A quieter week then some, but still plenty to do. On Friday, YBCA throws a big opening party for two new shows including rising star Mark Bradford. Meanwhile, Southern Exposure debuts a new public art program and Catherine Clark Gallery celebrates 20 years this Saturday.

Have a great week!

Wednesday:
+ Preview: April Gornik, Deborah Lozier, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Lisa Congdon, Lisa Kokin, Rodney Graham, Rona Pondick, Tal Shochat, Terry Berlier, Tobi Kahn, Yoshitomo Saito, Yuken Teruya, Yves Behar "Do Not Destroy" curated by Dara Solomon at Contemporary Jewish Museum
+ Bean Gilsdorf, Ida Rödén, Rachel Dawson, Sarah Hotchkiss "Sphere of Influence" at Worth Ryder Art Gallery (UC Berkeley)

Thursday:

+ Anna Sew Hoy "Tissues and Trench Coats" at Romer Young Gallery

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+ "Place=Basho: Osaka/CCA Printmaking and Graphic Design Exchange Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)

+ Alison OK Frost, Anna Ayeroff, Ben Venom, Erik Parra, Jeff Eisenberg, Jessica Ingram, Michael Krueger, Michael McConnell, Walter Robinson "Myths of Progress: Utopic Dreams/Dystopic Realities - Opening & Reception" curated by Lauren Davies at Kala Art Institute

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Friday:
+ "Mark Bradford" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ "Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Jason M Aumann "Ghost Images" curated by Kylea Borges at BellJar
+ "Left to Chance" The Accidental Book Art at San Francisco Center for the Book

Saturday:
+ "Anniversary Exhibition" at Catharine Clark Gallery
+ Jenny Chapman and Mark A. Reigelman II "Manifest Destiny!" SoEx hosts an unveiling and a brief artists' talk for Manifest Destiny!, a new public art project affixed to Hotel des Arts at 447 Bush St at Southern Exposure

Wednesday, February 15

+ Preview: April Gornik, Deborah Lozier, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Lisa Congdon, Lisa Kokin, Rodney Graham, Rona Pondick, Tal Shochat, Terry Berlier, Tobi Kahn, Yoshitomo Saito, Yuken Teruya, Yves Behar "Do Not Destroy" curated by Dara Solomon at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, 7-9pm

Screening: "Miss Shannon // Underground (a) (t) (a) Laserbeam Premier [q] [a] [z]" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8pm

+ Bean Gilsdorf, Ida Rödén, Rachel Dawson, Sarah Hotchkiss "Sphere of Influence" at Worth Ryder Art Gallery (UC Berkeley)
Berkeley: 0 Kroeber Hall, corner of Bancroft Way and College Avenue, 4-7pm

Thursday, February 16

Performance: Peter Max Lawrence, Truong Tran "At War" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 7-9pm

+ Anna Sew Hoy "Tissues and Trench Coats" at Romer Young Gallery Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, 6-9pm

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+ "Place=Basho: Osaka/CCA Printmaking and Graphic Design Exchange Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, FREE, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Alison OK Frost, Anna Ayeroff, Ben Venom, Erik Parra, Jeff Eisenberg, Jessica Ingram, Michael Krueger, Michael McConnell, Walter Robinson "Myths of Progress: Utopic Dreams/Dystopic Realities - Opening & Reception" curated by Lauren Davies at Kala Art Institute Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

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Friday, February 17

+ "Mark Bradford" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, 9:30pm-12am

+ "Audience as Subject, Part 2: Extra Large" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $5 in advance, $7 at the door, 9:30pm-12am

+ Jason M Aumann "Ghost Images" curated by Kylea Borges at BellJar
Mission District: 3187 16th Street, 7-10pm

Jay Howell, Mark Whalen "Midnight on the Sun" at FFDG Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

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+ "Left to Chance" The Accidental Book Art at San Francisco Center for the Book
Potrero Hill: 300 De Haro Street, 6-8pm

Saturday, February 18

+ "Anniversary Exhibition" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 5-7pm

+ Jenny Chapman and Mark A. Reigelman II "Manifest Destiny!" SoEx hosts an unveiling and a brief artists' talk for Manifest Destiny!, a new public art project affixed to Hotel des Arts at 447 Bush St at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 4 - 6 pm

Workshop: Rebecca Peters "Letterpress Workshop" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, $75 (Class size is limited to 7, so please register early to get a spot), 1-5pm

Jody Medich, Mary V. Marsh at Mercury 20 Gallery
Oakland: 475 25th Street, at Telegraph Avenue, floor 1, 4-6pm

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