Artcards San Francisco Weekly Update

Another sorta late note from me, apologies. Its a busy week with an art fair of sorts going on down south. The Silicon Valley fair doesn't have the roster of galleries I or I think its participants would expect with both good contemporary art galleries and, well, other ones.

I think theres plenty of hedging going on as the waters are tested. Can the new money be tempted into buying work?

I'll try to keep it brief with two thoughts. One, its hard to create an interest in art in a world not terribly concerned about arts education. To expect someone to care and spend money on art simply because they have a lot of money skips a few steps maybe.

And two, say what you will about the gallery lineup for the Silicon Valley fair (chock full of galleries I personally would have a stomach ache spending too much time in), at least there is an honesty in the way it is approaching tech. We don't want a conversation per se. We don't want to make/show the often myopic and overly simplistic tech-art. We simply want more money, tech money, to circulate in the art world. It is a selfish, commercial desire, not some effort at broadly enriching the bay area (though this could be argued as a side effect). To go to the doorstep of tech and try to bluntly convince them to buy things is honest. I wish all involved the best of luck.

Okay, some suggestions. I highly recommend "MYSTERIUM: music/film conversations between Rick Bahto & Paul Clipson" at ATA on Sunday, and James Benning's lecture at SFAI next Monday.

Tuesday, April 8

Guglielmo Achille Cavellini "Guglielmo Achille Cavellini 1914 " curated by Amelia Antonucci at Italian Cultural Institute
Financial District: 814 Montgomery street, 6:30-9pm

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Lecture: "Michiel Schwarz: Seeing Orange: Dutch Design at CCA" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7-9pm

Wednesday, April 9

Bernie Lubell "Why Can't the First Part of the Second Party be the Second Part of the First Party?" at Intersection for the Arts (Intersection 5M)
SOMA: 925 Mission Street, at 5th Street, Suite 109, 6-9pm

Lecture: "Luna Maurer: Seeing Orange: Dutch Design at CCA" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 7-9pm

Lecture: "Animation Lecture Series: Andrew Gordon" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, Nahl Hall, 7-9pm

Thursday, April 10

+ Lecture: "Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program: Lecture by Charlotte Cotton" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7pm

Lecture: "René Knip: Seeing Orange: Dutch Design at CCA" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Florence and Leo B. Helzel Boardroom, 7pm

"Poetry" at San Francisco Women Artists
Richmond District: 3489 Sacramento St., 5:30-7:30pm

"Silicon Valley Contemporary VIP Opening Night Preview Party to benefit the San Jose Museum of Art: VIP Opening Night Party" at Silicon Valley Contemporary (San Jose Mchenry Convention Center)
San Jose: 150 West San Carlos Street, 7-9pm

Preview: "Silicon Valley Contemporary VIP Opening Night Preview Party to benefit the San Jose Museum of Art: 'First Look' for BLACK Card holders" at Silicon Valley Contemporary (San Jose Mchenry Convention Center)
San Jose: 150 West San Carlos Street, 5-7pm

"Kaleidoscope | Youth Fellows" at Pro Arts Gallery
Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, 6-8pm

Friday, April 11

+ Bailey Hikawa, Facundo Arganaraz, Joey Piziali, Sean Talley "Waiting Room" curated by Greg Ito, Nate Hooper at Moroso Projects
SOMA: 582 6th Street, 6-9pm

Lecture: "SFAI Graduate Lecture: Timothy Berry" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and open to the public, 4:30pm

Bill Dunlap, Jake Watling "With Skulls & Bones I Made A Rattle" curated by Paul Urich at Nowheresville
Mission District: 483 14th Street, free, 6-9pm

Nikki McClure "May the Stars Drip Down" at Needles & Pens
Mission District: 3253 16th Street, 7-9:30pm

Screening: Konrad Steiner, Leslie Scalapino "Konrad Steiner's "way"" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$10, 8pm

Jeff Klarin "SONUS NATURA" curated by Eden Stein at Secession Art & Design
Castro: 3361 Mission Street, Free, 7-9pm

+ Lecture: "An evening with Lisa Cholodenko" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, 6:30pm

Saturday, April 12

Jon Adams "Small Press Spotlight on Jon Adams" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Artist Talk: Barron Storey "Grains of Sand: Endless Nights with Barron Storey" at Cartoon Art Museum
SOMA: 655 Mission Street, $10 | Free for Cartoon Art Museum Members, 7-9pm

Adam Caldwell, Adam Ziskie, Alec Huxley, Allison “Hueman” Torneros, Amy Mastrine, Andrea McLeod, Bradley Platz, Brenton Bostwick, C3 – Christopher Charles Curtis, Carly Ivan Garcia, Casey Gray, Charmaine Olivia, Chris Blackstock, Christina Mrozik, Chuck Sperry, Cory Benhatzel, Daniel J. Valadez, Dave MacDowell, David Marc Grant, David Natale, Donia, Erik Flores, Eve Skylar, Gemma Bayly, Helice Wen, Holly Matthews, Hugh Leeman , Jaclyn Alderete, Jake Kobrin, Jane Kenoyer, Jena Rockwood, Johannah O’ Donnell, John Wentz, Joshua Coffy, Kaitlin Beckett, Lee Harvey Roswell, Leilani Bustamante, Leon Loucheur, Lisa Kurt, Lyrica Glory, Mab Graves, Marcos LaFarga, Martin Stensaas, Melissa Hartley, Melissa Morgan, Meryl Pataky, Michael Cuffe, Michael Page, Olivia Chen, Penelope Moore, Peter Chan, Rich Pellegrino, Rick Berry, Robert Bowen, Ryan De La Hoz, Sarah Muehlbauer, Scott Listfield, Steve Hughes, Steve Javiel, Syd Bee, Trevor Young, Wendy Gadzuk, Xiau-Fong Wee "UNIVERSE: The Art of Existence" curated by Michael Cuffe at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, 6-10pm

Alexis Arnold, Andi Fink, Darlene Kaczmarczyk, Elizabeth Cayne, Emily Franklin, Jenne Giles, Jennie Lennick, Jeremy Brooks, Kirsten Tradowsky, Kirstin Lamb, Lee MATERAZZI, Lindsay Stripling, Montana Torrey, Pallavi Sharma, Ryan Carrington, Shenny Cruces "Kitsch-In" curated by Amy Cancelmo, Julie Sutherland, Richard Rinehart at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, FREE, 7-10pm

Alexis Arnold, Andi Fink, Darlene Kaczmarczyk, Elizabeth Cayne, Emily Franklin, Jenne Giles, Jennie Lennick, Jeremy Brooks, Kirsten Tradowsky, Kirstin Lamb, Lee MATERAZZI, Lindsay Stripling, Montana Torrey, Pallavi Sharma, Ryan Carrington, Shenny Cruces "Kitsch-In" curated by Amy Cancelmo, Julie Sutherland, Richard Rinehart at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, FREE, 7-10pm

Closing reception: Geri Montano "ASC/AiR III: Geri Montano" curated by Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen at ASC Projects
Mission District: 3150 18th Street, #104 (entrance on T, 5-7pm

+ Performance: Rémy Héritier "Three Works by Rémy Héritier" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 5pm

+ Amie Siegel "Winter" at Ratio 3
Mission District: 2831A Mission Street, 5-8pm

Deborah Oropallo "Swine and Swill" at Catharine Clark Gallery
Potrero Hill: 248 Utah Street, 3-5pm

Fallen Fruit "Fruit Machine" at Catharine Clark Gallery
Potrero Hill: 248 Utah Street, Media Room, 3-5pm

Joshua Dudley Greer "Point Pleasant" at Lot 21 Gallery
Dogpatch: 933 20th Street, Free, 6-8pm

+ Jamie Healy "Night Window" at n/a
Oakland: 4304 West Street, 8-11pm

Performance: celli@Berkeley "celli@Berkeley Concert" at ACCI Gallery
Berkeley: 1652 Shattuck Avenue, $10 General, $5 UCB Students, 6:30-8pm

Artist Talk: The Breakfast Group--Katie Hawkinson "Jive and Java with the Breakfast Group Artists" at Richmond Art Center
Richmond: 2540 Barrett Avenue, 11am-1pm

Sunday, April 13

+ Screening: Paul Clipson , Rick Bahto "MYSTERIUM: music/film conversations between Rick Bahto & Paul Clipson" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $7-$10, 8pm

Monday, April 14

+ Lecture: "SFAI Visiting Artist Lecture: James Benning" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and open to the public, VAS Social Hour: 6:30 pm | Lecture: 7:30 pm