Creative Growth and Southern Exposure roll out their summer youth-created art shows this week. The hot SF Painter Chris Russell with Masako Miki visits the East Bay in a show opening at Gallery Extrana. More in the Festival mood, there are a lot of offerings this weekend: SF Zine Fest, SF Street Food Festival, ArtQuest 2 Oakland, and 2nd Annual Rock Make Street Festival. As always, you can check the latest art openings and events at www.artcards.cc/sanfrancisco.

Wednesday:
+ Artist Talk: "Kala Artists-in-Residence Talks: Dan Harrison, Noel Hensey and Jennifer Little" at Kala Art Institute

Thursday:
+ "Books and Prints & Summer Youth Art" at Creative Growth
+ "Drawing Night Show" Larry Bus Show at Lobot Gallery

Friday:
+ Book launch: "TOUGH TIMES MAGAZINE - PRE-PRINT RELEASE PARTY" at Fivepoints Arthouse
+ Melissa Haslam, Ben Strawn, Gideon Boomer , Ryan Sanchez "Call of the Wild" at Gallery 1988
+ "Maria the Korean Bride Live wedding performance (only California appearance!)" at A.T.A.
+ Jon Schroeder "Magick Seals" at Forthrite
+ Chris Russell, Masako Miki at Gallery Extrana

Saturday:
+ Closing reception: "The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience" a group exhibition featuring underground comix artists from San Francisco curated by Dan Fogel at Electric Works
+ Art Fair: "San Francisco Zine Fest" at SF County Fair Building
+ Artist Talk: "SFMOMA Artists Gallery Presents Maverick's Pioneer Jeff Clark" and Photographers Doug Acton and Frank Quirarte at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)

Sunday:
+ Art Fair: "San Francisco Zine Fest" at SF County Fair Building
+ Artist Talk: Ted Pontiflet "In The Spirit of James -- "The James Baldwin Series"" at Joyce Gordon Gallery

Wednesday, August 19

"El Grito De La Misión" Mission Voices Summer at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 5-7:30pm

Theo Konrad Auer at Zza's Wine Bar Gallery
Oakland: 550 Grand Avenue, 6-9pm

+ Artist Talk: "Kala Artists-in-Residence Talks: Dan Harrison, Noel Hensey and Jennifer Little" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, FREE, 7pm

Thursday, August 20

Closing reception: "Leaving a Mark: Cutter Photozine" curated by Heather Renee Russ, Jesse Rose Roberts, Rachel Styer at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Closing reception: "Ersatz Group Exhibition" SF Camerawork Member Show at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Closing reception: Doris Jew Conrath , Jim Stone "2009 James D. Phelan Art Award in Photography" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Lecture: "Curator Talks: Robert Rauschenburg" curated by Jill Sterrett at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, FREE w/ Museum Admission, Meet in the Haas Atrium before moving into the galleries. 6:30 p.m.

Pawel Kruk "TALKING TO YOURSELF IS VERY IMPORTANT" at David Cunningham Projects
Downtown: 1928 Folsom Street, 6-8pm

ADAM CAHOON, Ben Collison "ASTRAL WORKS" at Blush! Wine Bar
Castro: 476 Castro Street, 7-Midnight

"Tthe Second Tranche" at Chroma Art Design
Potrero Hill: 218 Mississippi Street, 5-8pm

+ "Books and Prints & Summer Youth Art" at Creative Growth
Oakland: 355 24th Street , 5-8pm

+ "Drawing Night Show" Larry Bus Show at Lobot Gallery
Oakland: 1800 Campbell Street, 18th Street, 8pm

Friday, August 21

+ Book launch: "TOUGH TIMES MAGAZINE - PRE-PRINT RELEASE PARTY" at Fivepoints Arthouse
SOMA: 72 Tehama Street, at 2nd Street, FREE, 8pm

+ Melissa Haslam, Ben Strawn, Gideon Boomer , Ryan Sanchez "Call of the Wild" at Gallery 1988
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

Jessalyn Aaland, Lisa Rybovich-Cralle "GOOD NEWS" at painted bird
Mission District: 1201A Guerrero Street, 8-10pm

+ "Maria the Korean Bride Live wedding performance (only California appearance!)" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, Free, 5-7pm

Artist Talk: Wanxin Zhang "DETOUR" at Thacher Gallery (University of San Francisco)
Richmond District: 2130 Fulton Street, 3:30-4:30pm

+ Jon Schroeder "Magick Seals" at Forthrite
Oakland: 5857 San Pablo Avenue, 7-10pm

+ Chris Russell, Masako Miki at Gallery Extrana
Oakland: 2912 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Saturday, August 22

+ Closing reception: "The Cresting Wave: San Francisco Underground Comix Experience" a group exhibition featuring underground comix artists from San Francisco curated by Dan Fogel at Electric Works
SOMA: 130 8th Street, Free, 6-8pm

Closing reception: "Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character" at Chinese Cultural Center
Downtown: 750 Kearny Street, floor 3, 2-3:30pm

+ Art Fair: "San Francisco Zine Fest" at SF County Fair Building
Haight Ashbury: 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, Free, 11am-6pm

Quinn Scheibal "Recent Works" at Venus Gallery
Bernal Heights: 627 Cortland Avenue, 6-9pm

+ Artist Talk: "SFMOMA Artists Gallery Presents Maverick's Pioneer Jeff Clark" and Photographers Doug Acton and Frank Quirarte at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, FREE, 1pm

Closing reception: Carl Auge "Resound" at Rowan Morrison Gallery
Oakland: 330 40th Street, 5-10pm

Bluewater Avery "SCHLOCK and AWWW SHUCKS!!!" at ISSUES
Oakland: 20 Glen Avenue, at Piedmont Avenue, 5-9pm

Ming Ren "Ming Ren: My Perspective on a New Universe" curated by Doreen Coyne, Gallery Manager at John F. Kennedy University
Berkeley: 2956 San Pablo Avenue, floor 2, FREE, 6-9pm

Sunday, August 23

+ Art Fair: "San Francisco Zine Fest" at SF County Fair Building
Haight Ashbury: 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, Free, 11am-6pm

+ Artist Talk: Ted Pontiflet "In The Spirit of James -- "The James Baldwin Series"" at Joyce Gordon Gallery
Oakland: 406 14th Street , 3:30-5pm

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