Another week in a very big, very small city(s). However thorough we've been there are plenty of art spaces that easily escape visiting. Off the track, but worth seeing, both as smart alternatives to the usual gallery experience and as potential collaborators.

Make it a goal to find some info on and maybe visit Partisan, icTus, Second Floor Projects, Pied-à-terre, Aggregate Space, Royal Nonesuch, and Important Projects! 

Wednesday:
+ Sonya Rapoport "Spaces of Life: The Art of Sonya Rapoport" curated by Anuradha Vikram, Terri Cohn at Mills College Art Museum

Thursday:
+ Remedios Varo "Indelible Fables" at Frey Norris Gallery

+ Panel Discussion: "Panel Discussion: Prajakti Jayavant, Zarobell, and Stephen Goldstine" at Meridian Gallery

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+ "Route 3" Anthony Discenza Meets Mungo Thomson Meets Harrell Fletcher Meets Alicia McCarthy Meets Eleanor Antin Meets Jason Meadows Meets Rodney Graham Meets Pascal Shirley Meets Ari Marcopoulos Meets Paul McCarthy Meets James Welling Meets Catherine Opie Meets Tam at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
+ "John Baldessari: Class Assignments, (optional)" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)

Friday:
+ Daniel Small, Gail Wight, Heather Sparks , Jonathon Keats, Luca Antonucci, Phil Ross, Reenie Charrière "Vast and Undetectable" curated by Aimee Le Duc at SF Arts Commission Gallery
+ Performance: JD Beltran, Joan Jeanrenaud, Joan Retallack, Michael Ives, Paul de Jong, Sandro Dukic "Kaleidoscope of Pacific Standard Time (K-PST) - RE: COMPOSITION, A Series of Performances and Partnerships" at Southern Exposure
+ Sonya Derman "Remainders" at Park Life
+ Donna Anderson Kam, Ethan Estess, Terry Berlier "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio )
+ Ben Bigelow, Chris Duncan, Dawn Weleski, Greg Stimac, Terry Powers "Self Help Book Club (1st Year MFA)" at Stanford Art Gallery (Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery )

Saturday:
+ Stephen Giannetti "Spectral Circumstance" at Marx & Zavattero
+ Donna Anderson Kam, Ethan Estess, Terry Berlier "San Francisco Dump Artist in Residence Exhibitions" at Recology San Francisco Art Studio ( SF Recycling & Disposal's Artist in Residence Studio )

Sunday:
+ Alison OK Frost, Barry Beach, Cameron Hockenson, Christina McPhee, Connie Samaras, Dana Harel, Gail Dawson, Gina Borg, Jessica Cadkin, Jordan Essoe , Kirk Crippens , Mark Baugh-Sasaki , Robin Adsit, Sandra Ono, Ulrika Andersson, Whitney Hubbs, Whitney Lynn "De-Mobbing: Landscape, Structure, Bioform" curated by Brian Karl at Headlands Center for the Arts

Wednesday, January 18

"RayKo’s 5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show" at RayKo Photo Center (Liberty Park)
SOMA: 400 3rd Street, at Harrison Street, 6-8pm

"Life Live" at Arc Studios & Gallery
SOMA: 1246 Folsom Street, 7-9pm

"Share Your Beauty" A You Are Beautiful Exhibition & Workshop at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, 6:30-9:30pm

+ Sonya Rapoport "Spaces of Life: The Art of Sonya Rapoport" curated by Anuradha Vikram, Terri Cohn at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, FREE, 6-8pm

Thursday, January 19

+ Remedios Varo "Indelible Fables" at Frey Norris Gallery
SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, 5-8pm

+ Panel Discussion: "Panel Discussion: Prajakti Jayavant, Zarobell, and Stephen Goldstine" at Meridian Gallery Downtown: 535 Powell Street, Free, 7pm

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+ "Route 3" Anthony Discenza Meets Mungo Thomson Meets Harrell Fletcher Meets Alicia McCarthy Meets Eleanor Antin Meets Jason Meadows Meets Rodney Graham Meets Pascal Shirley Meets Ari Marcopoulos Meets Paul McCarthy Meets James Welling Meets Catherine Opie Meets Tam at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, 6-9pm

+ "John Baldessari: Class Assignments, (optional)" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street, 6-9pm

Friday, January 20

+ Daniel Small, Gail Wight, Heather Sparks , Jonathon Keats, Luca Antonucci, Phil Ross, Reenie Charrière "Vast and Undetectable" curated by Aimee Le Duc at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, Free, 6-8pm

+ Performance: JD Beltran, Joan Jeanrenaud, Joan Retallack, Michael Ives, Paul de Jong, Sandro Dukic "Kaleidoscope of Pacific Standard Time (K-PST) - RE: COMPOSITION, A Series of Performances and Partnerships" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , $15, 8-10pm

Aiyana Udesen, Albert Reyes, Matt Furie "Future Colors of America" at FFDG
Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Alan Miknis, Jeff Rahuba "Cyclorama 2" at INCLINE Gallery
Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Leah Rosenberg "Six of One" at Rare Device
Hayes Valley: 1845 Market Street, 6-9pm

+ Sonya Derman "Remainders" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 7-10pm

+ Donna Anderson Kam, Ethan Estess, Terry Berlier "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

+ Ben Bigelow, Chris Duncan, Dawn Weleski, Greg Stimac, Terry Powers "Self Help Book Club (1st Year MFA)" at Stanford Art Gallery (Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery )
Palo Alto: Lasuen Mall 419 , 5:30-7:30pm

Saturday, January 21

+ Stephen Giannetti "Spectral Circumstance" at Marx & Zavattero
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5-7pm

Jane Fisher "Under One Sun" Recent Paintings & Drawings at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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"Why Paint A Landscape?" Current Views & Perspectives at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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+ Donna Anderson Kam, Ethan Estess, Terry Berlier "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

Artist Talk: Mary Curtis Ratcliff "DIVINE: A Miscellany of Timeless Works" at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 5pm

Sunday, January 22

+ Alison OK Frost, Barry Beach, Cameron Hockenson, Christina McPhee, Connie Samaras, Dana Harel, Gail Dawson, Gina Borg, Jessica Cadkin, Jordan Essoe , Kirk Crippens , Mark Baugh-Sasaki , Robin Adsit, Sandra Ono, Ulrika Andersson, Whitney Hubbs, Whitney Lynn "De-Mobbing: Landscape, Structure, Bioform" curated by Brian Karl at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, Free, 2-5pm

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