Last week I asked some questions, but also asked for questions from you.
There were two good proposals for things for Art Cards to share, both of which will go into the newly launched Curiously Direct website (more on that in a sec.)

A map of each neighborhood and their galleries, which will hopefully make it easy to make a day of 'downtown', 'dogpatch' etc. is a great idea. 
And event listings such as these could really use non-art lectures and events, our scene would do well to be less cut off from the sciences and political goings on.

So, your Art Cards email author Aaron Harbour (me) has made a new website, Curiously Direct. My hope is to create a place for long and short form texts about art and other things. Right now, it is filled with ~100 texts, mostly by me or me in conjunction with Art Cards editor Jackie Im, and some of Im's own writing on music.

There will be a weekly email like this one, please sign up for it here. 

There will be hopefully around four to seven reviews a week. And various event calendars and maps are or will be integrated. I have started it in order to fill in some of the gaps in arts coverage; its a bit raw and buggy at times but I hope it'll do well by our little scene. PLEASE PLEASE let me know if there are things you want/changes you see need to be made etc. 

Now for some questions, please send answers to curiousydirect@gmail.com . 

How long have you been in the Bay Area? How long do you imagine you will stay?
 
If you are an artist, why are you in the Bay Area making art?

How do you support yourself?

Where have you lived previously/ was it more or less supportive of the arts?

Do you teach/want to teach?

What are your favorite Bay Area places to see art?

What does our scene need?

What does it do well?

Please share some great resources for artists / collectors / curators in the Bay Area
 

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: Lindsey White "In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art" curated by Lily Seigel, Renny Pritikin at Contemporary Jewish Museum
+ Reading: "Reading by Bill Berkson and Cedar Sigo" at Gallery Paule Anglim
+ Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Lecture-Performance by Tarek Elhaik" at California College of the Arts (CCA)

Friday:
+ Alicia Mccarthy, Anthony McCall, Charles Gaines, Charlotte Moth, Chen Xiaoyun, Elina Brotherus, Hiraki Sawa, Liang Shuo, Lois Weinberger, Lucas Blalock, Maaike Schoorel, Marcelo Cidade, Paul Kos, Simon Pyle, Tacita Dean, Toby Ziegler, Tsang Kin-Wah, Vidya Gastaldon, Zhao Renhui, Zheng Guogu, Zhou Tao "Landscape: the virtual, the actual, the possible?" curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, Ruijun Shen, Xiaoyu Weng at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Allyson Mitchell, Faythe Levine, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, L.J. Roberts, Miranda July, Stephanie Syjuco, Tammy Rae Carland "Alien She" curated by Astria Suparak, Ceci Moss at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
+ Greg Ito "Heavy Withdrawals" at City Limits

Tuesday, October 21

Clement Valla, Jenny Odell, Regula Bochsler "Placemakers" curated by swissnex SF at swissnex San Francisco
Financial District: 730 Montgomery Street, Free, 6:30-10:00pm

Jonathan Keats "Microbial Associates" at Modernism Inc.
Downtown: 685 Market Street, floor 2, 5:30-8pm

Lecture: "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Allison Miller" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, free, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, October 22

Arnold Newman "Arnold Newman: Masterclass" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, Members only, 6-8pm

Reading: "HearSay Reading Series: Angela Pneuman" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Oakland: 5212 Broadway Avenue, at College Avenue, A2 Cafe, 7:30 pm

Conference: Emmanuel Alloa, Michael Naimark, MORE, Oliver Grau "Image as Location, the Conference" at UC Berkeley (Main Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall)
Berkeley: Near Hearst Street, 3rd Floor , $15-$30, 9:00am-5:00pm

Thursday, October 23

+ Artist Talk: Lindsey White "In That Case: Havruta in Contemporary Art" curated by Lily Seigel, Renny Pritikin at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $5 after 5pm, 6-8pm

+ Reading: "Reading by Bill Berkson and Cedar Sigo" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 7pm

Benefit: "Art Auction XIII" at Root Division
Mid Market: 1059 Market Street, $45, VIP: $100, 7-10pm

Christine Patterson, Dani Padgett, Jackie Farkas, Jess Smith, Kevin Keul, Malena Lopez-Maggi, Megan Ender, Miranda Robbins, Rachelle Reichert, Sara Kerr "Side Projects:Mills College MFA Fundraiser" curated by Christo Oropeza at INCLINE Gallery
Mission District: 766 Valencia Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Lecture-Performance by Tarek Elhaik" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7-9pm

Open Studio: "Kalassal Seven Wonders of the World Half-Off Art Sale and Open House!" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, Free, 6-9pm

Friday, October 24

+ Alicia Mccarthy, Anthony McCall, Charles Gaines, Charlotte Moth, Chen Xiaoyun, Elina Brotherus, Hiraki Sawa, Liang Shuo, Lois Weinberger, Lucas Blalock, Maaike Schoorel, Marcelo Cidade, Paul Kos, Simon Pyle, Tacita Dean, Toby Ziegler, Tsang Kin-Wah, Vidya Gastaldon, Zhao Renhui, Zheng Guogu, Zhou Tao "Landscape: the virtual, the actual, the possible?" curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, Ruijun Shen, Xiaoyu Weng at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Opening Night Party: $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door / YBCA Members and YBCA:You FREE, 8-10pm

+ Allyson Mitchell, Faythe Levine, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, L.J. Roberts, Miranda July, Stephanie Syjuco, Tammy Rae Carland "Alien She" curated by Astria Suparak, Ceci Moss at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, Opening Night Party: $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door / YBCA Members and YBCA:You FREE, 8-10pm

Reed Anderson "House of Yes" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 6-9pm

Amy Swart, Grant Gilliland , Jon Weiss, Vannessa Gonzalez "Animals" curated by betty bigas at Public Works (Roll Up Gallery)
Mission District: 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, free, 6-9pm

Reading: "Writers Series: Reading by David Lida" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 195 De Haro Street, Writers' Studio, 4:30-6 pm

Pip Culbert "Swag Bags and Palliasses" at Fouladi Projects
Hayes Valley: 1803 Market Street, 6-8pm

Pamela Jorden "Monte Vista to Central" at Romer Young Gallery
Dogpatch: 1240 22nd Street, 6-9pm

+ Greg Ito "Heavy Withdrawals" at City Limits
Oakland: 300 Jefferson Street, 7-11pm

"FUSION: Collision/Integration" at ACCI Gallery
Berkeley: 1652 Shattuck Avenue, 6-9pm

Saturday, October 25

Tour: Em Meine, Lauren Marie Taylor, Zoe McCloskey "Short and Longcuts: A Stairwell's Field Trip" at Stairwell's
Financial District: 298 Market Street, $15, 11am-2pm

Amy Tavern "In Between" at Velvet da Vinci
Russian Hill: 2015 Polk Street, 6-8pm

Workshop: Ala Ebtekar, Ali Dadgar, Amir Fallah, Amitis Motevalli, Arash Fayez, Azin Seraj, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Haleh Niazmand, Hushidar Mortezaie, Morehshin Allahyari, Sanaz Mazinani, Taravat Talepasand "Theory of Survival: Fabrications Saturday Bazaar" curated by Taraneh Hemami at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 12-6pm

Bill Zindel, Jose Arenas, Reuben Rude "Parts & Labor" at Luna Rienne Gallery
Mission District: 3318 22nd Street, 6-9pm

Lora Fosberg "Everything and Nothing" at Jack Fischer Gallery
Potrero Hill: 311 Potrero Avenue, 4-6pm

Surabhi Saraf "Remedies" at Hosfelt Gallery
Potrero Hill: 260 Utah Street, 4-6pm

Artist Talk: Randy Colosky "Rise and Fall" curated by Chandra Cerrito at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, floor 1, 3:30-4:30pm

Auction: "Collect! Silent Auction Fundraiser" at Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley: 1275 Walnut Street, $40-75, 5-9pm

Sunday, October 26

Screening: Makino Takashi "Makino Takashi: Space Noise" curated by San Francisco Cinematheque at Center for New Music
Mid Market: 55 Taylor Street, $10 general/ $5 members, 7:30-10:00pm

Closing reception: Matthew Kerkhof "Oakland" at Loss in Translation
Vallejo: , 1-3pm

Monday, October 27

Lecture: "Architecture Lecture Series: David Benjamin" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, 7-9pm

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