Artist talks, screenings, and tours wildly propagate this week, but there are some intriguing openings to be found among them. The summer weekly art show series at Fecal Face Dot Com Gallery presents a hot opening on Thursday.  While Friday has a slew of interesting openings, the not-to-miss show is at Mission 17, who is unfortunately presenting their final show. Keep trucking.

Tuesday:
+ Artist Talk: "Kala Fellowship Talks by Yasuaki Onishi & Ali Richards" at Kala Art Institute

Thursday:
+ Henry Gunderson "White Hole" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery

Friday:
+ Tour: "Fred Ball Enamels" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
+ "All Good Things" THE FINAL EXHIBITION at Mission 17
+ Michael Guidetti at Jancar Jones Gallery
+ "The Fiber Show" curated by Sonya Philip at The Spare Room Project

Sunday:
+ Performance: Raphael Noz, Trap Doors (Michael Guidetti) "Intricacies of Phantom Content & rickle-down: Yours for the Mining" (Closing Party ) curated by Elyse Mallouk, Hilary Pecis at Triple Base Gallery
+ Closing reception: "Paint by Number Group Show" at WE artspace

Tuesday, July 21

"THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF JOJI SHIMAMOTO" curated by Leef Smith at Space Gallery
Civic Center: 1141 Polk Street, 8pm

Artist Talk: "AN EVENING WITH GARY BUKOVNIK" at The UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley: 200 Centennial Drive, $40/ $35 members, includes a poster-size signed watercolor print. Space is limited; registration required, call 510-643-2755 x03 to register., 6:30-8:30pm

+ Artist Talk: "Kala Fellowship Talks by Yasuaki Onishi & Ali Richards" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 7pm

Wednesday, July 22

Screening: Hiroshi Teshigahara "Woman in the Dunes" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, 7pm

Thursday, July 23

Artist Talk: "Artists InSight: Chris Finley" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 6:30-7:30pm

+ Henry Gunderson "White Hole" at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Civic Center: 66 Gough Street, at Market Street, 7-10pm

Ajit Chauhan A window installation at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 7-9pm

Jamie Vasta, Nicholas Pye & Shiela Pye "CONVERSATIONS 5" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 7-9pm

Jamie Vasta, Nicholas Pye & Sheila Pye "Conversation Five" curated by Meg Shiffler at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, 7-9pm

"Dinner Lecture" with guest speaker Ari Messer and guest chef John Ingle at Triple Base Gallery
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, $35 per person includes dinner and lecture, BYOB, 7-10pm

Artist Talk: April Martin , Fallen Fruit "Is This What Democracy Looks Like?" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, 7:30-9pm

Friday, July 24

Artist Talk: "Artists InSight: Makoto Aida" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 6:30-7:30pm

+ Tour: "Fred Ball Enamels" at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 11am

Tour: "Silver of the Stars" The Millennium Collection for Bute House at The Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, 11am

Audrey Welch, Betsy Lam, Chris Conroy, Eli Maness, Matt Delight, Meredith Scheff-King, telephone & soup, Travis Nichols, W.A.M. (Women's Art Movement) "Meanwhile" curated by Leef Smith at Space Gallery
Civic Center: 1141 Polk Street, 8pm-2am

+ "All Good Things" THE FINAL EXHIBITION at Mission 17
Mission District: 2111 Mission Street, floor 4, 6-9pm

+ Michael Guidetti at Jancar Jones Gallery
Mission District: 965 Mission Street, Suite 120, 6-9pm

+ "The Fiber Show" curated by Sonya Philip at The Spare Room Project
Bernal Heights: 270 Anderson Street, 7-10pm

Saturday, July 25

Artist Talk: "Artists InSight: Amanda Ross-Ho" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 2-3pm

Joan Moment at Limn Art Gallery
SOMA: 292 Townsend Street, 4-6pm

John Casey, Jon MacNair, Nick Mann, Shawn Whisenant at double punch
Downtown: 1821 Powell Street , 7pm-Late

Sarah Spitler "Conflagration" at Studio 3579
Mission District: 3579 17th Street, 6-9pm

Terry Hoff "Sometimes Your Left" one day sale at Michael Rosenthal Gallery
Mission District: 365 Valencia street, 11am-6pm

Carl Auge "Resound" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 7-10pm

Cheryl Finfrock , Sudhu Tewari "The Moose Must Persuade the Duck" at FLOAT Gallery
Oakland: 1091 Calcot Place, #116, 6-9pm

Art Fair: "The Craft Bazaar" curated by Kelly Holbrook, Lauren Davis at The Parlour Gallery
Oakland: 5488 College Avenue, FREE, 11am-7pm

Lisa Aksen "Seeking Breath" MFA Graduate Exhibition at John F. Kennedy University
Berkeley: 2956 San Pablo Avenue, floor 2, Arts & Consciousness Gallery, 6-9pm

Sunday, July 26

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

+ Performance: Raphael Noz, Trap Doors (Michael Guidetti) "Intricacies of Phantom Content & rickle-down: Yours for the Mining" (Closing Party ) curated by Elyse Mallouk, Hilary Pecis at Triple Base Gallery
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 3-6pm

+ Closing reception: "Paint by Number Group Show" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 5-8pm

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