Its a little quieter this week, with less openings and a slew of artist talks/lectures. But last week... we saw a ton, some great, some passable, some disappointing. 

First the talks: Laeh Glenn at CCA on Wednesday, The Optimists aka Laurie Reid, Maysha Mohamedi, Rebecca Morris, and Ruby Neri at Stephen Wirtz on Thursday, Sylvia Fein at Krowswork on Saturday all seem like good bets.

And, as for what we've seen, I highly suggest catching Mauricio Ancalmo at Ever Gold (a little less dark than usual... pastoral even), the excellent group show White Hot Lamp Black at Southern Exposure (its been a while since there was so sharp a group show at So Ex), and Trapper Keeper at City Limits (last weekend to catch this one).

 

Wednesday:
+ Cybele Lyle "Boxed Out" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
+ Lecture: "Painting Lecture Series: Laeh Glenn" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: Laurie Reid, Maysha Mohamedi, Rebecca Morris, Ruby Neri "The Optimists" at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
+ Steven Garen "A.DUMB.RATION." curated by Evan Holm at Canopy Gallery

Saturday:
+ Gay Outlaw "Home" at Gallery Paule Anglim
+ Bruce Conner "Inkblot Drawings 1992-2003" at Gallery Paule Anglim

Wednesday, February 12

+ Cybele Lyle "Boxed Out" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 155 Grove Street, 6-6:30pm

Reading: Michael Swaine "Brevity: A Group of Readers" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7:00pm

+ Lecture: "Painting Lecture Series: Laeh Glenn" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Drawing Room, 2nd Floor Montgomery Bldg. (formerly PLAySPACE gallery), free, 4:00-5:30pm

Lecture: "Four by Four Lecture Series: Art + Design x Science: Natalie Jeremijenko" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, free, 7:30pm

Screening: "On Throwing a Film Festival: Program A" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, 7-9pm

Thursday, February 13

Sarah Christianson "When the Landscape is Quiet Again: North Dakota's Oil Boom" at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 1011 Market Street, floor 2, free, 6-8pm

Arthur Szyk "Arthur Szyk and the Art of the Haggadah" curated by Claire Frost at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, 5-7pm

+ Artist Talk: Laurie Reid, Maysha Mohamedi, Rebecca Morris, Ruby Neri "The Optimists" at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 3, 6-8pm

Tour: Ali Naschke-Messing, Cara Levine, Lynn Marie Kirby, Taraneh Hemami "Thresholds of Faith: Four Entries Into the Beyond" at Manresa Gallery
Haight Ashbury: 650 Parker Avenue, 4pm

Jennifer Ewing "Healing Spirit Boats" at Thoreau Gallery
Marina District: Presidio Building 1014 , Lincoln Blvd. & Torney Ave., 5-8pm

+ Steven Garen "A.DUMB.RATION." curated by Evan Holm at Canopy Gallery
Oakland: 1835 Myrtle Street, 5-9pm

Katsutoshi Yuasa, Koseki Ono , Miguel A. Aragón, Stella Ebner "Approaching Zero" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, 6-8pm

Friday, February 14

Book launch: Angi Brzycki "The Love Letters Project" curated by Calcagno Cullen at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3130 24th Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Lecture: "Photography Lecture Series: Stanya Kahn" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Ralls Paintings Studio, free, 11am-12pm

Saturday, February 15

Sheri DeBow "Nightmares and Daydreams from Beyond Toyland" curated by Bradley Platz, Kim Larson at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, 6-10pm

Andy Kittmer, Brianna Angelakis, Caitlin Hackett, Catherine Moore, David Fiveash, Derek Harrison, Erika Jane Mallette, John Wentz, Kurtis Rykovich, Lacey Bryant, Lena Danya, Martin Hsu, Matthew Robert, Phresha, Scott Holloway, Steve Belmarsh, Steve Hughes "Nostalgia: International Art Exhibition" curated by Bradley Platz, Kim Larson at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, Free, 6-10pm

+ Gay Outlaw "Home" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 4-6pm

+ Bruce Conner "Inkblot Drawings 1992-2003" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 4-6pm

Fong Chung-ray "Between Modern and Contemporary" at Chinese Culture Center
Downtown: 750 Kearny Street, floor 3, 1-3pm

James Chronister "Bitterroot" at Eleanor Harwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, 5-8 pm

Alika Cooper "Glass" at Eleanor Harwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, 5-8 pm

Artist Talk: Sylvia Fein "Surreal Nature" at Krowswork Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 3pm

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Tour: Wayne Armstrong "Theme: Developing a Critical Eye" at Manna Gallery
Oakland: 473 25th Street, Suite C, Free, 2-4pm

Artist Talk: "Artist Talk: 18th Annual The Art of Living Black" at Richmond Art Center
Richmond: 2540 Barrett Avenue, Free, 12-2pm

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