It's a busy week for things too big to be seen in one sitting and too brief to make it to more than once. 

Art Market (they scrapped the awkward 'MRKT' though it shows up in the search results with that as the subheader) returns as the longest running Bay Area art fair. It still lacks a strong lineup of non-Bay Area galleries, support for small project spaces, and many of the top SF galleries continue to not participate. Ratio 3, Jessica Silverman, Altman Siegel will once again sit this out which says something, but its nice that Steven Wolf Fine Arts and Romer Young are exhibiting, and the lineup of talks/events seems improved as well. 

And this week sees the opening of grad shows at Berkeley, CCA, and SFAI. Berkeley is reasonable with six students given tons of space, while CCA and SFAI will once again bombard us with massive graduating classes. The hard part is avoiding countless acquaintances and friends and looking at the work, but with focus, blinders, and a willingness to seem unfriendly it can be done. However tired I am or busy with other projects, these shows never cease to be exciting reflections of our community and jumping off points for future exhibitions.

Wednesday:
+ Screening: Lonnie Holley "All Rendered Truth" at Kadist Art Foundation

Thursday:
+ "CCA MFA and Grad Design Thesis Exhibitions" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

+ "2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

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Friday:
+ "Principal: 2014 MFA Exhibition" at San Francisco Art Institute (The Old Mint)
+ Geof Oppenheimer at Ratio 3
+ Deric Carner "Stay, Just For A Little While" at Romer Young Gallery
+ Elizabeth Keegan, Helena Keeffe, Jason Fritz, Jessica Hankey, Joey Enos, Vreni Michelini Castillo "44th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition" at Berkeley Art Museum

Sunday:
+ James Sansing , Kim Bennett, Leif Low-Beer, Lisa McCutcheon, Mark Joshua Epstein "layered" curated by Kirk Stoller at c2c project space

Wednesday, May 14

+ Screening: Lonnie Holley "All Rendered Truth" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 7pm

Thursday, May 15

Yuh-Shioh Wong "Writing the Letter of Your Life in the Clearing" at Anthony Meier Fine Art
Downtown: 1969 California Street, at Octavia, floor 1, 6-8pm

Amos Goldbaum, Anneliese Salgado, Bunnie Reiss, Calcagno Cullen, Emily Proud, Ezra Li Eismont, Kim Sikora, Lauren Napolitano, Lukas Smithey, Walter Logue "Despite What You've Been Told" curated by Christian Dicky Davies at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3130 24th Street, 6pm-12am

"CCA Baccalaureate Exhibition" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Campus Center Galleries, 6-10pm

+ "CCA MFA and Grad Design Thesis Exhibitions" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , The Nave, 6-10pm

+ "2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition" at California College of the Arts (CCA) Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , 6-10pm

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Art Fair: "artMRKT San Francisco" at artMRKT San Francisco (Fort Mason Center - Festival Pavilion)
Marina District: Marina Boulevard, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, May 16

+ "Principal: 2014 MFA Exhibition" at San Francisco Art Institute (The Old Mint)
SOMA: 88 5th Street, 7-9pm

Daniel Arnold "Daniel Arnold: Photographs" at Mark Wolfe Contemporary
Downtown: 1 Sutter Street, floor 3, 5:30-8pm

Aaron Johnson, Alberto Hernandez, Alberto Ybarra, Alec Huxley, Alex Garcia, Alice Kosowa, Amandalynn, Andreina Davila, Andrzej Karwacki, Beatrice Hunt, Benjamin Clarke, Camelia Skikos, Cathleen Clarke, Chor Boogie, Chris Leib, Chris Stokes, Conor Burns, Doug Rhodes, Eric Joyner, Eve Skaylar, Felicia Gabaldon, Gianluca Frazese, Helice Wen, Henry Lewis , Hilary Williams, Ian Ross, Jack Taylor, Jasper Thomas, Jaxon Northon, Jeff Weis, Jeffrey Nemenzo, Jeremy Mann, John Wentz, Jon Ching, Jonah Burlingame, Joshua King, Joshua Lawyer, Lacey Bryant, Lady Mags, Lani Tanaka, Leon Loucheur, Liz Strickland, Mariafatima Urbi, Mark Campbell , Mary Syring, Melanie Alves, Micah Lebrun, Michael Murphey, MJ Lindo, Monty Guy, N8 Van Dyke, Nome Edonna, Olivia Chen, Paul Morin, Pickels, Rachel Znerold, Rene Garcia Jr., Renee Castro, Robert Bowen, Robert Garcia, Rodney Weiss, Sergio Navarro, Shawn Harris, Sid Enck Jr., Steven Vigil, Telopa, Todd Brown, Tommy Noshitsky, Ursula X Young, Xiau Fong Wee, Ytaelena Lopez "4 Year Anniversary Party" at Wonderland SF
Mission District: 2929 24th Street, floor 1, 6-10pm

+ Geof Oppenheimer at Ratio 3
Mission District: 2831A Mission Street, 5-8pm

+ Deric Carner "Stay, Just For A Little While" at Romer Young Gallery
Dogpatch: 1240 22nd Street, 6-9pm

+ Elizabeth Keegan, Helena Keeffe, Jason Fritz, Jessica Hankey, Joey Enos, Vreni Michelini Castillo "44th Annual University of California, Berkeley Master of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition" at Berkeley Art Museum
Berkeley: 2626 Bancroft Way, at College Avenue, 6-9pm

Saturday, May 17

Screening: José Mojica Marins "Saturday Screening Series: Á Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma" curated by Marcelo Cidade at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 2pm and 5pm

Nathan Lynch "Another High" at Rena Bransten Projects
Hayes Valley: 1639 Market Street, 11am-1pm

Carlos Gomez Mojica, Kamalky Laureano "Visceral" at Paul Mahder Gallery
Richmond District: 3378 Sacramento Street, 6-8pm

Kathy Sloane "Gardens, Garages And Garbage Cans" at Random Parts
Oakland: 1206 13 avenue, free/open to the public, 12-6pm

Chip Thomas with Colleen Flaherty "Door to Door" at Random Parts
Oakland: 1206 13 avenue, free/open to the public, 12-6pm

Joshua Martinez "Immersion-Vapor" at Backstock Gallery
Oakland: 3231 Grand Avenue, 6-9pm

Tour: Led by Cameron Brian of Transmission Gallery "Free Guided Walking Tour: Introduction to West Oakland Galleries" at Transmission Gallery
Oakland: 770 West Grand Ave., Free, 2-4pm

David McDonald "Fly By These Nets" at littlebigspace
Albany: 1341 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, floor 1, 3-6pm

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

Sunday, May 18

+ James Sansing , Kim Bennett, Leif Low-Beer, Lisa McCutcheon, Mark Joshua Epstein "layered" curated by Kirk Stoller at c2c project space
Potrero Hill: 1695 18th Street, #413, 3-5pm

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