Sunny days and holidays are slowing the pace of art openings in the Bay Area, but there still are some choice events and happenings this week. Electric Works and Luggage Store hold interesting openings on Friday, livening up their part of Market and 8th Streets. Meanwhile, this Sunday's Summer Open Studio at the Headlands Art Center gives everyone an excellent excuse to journey just North of San Freancisco.

Tuesday:
+ Mario García Torres "What Happens in Halifax Stays in Halifax (in 36 Slides)" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

Thursday:
+ Nicholas Nixon "Self & City" at Fraenkel Gallery
+ Jesse Balmer at Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Friday:
+ "The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience" a group exhibition featuring underground comix artists from San Francisco curated by Dan Fogel at Electric Works
+ Paul Wackers "New Work" Tournesol Award Exhibition 2009 at Luggage Store Gallery
+ "Tomorrow" a curatorial project organized by James Tantum at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
+ Jacob Dahlgren "Sharks, Lions and Ships" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts

Sunday:
+ Performance: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab
+ Open Studio: "Headlands' Summer Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts

Tuesday, July 7

+ Mario García Torres "What Happens in Halifax Stays in Halifax (in 36 Slides)" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 7pm

Wednesday, July 8

"10x10x10" San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery and PhotoAlliance at SF Arts Commission Gallery (City Hall)
Civic Center: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, 5:30-7:30pm

"10x10x10" at SF Arts Commission Gallery (City Hall)
Civic Center: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Ground Floor, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, July 9

Deborah Hamon , Kelly Sullivan at Gallery 291
Downtown: 291 Geary Street, floor 5, 6-9pm

+ Nicholas Nixon "Self & City" at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

"HUNTED AND GATHERED" Photographs from the Private Collection of Robert Flynn at Modernism Gallery
Downtown: 685 Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-8pm

Woody Gwyn "THE COAST: ABOVE & BEYOND" at Modernism Gallery
Downtown: 685 Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-8pm

+ Jesse Balmer at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Civic Center: 66 Gough Street, at Market Street, 6-9pm

Performance: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 sliding scale admission, Doors open 7:30pm, all shows start at 8pm

"Richard Whittaker: Works & Conversation Panel" at Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley: 1275 Walnut Street, $7 general / free to artist members, 7pm

Friday, July 10

+ "The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience" a group exhibition featuring underground comix artists from San Francisco curated by Dan Fogel at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, Free, 6-8pm

"Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946–2004" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Member Preview and Reception, 7-10pm

+ Paul Wackers "New Work" Tournesol Award Exhibition 2009 at Luggage Store Gallery
Civic Center: 1007 Market Street, floor 2, 6-8pm

Sarah Beth Goncarova "Lush/Bleak" The Impacted Landscape at CBD Gallery (Tenderloin Community Benefit District)
Tenderloin: 134 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite A, 7-9pm

"JULY ART EXHIBIT – NEW WORKS" at Artist-Xchange Gallery
Mission District: 3169 16th St, 7-10pm

Performance: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 sliding scale admission, Doors open 7:30pm, all shows start at 8pm

+ "Tomorrow" a curatorial project organized by James Tantum at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

+ Jacob Dahlgren "Sharks, Lions and Ships" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

Lisa Congdon, Mati McDonough at Curiosity Shoppe
Mission District: 855 Valencia Street, 6-8pm

Aaron Hodges, Bradley Platz at Lower Haters Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 597 Haight Street, 7-11pm

Saturday, July 11

Stephen Giannetti "SEXTUPLE" at Marx & Zavattero
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 4-6pm

Terry O’Neill "Chairman of the Board. Knight of the Realm" at San Francisco Art Exchange
Downtown: 458 Geary Street, 7-10pm

Don Fritz, Robert Townsend, Tim Liddy "The Good Ol’ Days" at Hespe Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Lafe Harley Eaves "And A Wolf Shall Devour The Sun" at Shooting Gallery (Gallery Three)
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 2, 7-11pm

Mike Maxwell, Paul Chatem "Until The Whistle Blows" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

BECCA at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

Performance: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 sliding scale admission, Doors open 7:30pm, all shows start at 8pm

"Family Pictures" curated by Michelle Townsend at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 7-10pm

"Gallery Artists Group Show" at ArtZone 461 Gallery
Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

Jeong Im Yi "REVERENT MEMORIES" at ArtZone 461 Gallery
Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

Jan Blythe "Smoke and Mirrors" at Soap Gallery
Bernal Heights: 3180 Mission Street, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Jessica Martin "Imaginary Landscapes" at Slate Gallery
Oakland: 4770 Telegraph Avenue, at 48th Street, 7-9pm

Sunday, July 12

+ Performance: "PastForward" The 25th Anniversary Performance Series at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $8 sliding scale admission, Doors open 7:30pm, all shows start at 8pm

+ Open Studio: "Headlands' Summer Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, 12-5pm

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