It’s the Memorial Day short-week and the light-scheduled end of the month. Maybe you got out of town a bit, if not, here are a few suggestions:

Stanford MFA thesis exhibition, open through June 16th, featuring ambitious work by a stellar line up of artists including Greg Stimac, Chris Duncan and Ben Bigelow. If you can’t make it this week, try to make the always fun BBQ being held on the 8th at the MFA studios.

Present Tense, the graduate fellowship exhibition at the Headlands, open through June 9th, with work by the titular group, many of whom are showing works in a variety of media and scales. 

And what feels like a daytrip for the very SF-centric amongst us: Oakland. The show briefly reviewed below is a must see, but I’d like to make a special note of something that happened: a one-night event last Friday at S.H.E.D. Projects, MOWOM LIVE, by Bailey Hikawa and Erin Jane Nelson. A considered group of snacks and beverages, a stage, a huge moon, two pillars (“one ancient and one strange”) were the backdrop for a wonderful, funny, well executed play. were the backdrop for a wonderful, funny, well executed play. The text ruminated on new age themes, food fetishism, split personalities, the moon... if you missed it, and you probably did, I suggest doing your best to catch the next thing by these two, or working to make their next thing happen.

COUNTDOWN
SFMOMA prepares to go into its chrysalis with a four-day celebration, for a rundown of the countless food events, performances, screenings etc. go to -> 
    
Curiously Direct Picks
n/a//Christopher Füllemann: Your motion says you're in the mood= An outstanding exhibition of sculptures by Füllemann in an exciting new art gallery in Oakland. Each mixes materials, elements in a variety scales, color, and clever interactions with the architecture of the space and needs of both a home (this is a house gallery, though the meaning of that seems pushed here with the bed lying in the open) and performers who will be interacting with these things and this space in the coming weeks. Highly recommended.

Thursday:
+ Closing reception: "Countdown Celebration" at SF MOMA

Saturday:
+ Auction: "Limited at The Lab" at The Lab
+ Artist Talk: "Artist talk with Cybele Lyle and Emma Spertus" at Swarm Gallery
+ Dan Swindel, Seth Curcio "CORNERWAYS" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Stairwell's

Wednesday, May 29

Annie Albagli, Carissa Potter, Erik Scollon, Erin Allen
, Hayley Delaney, Lena Wolff, Llewelynn Fletcher, Nick Karvounis, Nif Hodgson, Pablo Guardiola, Sam Lopes, Susan O’Malley, Unai San Martin, 
Kate Klingbeil "Print, Print, Pass" curated by Amanda Curreri at Kala Art Institute (Berkeley Central Arts Passage)
Berkeley: 2550 Center Street, free, 6-8pm

Thursday, May 30

+ Closing reception: "Countdown Celebration" at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Future Woman" at George Krevsky Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Nicholas Nixon at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, May 31

Vogue TDK "How We Do" at 1AM Gallery
SOMA: 1000 Howard Street, FREE, 6:30-9:30pm

Kristina Lewis "Material Record" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, Free, 7-10pm

David Gregory Wallace "Friends, Family, Neighbors" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, free, 8-10pm

Saturday, June 1

Benlamen Craig, Cathleen VanBergen, Dayna Palazzolo, Gabriella Moilina, Golda King, Hak Lee, Jackson Lain, Jacqueline Moore, Kevin Moore, Kristina Leporati, Madeline Glaspey, Shailaz Mody "PRIME" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, free, 6-9pm

+ Auction: "Limited at The Lab" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $20 standard admission / $40 admission with unlimited cocktail service, 6:30-10:00pm, live auction starts at 8pm

+ Artist Talk: "Artist talk with Cybele Lyle and Emma Spertus" at Swarm Gallery
Oakland: 560 2nd Street, Free, 3pm

+ Dan Swindel, Seth Curcio "CORNERWAYS" curated by Carey Lin, Sarah Hotchkiss at Stairwell's
Oakland: 1050 47th Avenue, Unit #6, 12-5pm

Barry Barbour-Duncan, Philip Lawson II, Xan Blood Walker "Meditations On Civilization" curated by Xan Blood Walker at The Actual Cafe Oakland: 6334 San Pablo Ave., Free, 5-7pm

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Sunday, June 2

Chuck Close, Clayton Thiel, Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor, Harry Siter, Michael Stutz, Robb Putnam, Tara Tucker, Tristin Lowe, Viola Frey "Larger than Life: Exploring Scale in Contemporary Art" at Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek)
East Bay: 1601 Civic Drive, floor 1, Free, 3-5pm

Monday, June 3

Workshop: KUNST-STOFF Dance Company "Annual Intensive / Audition" at Kunst-Stoff Arts
SOMA: 1 Grove St, $250 full workshop or $60/day, 1:00pm-5:30pm

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