Cool openings for this hot week can be found on Thursday at Jancar Jones, Rare Device, and Kala Art Institute. Friday has a little gem of an opening at BellJar. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts hosts a pre-show open house for its Wallworks exhibition including a complete complement of artist talks during the next two weeks. Hope to see you out there.

Thursday:
+ Andy Vogt, Joshua Churchill "Sustained Decay" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
+ "Nothing" at Jancar Jones Gallery
+ "Buddy System" A Project of Little Paper Planes at Rare Device
+ Chris Turbuck, Lindsey White, Pawel Kruk, Samantha Lautman "Residency Projects Part 1" at Kala Art Institute

Friday:
+ Ian Huebert "THE SHAPE OF CONTENT" at BellJar
+ Artist Talk: Susan O'Malley "YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE" at Ping Pong Gallery

Saturday:
+ Artist Talk: "Artists InSight: Leslie Shows" Artists contributing to Wallworks at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Open Studio: "Wallworks" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Dennis McNett "Year of The Wolfbat!" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Wednesday, July 15

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

Duser "Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness" at Project One
Potrero Hill: 251 Rhode Island Street, 7pm-2am

Benefit: Alan Rorie, Christian Ristow, Many, many more, Mark Perez, Matisse Enzer, Michael Christian, Rebecca Anders "Fire Arts Festival 2009" at The Crucible (FIRE ARTS ARENA 2009)
Oakland: at the corner of Wake Avenue and Engineer Road, $35 - $55, 8:00 PM - midnight

Thursday, July 16

Deborah Butterfield at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Andy Vogt, Joshua Churchill "Sustained Decay" at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3166 16th Street, 7-10pm

+ "Nothing" at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 389 Valencia Street, 7-9pm

Ben Collison , Matt Delight at Blush! Wine Bar
Castro: 476 Castro Street, 7-Midnight

Tandy Kunkle at Blush! Wine Bar
Castro: 476 Castro Street, 7-Midnight

+ "Buddy System" A Project of Little Paper Planes at Rare Device
Hayes Valley: 1845 Market Street, 7-9pm

Edward S. de Leon "Gold Love Standard" at Divisadero Community Gallery
Western Addition: 537 Divisadero Street, 6-9pm

Screening: "The 9th Annual T-10 Video Festival" at 21 Grand
Oakland: 416 25th Street, Doors 8:00pm, Screening 8:30pm

+ Chris Turbuck, Lindsey White, Pawel Kruk, Samantha Lautman "Residency Projects Part 1" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Friday, July 17

+ Ian Huebert "THE SHAPE OF CONTENT" at BellJar
Mission District: 3187 16th Street, 6-9pm

+ Artist Talk: Susan O'Malley "YOU ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE" at Ping Pong Gallery
Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6:30pm

Screening: "The 9th Annual T-10 Video Festival" at 21 Grand
Oakland: 416 25th Street, Doors 8:00pm, Screening 8:30pm

Saturday, July 18

+ Artist Talk: "Artists InSight: Leslie Shows" Artists contributing to Wallworks at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 2-3pm

+ Open Studio: "Wallworks" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 2-8pm

+ Dennis McNett "Year of The Wolfbat!" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Civic Center: 66 Gough Street, at Market Street, 7-10pm

Sherry Wong "Play All" at CELLspace
Mission District: 2050 Bryant Street, 7-9pm

"Red and White" at Zza's Wine Bar Gallery
Oakland: 550 Grand Avenue, 6-9pm

Sunday, July 19

Artist Talk: "Artists InSight: Odili Donald Odita" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 2-3pm

"Mischief" at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, 2-6pm

Artist Talk: Adrian Van Allen, Kari Marboe "Anatomies" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 3-6pm

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