Two sure bets:
1. An opening tomorrow at Paule Anglim (Wednesday - late email this week!) looks to be a strange affair with art by Eleanor Coppola in one gallery, but I am most excited to see the watercolors by John Zurier. Excited seems the wrong word; Zurier's work is so very quiet and subtle, definitely best seen outside the environment of an opening. His last show of large near-monochrome paintings was great: minimal, airy, generous if so simple a work can be such a thing. So I'm looking forward to seeing these new, smaller pieces.

2. I was discussing with an artist their goal to find a balance between concept, craft and aesthetics and it occurs to me a good example of a practice wrestling with this process is that of Maggie Haas. Having spent time doing a residency at the Lab, her efforts are culminating in an exhibition opening friday. I consistently enjoy her mix of color and shape coupled with site-derived elements and peculiar material choices. 

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Wednesday:
+ Artist Talk: Abner Nolan, Jason Hanasik, Tammy Rae Carland "The Walls Are Closing In: The Archive, Family Narratives and Image-Making in Uncertain Times" at SF Arts Commission Gallery

Thursday:
+ John Zurier "Watercolors" at Gallery Paule Anglim

Friday:
+ Maggie Haas "Never Finished" at The Lab

Saturday:
+ Lecture: "What Was Contemporary Art?" A conversation with Richard Meyer and Julia Bryan-Wilson at Kadist Art Foundation
+ Conference: Amy Bessone, Dushko Petrovich, Keith Mayerson, Keltie Ferris, Lecia Dole Recio, Mary Heilmann, Mary Weatherford, Meleko Mogkosi, Tom LaDuke, Vincent Fecteau "Painting Expanded Symposium" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
+ Andrea Higgins, Ann Hamilton, Anne Collier, Beverly Rayner, Catherine Opie, Catherine Wagner, Ceal Floyer, Cindy Sherman, Danica Phelps, Desirée Holman, Doris Salcedo, Ellen Harvey, Francesca Woodman, Gay Outlaw, Jenny Holzer, Jenny Ottinger, Kathryn Spence, Lisa Kokin, Louis Lawler, Lucy Puls, Martha Rosler, Miriam Bohm, Mona Hatoum, Nigel Poor, Nikki Lee, Rebecca Bollinger, Rosana Castrillo Diaz, Rut Blees Luxembourg, Tara Donovan, Tauba Auerbach, Wangechi Mutu, Xyler Jane "Double Take" curated by Alexasia Salter-Mack, Darian Volk, Kate Rhoades, Katherine Rose, Laura Cirillo at Mills College Art Museum

Wednesday, April 10

Su-Chen Hung "Ants in the City" at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)
SOMA: 925 Mission Street, at 5th Street, Suite 109, Free, 7-9pm

+ Artist Talk: Abner Nolan, Jason Hanasik, Tammy Rae Carland "The Walls Are Closing In: The Archive, Family Narratives and Image-Making in Uncertain Times" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, Room 110B, Free, please RSVP to Meg.Shiffler@sfgov.org by April 5, 6:30-8pm

Workshop: "The Great Calculation" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

Vanessa Marsh "Everywhere All at Once" curated by Kathleen Brennan at Z Space (at Theater Artaud)
Mission District: 450 Florida Street , floor 1, Free, 6:30-8:30pm

Lecture: "Interior Design Lecture Series: Petra Blaisse, Inside Outside" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Florence and Leo B. Helzel Boardroom, Freee, 11am

Lecture: "Seeing Orange: Dutch Design at CCA: Lecture by Cobbenhagen Henriksen" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7pm

Lecture: "Design and Craft Lecture Series: Elana Herzog" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Nahl Hall, Free, 7:00pm

Thursday, April 11

+ John Zurier "Watercolors" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Eleanor Coppola "Scrolls" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Preview: "Kala-fornia: State of the Art 3 " at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Lecture: Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence "Views on Migration: Jacob Lawrence and Elizabeth Catlett" at Nelson Gallery at UC Davis (Nelson Hall)
Davis: 1 Shields Avenue, floor 1, Free, 6:30-8pm

Friday, April 12

Lecture: Frances McCormack "SFAI Graduate Lecture: The Constant Gardener" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free and Open to the Public, 4:30-6:30pm

+ Maggie Haas "Never Finished" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Free, 6-9pm

Alex Ziv, Mario Ayala "Going Nowhere" at FFDG
Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, free, 6-9pm

Lecture: "Seeing Orange: Dutch Design at CCA: Lecture by Maarten Baptist" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, free, 7:00pm

Andie Bustillos, Brianna Tadeo, Guerda Mezidor, Jennifer Pace, Molly Unquera "Useless Body Language" curated by Michele Pred at Abco Artspace
Emeryville: 3135 Filbert, 6-10pm

Saturday, April 13

John Wentz "Spectra" curated by Bradley Platz at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, 6-10pm

Akira Beard, Albert Ramos, Daniel J. Valadez, Jaclyn Alderete, Janet Ji Song, Jennifer Damas, Lisa Alonzo, Matthew Robertson, Megan Wolfe, Micah Lebrun, Mike Borja, Nicole Hayden, Steve Javiel "Deconstruct" curated by John Wentz at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, 6-10pm

Mary Iverson "Tangle" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Skewville "Amusement" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Mark Warren Jacques "Small in a Big Way" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Adam Wallacavage, Andres Basurto, Bryan Cunningham, Chris Roberts-Antieau, Frank Relle, Ian Berry, Jason D'Aquino, Jason Holley, Joe Decamillis, Laura Ortiz Vega, Tom Haney "Hard Time Mini Mall" curated by Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Free, 7-11pm

Aline Smithson, Chloe Aftel, Clay Lipsky, David Bram, Elizabeth Fleming, Heidi Lender, Jeff Rich, Kat Kiernan, Laura Burlton, Laura Griffin, Lori Vrba, Ryan Nabulsi, Sarah Moore, Tami Bone, Warren Harold "Crusade for Collecting pop-up gallery" curated by Jennifer Schwartz at Photobooth
Mission District: 1193 , Valencia Street, Free, TBA, afternoon

Adrienne Pao, Christine Elfman, Claudia Tennyson, Julia Goodman, Larissa Erin Greer, Leonard Suryajaya, Lynne-Rachel Altman, Paolo Salvagione, Phil Ross, Rene Yung, Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Victoria DeBlassie "Edible Ephemeral/Taste 2013 Preview" curated by Victoria Mara Heilweil at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, Free, 7-10pm

Andrea Sonnenberg, Ted Pushinsky, Travis Jensen at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, Free, 7-11pm

+ Lecture: "What Was Contemporary Art?" A conversation with Richard Meyer and Julia Bryan-Wilson at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 3:00pm

Jose Ramon Lerma "José Ramón Lerma, Bay Area Artist: A Sixty Year Retrospective And Selections from the Collections of José R. Lerma" curated by Steven A. Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, Free, 5-8pm

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+ Conference: Amy Bessone, Dushko Petrovich, Keith Mayerson, Keltie Ferris, Lecia Dole Recio, Mary Heilmann, Mary Weatherford, Meleko Mogkosi, Tom LaDuke, Vincent Fecteau "Painting Expanded Symposium" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, RSVP required, 10am-4pm

+ Andrea Higgins, Ann Hamilton, Anne Collier, Beverly Rayner, Catherine Opie, Catherine Wagner, Ceal Floyer, Cindy Sherman, Danica Phelps, Desirée Holman, Doris Salcedo, Ellen Harvey, Francesca Woodman, Gay Outlaw, Jenny Holzer, Jenny Ottinger, Kathryn Spence, Lisa Kokin, Louis Lawler, Lucy Puls, Martha Rosler, Miriam Bohm, Mona Hatoum, Nigel Poor, Nikki Lee, Rebecca Bollinger, Rosana Castrillo Diaz, Rut Blees Luxembourg, Tara Donovan, Tauba Auerbach, Wangechi Mutu, Xyler Jane "Double Take" curated by Alexasia Salter-Mack, Darian Volk, Kate Rhoades, Katherine Rose, Laura Cirillo at Mills College Art Museum
Dogpatch: 70 South Park, free, 6-8pm

Closing reception: Cyrus Tilton "Absence" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, Free, 4-6pm

Workshop: Clint Wilson "Outdoor Watercolor Workshop with Clint Wilson" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, free, 1-4pm

Monday, April 15

Lecture: "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Trenton Doyle Hancock" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Free and Open to the Public, 7:30pm-9:30pm

Lecture: "Architecture Lecture Series: David Fletcher" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7:00pm

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