This first week of August brings a full complement of openings across the Bay Area, indicating that summer is wrapping up and the hot fall gallery season is around the corner. However, a bunch of interesting group shows slip through the door of summer programing at Triple Base, Silverman Gallery, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, Blankspace, and a show curated by Daniell Steele at Andrea Schwartz. Also check out Hatch Gallery and Ever Gold. And, remember you can always find the entire week's art events at Artcards.cc!

Tuesday:
+ Aurélien Froment "Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

Wednesday:
+ "WORD" curated by Danielle Steel at Andrea Schwartz Gallery

Thursday:
+ Lecture: "Lawrence Weiner's Pearls Rolled Across the Floor ..." curated by Tanya Zimbardo at SF MOMA
+ moki "bunker underground" at Jack Fisher Gallery
+ "DOUBLE TROUBLE" at Ever Gold
+ Closing reception: Gabrielle Wolodarski, Jeff Stratford at Local 123

Friday:
+ "THE SHOP: Summer Blow Out" at Silverman Gallery
+ "The Enamel Show" at Velvet da Vinci
+ Amanda Curreri, Christine Wong Yap, David Horvitz, Jessica Williams, Mark McKnight "Involved, Socially" curated by Michelle Blade at Triple Base Gallery
+ Ted Pontiflet "In The Spirit of James -- "The James Baldwin Series"" at Joyce Gordon Gallery
+ Cat Lauigan, Nathaniel Russell at Hatch Gallery
+ "Object Oriented" at The Compound Gallery
+ Christopher Banahan, Jackie Nickerson, Padraig Robinson, Paul Murnaghan, Vera Klute, and more "How Do You Know?" curated by gallery 126 at Blankspace

Saturday:
+ "Super Flat" Works on Paper by Gallery Artists at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
+ Bryan Schnelle "Suicide Machine" at Shooting Gallery (Gallery Three)

Tuesday, August 4

+ Aurélien Froment "Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, 7pm

Wednesday, August 5

+ "WORD" curated by Danielle Steel at Andrea Schwartz Gallery
SOMA: 525 2nd Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, August 6

"Control" Organized by the South Bay Women’s Caucus for Art at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 6-8pm

Ferris Plock, Kelly Tunstall "Sea of Love" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, FREE, 6-10pm

+ Lecture: "Lawrence Weiner's Pearls Rolled Across the Floor ..." curated by Tanya Zimbardo at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Meet in the Haas Atrium before moving into the galleries., FREE w/ Gallery Admission, 6:30pm

Lorene Anderson, Quentin Morris at George Lawson Gallery: Room for Painting Room for Paper
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, at Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ moki "bunker underground" at Jack Fisher Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Brant Vest, Jeesoo Lee, Josh Keller, Michael Russell "Works on Paper" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Daniel Ochoa "Retratos de Family and Friends" at Academy of Art University Gallery
Downtown: 79 New Montgomery Street, 5:30-7:30pm

+ "DOUBLE TROUBLE" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 6-9pm

David Mark , Hyesook Park, Younhee Paik "Exploration & Celebration II" at Sandra Lee Fine Art Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, 5:00-7:30pm

Eli Harris "in transit" at Cafe Royale
Downtown: 800 Post Street, 8-Midnight

Anne Stryke , Jennifer Damas "In The In Between" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

El Mac "Faces of Life" at FIFTY24SF Gallery
Hayes Valley: 248 Fillmore Street, 7-9:30pm

Adia Millett "The Nest: A nieghborhood artist residency program" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, 7:30-9:30pm

+ Closing reception: Gabrielle Wolodarski, Jeff Stratford at Local 123
Berkeley: 2049 San Pablo Avenue, at University Avenue, 6-8pm

"JURIED@BAC" Works on Paper curated by Kate Eilertsen, Rene de Guzman at Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley: 1275 Walnut Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, August 7

"It's still life" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

Michael Page "ThankYouGoodbye" curated by Jennifer Rogers, Kerri Stephens at Varnish Fine Art
Downtown: 77 Natoma Street, at First Street, Free, 7-10pm

+ "THE SHOP: Summer Blow Out" at Silverman Gallery
Downtown: 804 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

+ "The Enamel Show" at Velvet da Vinci
Russian Hill: 2015 Polk Street, 6-8pm

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

+ Amanda Curreri, Christine Wong Yap, David Horvitz, Jessica Williams, Mark McKnight "Involved, Socially" curated by Michelle Blade at Triple Base Gallery
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 7-10pm

"San Francisco" at City Art Gallery
Mission District: 828 Valencia Street, 7-10pm

"THE LOWER HAIGHT ART WALK" at Lower Haters Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 597 Haight Street, 7-10pm

Dave Crosland "UNDEFEATED" at D-Sturcture
Hayes Valley: 520 Haight Street, 8-11pm

+ Ted Pontiflet "In The Spirit of James -- "The James Baldwin Series"" at Joyce Gordon Gallery
Oakland: 406 14th Street , 5:30-9pm

+ Cat Lauigan, Nathaniel Russell at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Mary V. Marsh, Maya Kabat at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 5-10pm

James P. Anderson "Insights Of Life From The Shadows Of Death" at Red Door Gallery and Collective
Oakland: 416 26th Street, 6-10pm

Josh Keyes, Reenie Charrière, Vaughn Bell at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, 6-8pm

+ "Object Oriented" at The Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

"Surfacing" The Enamelist Society International Juried Exhibitions at Oakland Art Gallery
Oakland: 199 Kahns Alley, 7-9pm

+ Christopher Banahan, Jackie Nickerson, Padraig Robinson, Paul Murnaghan, Vera Klute, and more "How Do You Know?" curated by gallery 126 at Blankspace
Oakland: 6608 San Pablo Avenue, free, 7-10pm

Jennie Ottinger "Ibid." at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Featuring art by Cadresquad "Life Support" The emergency kit project at Rock Paper Scissors Collective
Oakland: 2278 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 6-9pm

Saturday, August 8

+ "Super Flat" Works on Paper by Gallery Artists at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

Hugh Leeman , Michael Holman "Recognition" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

+ Bryan Schnelle "Suicide Machine" at Shooting Gallery (Gallery Three)
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 2, Gallery Three, 7-11pm

Shawn Barber "Tattooed Portraits - Snapshots" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

Benefit: "The 7th Annual Three-Minute Film Festival Black Tie Gala and Film Screening" at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, $5-$20 Sliding scale donation at the door, 7-11pm

"EGOless" at Femina Potens
Mission District: 2199 Market Street, 6-10pm

Nick McPhail "Street & Sky" at Mina Dresden
Mission District: 312 Valencia Street, 6-8pm

"Flotsam's Wonder Tonic The Art Of Mike Shine" at Soap Gallery
Bernal Heights: 3180 Mission Street, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Mary V. Marsh, Maya Kabat at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 2pm

Dan Suzio "Wildlife of Costa Rica" at LightRoom Gallery
Berkeley: 2263 Fifth Street, 2-5pm

Sunday, August 9

"How Do I Look?" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, 5-8pm

Monday, August 10

Artist Talk: "The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy and the History of Comic Book Heroines Booksigning and presentation with author Mike Madrid" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, 7-9pm

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