

Kelly Falzone Inouye, Kristen van Diggelen "Wild Kingdom" at Cottage Industry Painting Salon
Japantown: 2326 Fillmore Street, floor 1, 7-9pm

+ "2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition" Graduate Program in Fine Arts at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Free, 6-10pm

Friday, May 13

+ Bob Van Breda "Pencil Me In" at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, free, 6-8pm

+ Nigel Peake "In The Wilds" at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, Free, 7-9:30pm

"2011 MFA Graduate Exhibition" at San Francisco Art Institute
Treasure Island: 200 California Avenue, Building 180 North, , 6-8pm

David Molesky, Laurent Martin "Smoke" curated by Valerie Leavy at Basement Gallery Oakland Oakland: 1027 3rd Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

view image »

Saturday, May 14

Gyöngy Laky "Reading Geometries" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, Free, 3-5pm

Monday, May 16

Screening: Mary Kerr "Swinging in the Shadows" at Robert Berman / E6 Gallery
Civic Center: 1632 Market Street, Suite B, Free, 7-9pm

Artcards San Francisco is a weekly email publication led by editor Emma Spertus. Email event submissions to sfinfo@artcards.cc or use our submission form. New: you can now add an image to your listing by using the submission form.

+ = Editor's pick
? = Opening not confirmed - check site for updates.