Saturday is a busy day around the bay, with open studios at the San Francisco Art Institute Graduate studios in the Dogpatch, Kindling curated by Anzfer Farms at Campfire Gallery. A pair of awesome shows at Important Projects, including a continuation of a show curated by the nice LA folks of Jancar Jones at a scale reflecting the unique Oakland gallery.

Last week an art fair happened. Did you go? If you did, please send me your impressions as I myself missed it. Send comments to mrharbour@gmail.com. 

I was in Dallas; while I missed the Bush paintings I did manage to catch the mega huge Julian Schnabel and Richard Phillips shows at the Dallas Contemporary. They were, well... terrible: overblown, ridiculous really, but despite these and the large Shepard Fairey mural outside, and the Porsche on display next to the DJ didn't help things. But Dallas wasn't all bad. 

I managed to make it to The Reading Room, "A project space which, through occasional readings, performances and installations, will explore the many ways in which text and image interact." The show there was excellent, Nicolas G Miller: Common Sense, a mostly bare gallery featuring a sound work on vinyl played through an attractive subwoofer. The piece, made of the '.1' of Dolby 5.1 sound aka the sub-bass stripped from Spielberg films, was quite splendid.

In every city, however risk averse, however supportive of the most sensational and money-eyed culture, awesome things bubble up. Its a thrilling idea that lurking out there are so many excellent projects and communities waiting to be found.

Thursday:
+ Cinthia Marcelle, Ian Wallace, Li Ran, Martin Soto Climent, Rana Hamadeh, Real Time and Space, William Powhida "Many Places at Once" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
+ Auction: "Kala 40 Anniversary Auction & Gala" at Kala Art Institute

Friday:

+ Andrew Chapman at Et al.

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Saturday:
+ Open Studio: "Graduate Open Studios" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
+ Cameron Crone, Morgan Peck, Orion Shepherd, Ryan Fabel, Simone Montemurno "Table Setting @ Important Projects" curated by Jancar Jones, Los Angeles at Important Projects
+ Brigid Mason, Bunny Rogers "Unusuble Chair" at Important Projects

Sunday:
+ Artist Talk: Adam Thorman, Carey Lin, Elizabeth Bernstein "Working On It - Part One" at Martina } { Johnston

Tuesday, April 15

Catherine Maize "Recent Paintings" at Paul Theibaud Gallery
North Beach: 645 Chestnut Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, April 17

+ Cinthia Marcelle, Ian Wallace, Li Ran, Martin Soto Climent, Rana Hamadeh, Real Time and Space, William Powhida "Many Places at Once" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 360 Kansas Street, 6:30-8:30pm

Keiko Nelson Tsukamoto "Wave = Light and Shadow" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, 6-8pm

+ Auction: "Kala 40 Anniversary Auction & Gala" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, $75 in advance | $100 at the door | Four tickets for $250 (in advance), 7-9pm

Friday, April 18

Open Studio: Sinic, Xeme "MADE IN CHINA" at 1AM Gallery
SOMA: 1000 Howard Street, 6:30-9pm

+ Andrew Chapman at Et al. Chinatown: 620 Kearny Street, 7-10pm

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

Lecture: "PhotoAlliance Lecture Series: Catherine Wagner" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, $10 general / $5 students with ID, tickets available at the door, 7:30pm

Clement Valla, James Bridle, Nick Briz, Silvio Lorusso, Simone Niquille "Unmasking the Network" at ASC Projects
Mission District: 3150 18th Street, #104 (entrance on T, 7-9pm

Channing Morgan, Emmanuel Sevilla, Irene Carjaval, Kaveh Sayar Irani, Martin S. Gardea, Melissa Miller, Nicole Lavelle, Patrick Hothan "Full Disclosure" curated by Micah Wood, Tanya Gayer at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3130 24th Street, 6-9pm

Adam Brochstein, Dagmar Kolatschny, Dennis Dehart, Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Jin Zhu, John Francis Peters, Jordi Huisman, Joris Vandecatseye, Juan Madrid, Loris Savino, Maria Sturm, Markel Redondo, Patrick Gookin, Ricardo Kump, Sara Marcel, Shane Lynam, Tammy Mercure "You Know What I'm Seeing?" at a.Muse Gallery
Mission District: 614 Alabama Street, 5-9pm

Closing reception: Adriana Camarena, Alejandra Rassvetaieff, Anais Azul, Anna Simson, Camila Perez-Goddard, Carmen Lang, Clara Cheeves, Cristina Ibarra, Fan Warren, Flor Khan, Gabriela Luz Sierra, Indira Urrutia, Mariella Zevallos, Marta Zabaleta, Melanie Lacy Kusters, Natalia Anciso, Rebeca García Gonzales, Sofía Elías, Solange Bonilla Leahy, Susana Aragón, Tanya Marie Vlach, Tina Escaja, Windsong, Ximena Sosa, Xuchi Eggleton, Yolanda Lopez "Home inside out, solo mujeres" curated by Indira Urrutia, Susana Aragón at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Mission District: 2868 Mission Street, free, 6:30-8:30pm

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Hilary Pecis "Crash" at Park Life
Richmond District: 220 Clement Street, 6-9pm

Tour: Eric Murphy of Joyce Gordon Gallery "3rd Saturday Guided Gallery District Tour: Downtown Art Scene" at Joyce Gordon Gallery
Oakland: 406 14th Street , Free, 2-4pm

Saturday, April 19

Anzfer Farms, Charles Shedden, Douglas Peltzman, Jason Grabowski , Jonathan Anzalone, Joseph Ferriso, Julian Watts, Kristofer Mills, Lauren Douglas, Marina Luz, Raïssa Bump "Kindling" curated by Anzfer Farms at Campfire Gallery
Mission District: 3344 24th Street, 6-9pm

+ Open Studio: "Graduate Open Studios" at San Francisco Art Institute (Swell Gallery)
Potrero Hill: 2565 Third Street, 12-5pm

+ Cameron Crone, Morgan Peck, Orion Shepherd, Ryan Fabel, Simone Montemurno "Table Setting @ Important Projects" curated by Jancar Jones, Los Angeles at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

+ Brigid Mason, Bunny Rogers "Unusuble Chair" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

Adrian Tomine, Ako Castuera, Amy Sol, Andrew Hem, David Choe, Deth P Sun, Hamburger Eyes, James Jean, kozyndan, Luke Chueh, Masakatsu Sashie, Rob Sato, Sean Chao, Shizu Saldamando "SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot" curated by Carin Adams, Eric Nakamura at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 5:30-7:30pm

"Vinyl: The Sound and Culture of Records" curated by Rene de Guzman at Oakland Museum of California
Oakland: 1000 Oak Street, 5:30-7:30pm

Armando Picciotto, Geri Brown and many more "Spring Solano Avenue Art Walk" at Thousand Oaks Art Gallery Berkeley: 866 Colusa Avenue, floor 1, 5:30-9 pm

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

Sunday, April 20

+ Artist Talk: Adam Thorman, Carey Lin, Elizabeth Bernstein "Working On It - Part One" at Martina } { Johnston
Berkeley: 1201 Sixth Street, 2nd , 0, 2-4pm

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