Many interesting events, workshops, and openings this week on either side of the Bay. I am personally excited about Jim Melchert, John Roloff show at Gallery Paule Anglim, since I discovered an old but stellar poster of Melchert's on the street in Berkeley that now hangs on my wall.

Some other highlights include the following:

Wednesday
The Kadist Arts Foundation, is continuing an excellent run of Wednesday shows with Jan Peter Hammer, Superflex curated by Apsara DiQuinzio.

Thursday
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art art is showing Korean folk tradition of pieced textiles for everyday use or ceremonial purposes with their "Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now" curated by Chunghie Lee.

Friday
Learn the dirt on Gutenberg from a lecture at San Francisco Center for the Book.

You have to love you local alternative space: Maggie Foster "Plan B®" at Sight School, Oakland.

Read through the list to find the right event for you!

Wednesday:

+ Jan Peter Hammer, Superflex curated by Apsara DiQuinzio at Kadist Art Foundation

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Thursday:
+ "Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now" curated by Chunghie Lee at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
+ "Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now" curated by Chunghie Lee at Museum of Craft and Folk Art

+ Jim Melchert, John Roloff at Gallery Paule Anglim

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+ Amy Ahlstrom "Sampled Layers of Meaning" at a.Muse Gallery

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+ Screening: "Freature: Practice of the Wild (John J. Healey)" Opening short: Doghat's Journey by Lydia Greer and Veronica de Jesus with music by Coconut at TEMESCAL STREET CINEMA

Friday:
+ Lecture: "Beyond Gutenberg: The "black Art" Exposed" at San Francisco Center for the Book

+ Closing reception: Malak Helmy, Naaman Rosen, Teresa Cunniff "Circumscribing the Liminal" at Krowswork

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+ Maggie Foster "Plan B®" at Sight School

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Saturday:
+ Workshop: "Gertrude Stein and Her Contemporaries" curated by Dickran Tashjian at Meridian Gallery
+ Performance: "Cries of San Francisco: Saturday Markets" curated by Allison Smith, Courtney Fink at Southern Exposure

+ Eve Aschheim at Some Walls

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Wednesday, June 15

Artist Talk: "Art in Storefronts Artists Talk" at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, Free, 6-7:30pm

+ Jan Peter Hammer, Superflex curated by Apsara DiQuinzio at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Free, 7pm

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Thursday, June 16

+ "Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now" curated by Chunghie Lee at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 6-8pm

+ "Wrapping Traditions: Korean Textiles Now" curated by Chunghie Lee at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 5-6pm

+ Jim Melchert, John Roloff at Gallery Paule Anglim Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

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Ben Needham, Gerardo Tan, Grace Munakata, John Chang, Kira Greene, Mitsu Okubo, Norberto Roldan "Cross Currents" at Togonon Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, 5-7pm

+ Amy Ahlstrom "Sampled Layers of Meaning" at a.Muse Gallery Mission District: 614 Alabama Street, 6:30pm-9pm

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+ Screening: "Freature: Practice of the Wild (John J. Healey)" Opening short: Doghat's Journey by Lydia Greer and Veronica de Jesus with music by Coconut at TEMESCAL STREET CINEMA
Oakland: 49th Street @ Telegraph Avenue, on the street, Free popcorn and live music, Festivities at 8pm, Films at 8:45pm

Friday, June 17

+ Lecture: "Beyond Gutenberg: The "black Art" Exposed" at San Francisco Center for the Book
Potrero Hill: 300 De Haro Street, Free, 7-9pm

Aaron Nagel, Apex , Decoy, Elizabeth Bast, etna, Jeffery Pena, Jet Martinez, Jiying Lu, John Kolezar, Mark Jenkins, Phase2, Sake, Sharktoof "The ARTificial Truth" at Project One
Potrero Hill: 251 Rhode Island Street, 7pm-late

Anna Marie Shogren, Bonnie Kaye Whitfield, Heather Elizabeth Garland, Jason Gaspar, Lacey Prpic Hedtke, Margaret Coleman, Stephen Eakin, William Hempel "Non Solo" A Collaborative Exhibition on Tour at The Spare Room Project
Bernal Heights: 270 Anderson Street, 7-10pm

+ Closing reception: Malak Helmy, Naaman Rosen, Teresa Cunniff "Circumscribing the Liminal" at Krowswork Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-8pm (cake at 7pm)

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+ Maggie Foster "Plan B®" at Sight School Oakland: 5651 San Pablo Avenue, 7-10pm

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Saturday, June 18

Aaron Peterson, Grace Munakata at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, Free, 3-5pm

Closing reception: "US" presented by Ian Colon and WE Artspace at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, 6-10pm

+ Workshop: "Gertrude Stein and Her Contemporaries" curated by Dickran Tashjian at Meridian Gallery
Downtown: 535 Powell Street, $10-$20 sliding scale, 3:30-5:30pm

Closing reception: Nick Cope "Happy is Forever" at Performance Art Institute
Downtown: 575 Sutter Street, Free, 6-9pm

Art Fair: Nancy Calef "Peoplescapes & Travelscapes" at Focus Gallery
Russian Hill: 1534 Grant Avenue, floor 1, free, 11am-6pm

+ Performance: "Cries of San Francisco: Saturday Markets" curated by Allison Smith, Courtney Fink at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , on Market Street, FREE, 12-6pm

Open Studio: Jason Wertheimer "Hot Glass - Cold Beer" at Public Glass
Hunters Point: 1750 Armstrong Street, 6-10pm

Art Fair: "BIG THINGS SUMMER SOLSTICE" at Swarm Gallery Oakland: 560 2nd Street, $5 donation at the door, 6pm

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+ Eve Aschheim at Some Walls Oakland: 4660 Dolores Avenue, floor 1, 2-5pm

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Sunday, June 19

Workshop: Emily Dippo "Planetary Visions" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, Free, 1-4pm

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