Spring having sprung and all, we're excited about the months ahead. At both the big art schools' open studios we saw tons of interesting new work by new people, so the just-on-the-horizon MFA shows around the bay should be exciting.


In that vein, the CCA curatorial class exhibition opens Thursday at the Wattis Institute at CCA's SF campus. On Apology features work by Erick Beltrán, Omer Fast, Slavs and Tatars, and Dawn Weleski among many others. These shows are always both engaging and a good time, we're excited to see what this group has cooked up.
And, fingers crossed, the weather is looking good for the Headland Center for the Arts Spring Open House. It is like killing two birds with one stone, big doses of both culture and the golden gate bridge.

CURIOUSLY DIRECT PICKS:
Berkeley Art Museum//State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970= Incredible little slice of Pacific Standard Time, focusing on conceptual art and genres with a kinship to it. 

Walter and McBean Gallery//Living in Studio Kuchar=A well installed, overwhelmingly maximalist show of this seminal bay area figure's life and work which I couldn't recommend higher. Ending soon.

Marx & Zavattero//Libby Black: Nothing Lasts Forever= I was surprised by this pretty great little show. Peering in, I was non-plussed initially but as I spent time and looked closer at the images, varying from flowers and books to Axel Rose on piano and the Challenger disaster, they quickly grew on me in their quirky decisiveness.

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Wednesday:
+ Lecture: Carroll Ballard "Radical Directing Lecture Series: Carroll Ballard" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Screening: Maayan Amir , Ruti Sela "Beyond Guilt: The Trilogy" at Kadist Art Foundation
+ Screening: Carolyn Castaño, Christina Sanchez, Coco Riot and Luna Allison, Dara Greenwald, Duke and Battersby, Elisha Lim and Coco Riot, Suzanne Oshinsky "Periwinkle Cinema Presents: “Duets: works by artists in private duets with Dara Greenwald”" curated by Irina Contreras at A.T.A.
+ Reading: Andy Gricevich, Rick Burkhardt, Sara Larsen "Just Before Dark" curated by Kevin Killian at A.T.A.

Thursday:
+ Benefit: "Taste" Annual Spring Fundraising Event Featuring Culinary & Visual Artists at Root Division
+ Amalia Pica, Artur Zmijewski, Cassie Thornton, Dawn Weleski, Erick Beltrán, Keren Cytter, Mark Boulos, Omer Fast, Ragnar Kjartansson, Shaun Gladwell, Slavs and Tatars "On Apology" at Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art

Friday:
+ Nate Boyce "Knockdown Texture" at Altman Siegel
+ Allison Kudla, BCL (Georg Tremmel & Shiho Fukuhara), Center for PostNatural History, Machine Project, Markus Kayser, Philip Ross, SoEx's Youth Advisory Board with teaching artists "Intimate Science" curated by Andrea Grover at Southern Exposure

Saturday:

+ Cassandra C. Jones "Photos Taken #drawings" at Eli Ridgway Gallery

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+ Artist Talk: Nathalie Talec "The One Who Sees Blindly" curated by Julio Cesar Morales at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Libby Black "Nothing Lasts Forever" at Marx & Zavattero
+ Performance: Andrea Williams, Bevin Kelley / Blevin Blectum, Pod Blotz "Activating the Medium XV : Chapter Two" at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Screening: Amanda Eicher, Chris Johnson, Suzanne Lacy, Team "The Roof is on Fire, Question Bridge, and a conversation" at Kadist Art Foundation (Living as Form @ Kadist Art Foundation)

Sunday:
+ Artist Talk: Anthony Discenza "Additional information provided later" Artist talk and roundtable curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at MacArthur b arthur
+ Open Studio: "Headlands Center for the Arts Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts

Monday:
+ Lecture: Thomas Eggerer "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Thomas Eggerer" at San Francisco Art Institute

Tuesday, April 17

Lecture: Victoria Wagner "Notes from the Studio (featuring Victoria Wagner)" at California College for the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Drawing Room (formerly PLAySPACE), Free, 4-5 pm

Wednesday, April 18

+ Lecture: Carroll Ballard "Radical Directing Lecture Series: Carroll Ballard" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free, 7:30 - 9pm

+ Screening: Maayan Amir , Ruti Sela "Beyond Guilt: The Trilogy" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 2401 Folsom Street, at 20th Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

+ Screening: Carolyn Castaño, Christina Sanchez, Coco Riot and Luna Allison, Dara Greenwald, Duke and Battersby, Elisha Lim and Coco Riot, Suzanne Oshinsky "Periwinkle Cinema Presents: “Duets: works by artists in private duets with Dara Greenwald”" curated by Irina Contreras at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8 - 10 pm

+ Reading: Andy Gricevich, Rick Burkhardt, Sara Larsen "Just Before Dark" curated by Kevin Killian at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, Free, 6 - 7:30pm

Alison Padgett, Cassandra Thornton, Katelyn Eichwald, Melissa Dickenson "25th Annual Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition" at California College for the Arts (CCA) (Tecoah Bruce Gallery at the Oliver Art Center)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway, 5:30-7:30pm

Lecture: Ray Johnson, Robert Warner "Tables of Content: Ray Johnson and Robert Warner Bob Box Archive / MATRIX 241" Talk with Cultural historian Dickran Tashjian, UC Irvine professor emeritus of art history at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, INCLUDED WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION, 12-2 pm

Thursday, April 19

Closing reception: "I Am Crime: Art on the Edge of Law" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: David Middlebrook "Think Things" at The McLoughlin Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, CA 94108, Second Floor, 6:30pm

+ Benefit: "Taste" Annual Spring Fundraising Event Featuring Culinary & Visual Artists at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, EVENT TICKETS: $75 VIP TICKETS: $125, 7:30 - 10:30pm

+ Amalia Pica, Artur Zmijewski, Cassie Thornton, Dawn Weleski, Erick Beltrán, Keren Cytter, Mark Boulos, Omer Fast, Ragnar Kjartansson, Shaun Gladwell, Slavs and Tatars "On Apology" at Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art
Potrero Hill: 1111 8th Street, Free, 6-8pm

Amanda Kimek, Dimitra Skandali, Erno-Erik Raitanen "Odd Piece: A space exploration" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, Swell Gallery, Free, 7-9pm

Friday, April 20

Artist Talk: Alice Shaw, Paul Madonna "Landscape Update" Artist talk with Alice Shaw and Paul Madonna at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, Free, 7-9pm

+ Nate Boyce "Knockdown Texture" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 6-8pm

Lecture: Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum) "Bevin Kelley (Blevin Blectum)" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 8 - 10 pm

Bessma Khalaf "Re-Enchanter" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-9pm

+ Allison Kudla, BCL (Georg Tremmel & Shiho Fukuhara), Center for PostNatural History, Machine Project, Markus Kayser, Philip Ross, SoEx's Youth Advisory Board with teaching artists "Intimate Science" curated by Andrea Grover at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , Free, 7-9pm

Aela Labbe, Deborah Parkin, Julie Cerise, Saya Chontang "This is your world" curated by Gwen Lafage at Carte Blanche
Mission District: 973 Valencia Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

Screening: Bryan Konefsky, Carl Elsaesser, Fiona Trigg, Julie Perini, Nadia Jassim, Ron Toole, Yasi Ghanbari & Marissa Perel "Converstations with the Mirror" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8 - 10 pm

Saturday, April 21

+ Cassandra C. Jones "Photos Taken #drawings" at Eli Ridgway Gallery SOMA: 172 Minna Street, Free, 4-7 pm

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+ Artist Talk: Nathalie Talec "The One Who Sees Blindly" curated by Julio Cesar Morales at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Gallery 3, Free with gallery admission, 2-4 pm

+ Libby Black "Nothing Lasts Forever" at Marx & Zavattero
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5-7:30pm

Billy Ocallaghan, Dan Herrera, Gaul Culley, Jordan Perkins-Lewis, Kanako Namura, Kimberly Snyder, Matthew Thompson, Nif Hodgson, Paula Moran "SF State Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition" at San Francisco State University (Fine Arts Gallery) Downtown: 1600 Holloway Ave, 1-3pm

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+ Performance: Andrea Williams, Bevin Kelley / Blevin Blectum, Pod Blotz "Activating the Medium XV : Chapter Two" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, $10 - $15 sliding scale : free to current SFAI students and staff, 8 - 10 pm

+ Screening: Amanda Eicher, Chris Johnson, Suzanne Lacy, Team "The Roof is on Fire, Question Bridge, and a conversation" at Kadist Art Foundation (Living as Form @ Kadist Art Foundation)
Mission District: 3289 20th Street, 3-5 pm

Joe Penrod, Masako Miki "Ancillary Adaptations + Amalgam" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, Free, 6-8pm

Sunday, April 22

+ Artist Talk: Anthony Discenza "Additional information provided later" Artist talk and roundtable curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at MacArthur b arthur
Oakland: 4030 Martain Luther King Jr Way, floor 1, 7-9pm

+ Open Studio: "Headlands Center for the Arts Open House" at Headlands Center for the Arts
Marin Headlands: 944 Fort Barry , off Bunker Road, floor 1-4, Free, 12-5 pm

Monday, April 23

+ Lecture: Thomas Eggerer "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Thomas Eggerer" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free, 7:30 - 9pm

Lecture: Jonah Bokaer "ATC Lecture: Jonah Bokaer (Choreographer, NY)" at UC Berkeley (Main Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall)
Berkeley: Near Hearst Street, 3rd Floor , Free, 7:30 - 9pm

Lecture: John Zurier "Visiting Artist Lecture Series: John Zurier" at UC Berkeley (University of California)
Berkeley: 116 Kroeber Hall, Corner of Bancroft & College Worth Ryder Gallery , floor 1, Free, 7:30 - 9pm

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