2012 starts with a bang! Lots of art openings around the Bay.

Enjoy!

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Thursday:

+ John Bankston, Tara Tucker at Rena Bransten Gallery

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+ Alex Olson, Garth Weiser, Jessica Dickinson, Josh Smith, Liam Everett at Altman Siegel
+ Performance: "John Wiese in residence" at The Lab
+ "After Dark: Rock, Paper, Scissors" at Exploratorium

Friday:
+ Closing reception: Carlos Ramirez, Charlene Tan, Elysa Lozano, Ethan Worden, Jennie Ottinger, Nathaniel Parsons, Steven Barich, Wafaa Yasin, Zachary Royer Scholz "Working Conditions: Closing Reception" at Southern Exposure
+ Andrew Chapman, Hugh Zeigler, Hunter Longe, Matthew Draving "Art Murmur at Johansson Projects" at Johansson Projects

Saturday:
+ Mauricio Ancalmo "Installation and Mixed Media Work" at Eli Ridgway Gallery

+ Dana Hart-Stone "Exposition" at Brian Gross Fine Art

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+ Kyle Jorgensen, Treasure Frey "Chromatics and Canopies" at Gallery Hijinks

Sunday:
+ Closing reception: Amy M. Ho, Christine M. Peterson, Emma Spertus, Sarah Hotchkiss, Torreya Cummings "Expanded Field" curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at MacArthur b arthur

Thursday, January 5

+ John Bankston, Tara Tucker at Rena Bransten Gallery Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

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+ Alex Olson, Garth Weiser, Jessica Dickinson, Josh Smith, Liam Everett at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Performance: "John Wiese in residence" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $6-12 sliding scale, 6pm

+ "After Dark: Rock, Paper, Scissors" at Exploratorium
Marina District: 3601 Lyon Street, 6-10pm

Friday, January 6

"Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance" curated by Hanna Regev, Justin Hoover at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, Free, 6-9pm

Performance: Andrea Williams, Jim Haynes, Jorge Bachmann, Simon Whetham at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, 8pm

+ Closing reception: Carlos Ramirez, Charlene Tan, Elysa Lozano, Ethan Worden, Jennie Ottinger, Nathaniel Parsons, Steven Barich, Wafaa Yasin, Zachary Royer Scholz "Working Conditions: Closing Reception" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 7-9pm

Chris Treggiari, Sonja Hinrichsen "The Sfbay: A Mediamorphology" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-9pm

Beili Liu "Stalemate" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Jane Norling, Michele Hofherr "Water/Color" curated by Danielle Fox at Slate contemporary
Oakland: 473 25th Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Mary Curtis Ratcliff "DIVINE: A Miscellany of Timeless Works" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

"Interlocking Terrain" curated by Charlie Milgrim at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Andrew Chapman, Hugh Zeigler, Hunter Longe, Matthew Draving "Art Murmur at Johansson Projects" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, Free, 5-8pm

Saturday, January 7

+ Mauricio Ancalmo "Installation and Mixed Media Work" at Eli Ridgway Gallery
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 4-7pm

+ Dana Hart-Stone "Exposition" at Brian Gross Fine Art Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 2-5pm

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Jennie Lennick "Puppykitty" at Mission: Comics & Arts
Mission District: 3520 20th Street, Suite B, 7-10pm

+ Kyle Jorgensen, Treasure Frey "Chromatics and Canopies" at Gallery Hijinks
Mission District: 2309 Bryant Street, at 21st Street, floor 1, Free, 6-10pm

Artist Talk: Beili Liu "Stalemate" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, floor 1, 2-4pm

Sunday, January 8

Performance: "MV Carbon, Andy Ortmann, Alter/Break, and HeadGrusel HansBoggle" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $6-12 sliding scale, 8pm

+ Closing reception: Amy M. Ho, Christine M. Peterson, Emma Spertus, Sarah Hotchkiss, Torreya Cummings "Expanded Field" curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at MacArthur b arthur
Oakland: 4030 Martain Luther King Jr Way, floor 1, 12-5pm

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