This weeks starts strong with the opening at San Francisco Art Institute and a conversation at Kadist Art Foundation. Thursday offers a good mix of screenings and talks. Saturday looks like the best day to go out with events at Recology (Art at the SF Dump) and San Francisco Center for the Book, followed by a debut of Important Projects' new gallery space, Gallery 2. I hope to see you out at the shows and please keep telling your friends about Artcards!

Wednesday:
+ Group Exhibition "Think Art " curated by Hou Hanru, Irène Hediger, Mary Ellyn Johnson at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Lecture: "A Conversation with Allen Ruppersberg about Al's Cafe, 1969" Hosted by Constance Lewallen at Kadist Art Foundation

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: Andrew Schoultz "Images in Dialogue: Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz" at SF MOMA
+ Panel Discussion: "Art About Place (1 LU)" at Haines Gallery
+ A.G. Rizzoli, Alex Maldonado, Dorothy Binger, Esther Hamerman, Harold Finster, Inez Walker, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Raymond Coins, Ted Gordon "Insider / Outsider Art: Selections from Bay Area Collections" curated by Carrie Lederer at Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek)
+ Lecture: "Kala Fellowship Artists’ Talk: Renée Gertler and Francesca Pastine" at Kala Art Institute

Friday:
+ Abel Rodriguez, Kaiya Rainbolt, Lauren DiCioccio "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio )
+ Silke Otto-Knapp "A light in the moon / MATRIX 239" Programmed by Dena Beard curated by Elizabeth Thomas at Berkeley Art Museum

Saturday:

+ Abel Rodriguez, Kaiya Rainbolt, Lauren DiCioccio "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio )

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+ Matthew Draving "Checking In" at Important Projects

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+ Jessica Williams "Stick Like Glue" at Important Projects

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Tuesday, September 20

Panel Discussion: Drew Dernavich, Matthew Diffee, Zachary Kanin "A NIGHT OF REJECTION with New Yorker cartoonists Diffee, Dernavich and Kanin" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, $10, 7-9pm

Artist Talk: "On Arts 2011-12 Benefiting 826 Valencia College Scholarship Program" Bob Mould in converstion with Shepard Fairey at City Arts and Lectures (Herbst Theater)
SOMA: 401 Van Ness Ave, $17-$27, 8pm

Wednesday, September 21

+ Group Exhibition "Think Art " curated by Hou Hanru, Irène Hediger, Mary Ellyn Johnson at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Lecture: "A Conversation with Allen Ruppersberg about Al's Cafe, 1969" Hosted by Constance Lewallen at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Free, Cocktails at 6pm, program at 7pm sharp

Screening: "Periwinkle Queer Cinema Series" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8pm

Lecture: "Namita Gupta Wiggers" The Design and Craft Lecture Series at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Free, 7:30-9:30pm

Thursday, September 22

Screening: Dave Cerf, Sam Green "Greetings On Behalf Of The People Of Our Planet!" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 7:30pm

Performance: Ben Venom, Black Cobra, Hightower, Walken at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $7 regular; $5 students, seniors & teachers; free for YBCA Members, 6-8pm

+ Artist Talk: Andrew Schoultz "Images in Dialogue: Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, 6pm

+ Panel Discussion: "Art About Place (1 LU)" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, $15 AIA Members, $25 General Admission, 6-7:30pm

+ A.G. Rizzoli, Alex Maldonado, Dorothy Binger, Esther Hamerman, Harold Finster, Inez Walker, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Raymond Coins, Ted Gordon "Insider / Outsider Art: Selections from Bay Area Collections" curated by Carrie Lederer at Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek)
East Bay: 1601 Civic Drive, floor 1, $5, 6-8pm

+ Lecture: "Kala Fellowship Artists’ Talk: Renée Gertler and Francesca Pastine" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 7-9pm

Friday, September 23

Book launch: Elin Høyland "Reception & Book Launch: The Brothers" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park) SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

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Ian Wang, Lydia Gonzales, Michele Kraus, Monica Roy, Renée Power, Roxanne Chartouni Quezada, Vivian Truong "The ARTery Project: Photographs of Central Market" at City Hall
Civic Center: 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Supervisor Jane Kim's Office, Room 282, 5-7pm

Screening: Marcy Saude "Films from Four Mountain Ranges" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8pm

+ Abel Rodriguez, Kaiya Rainbolt, Lauren DiCioccio "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio )
South San Francisco: 503 Tunnel Avenue, free, 5-9pm

+ Silke Otto-Knapp "A light in the moon / MATRIX 239" Programmed by Dena Beard curated by Elizabeth Thomas at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, Free, Films and Q & A 5:30, Dance performances 7:30

Saturday, September 24

Screening: Dave Cerf, Sam Green "Greetings On Behalf Of The People Of Our Planet!" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $8 regular; $6 students, seniors, teachers & YBCA members, 7:30pm

Open Studio: More than 40 local artists "North Beach ArtWalk 2011" at Live Worms
Russian Hill: 1345 Grant Avenue, floor 1, Free, 11am-5pm

Lauren Marsolier, Mar Fichou at Robert Berman / E6 Gallery
Civic Center: 1632 Market Street, Suite B, 7-9pm

Closing reception: Nicole Aptekar, Frank Theophani Callozzo "New/Exploration/Paper" at Satellite 66
Tenderloin: 66 6th Street, 7-10pm

Closing reception: Nathaniel Ward, Timothy Bergstrom "Dirty Pictures" at Hungryman Gallery Mission District: 485 14th Street, floor 1, 4-7pm

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Workshop: "Bryan Von Reuter presents a live Tetris Tournament" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $5 – $15 sliding scale, 8-11pm

"Roadworks: A Steamroller Printing Festival" at San Francisco Center for the Book
Potrero Hill: 300 De Haro Street, 12-5pm

+ Abel Rodriguez, Kaiya Rainbolt, Lauren DiCioccio "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio ) South San Francisco: 503 Tunnel Avenue, free, 1-5pm

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+ Matthew Draving "Checking In" at Important Projects Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

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+ Jessica Williams "Stick Like Glue" at Important Projects Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

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