There is much to place on the clean plate of 2010 this week. Openings abound on this First Thursday of the month in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Shooting Gallery and their associates, Gallery Three and White Walls, help make Saturday an attractive art viewing day as well.  Hope to see you out there!

Thursday:
+ Anthony Discenza "Everything Will Probably Work Out Ok" at Catharine Clark Gallery
+ Catherine Wagner, Rick Arnitz at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
+ Shannon Ebner "Signal Hill" at Altman Siegel
+ "Santos y Otros Creatures" at Creativity Explored
+ Reading: "Cold, Raw, & Glittery" Fiction & Photos curated by Chantal O'keeffe at The Spare Room Project

Friday:
+ Christine Webster, Claire Jackel , Tyrone Davies at The Lab
+ Andy Vogt, Genevieve Quick, Lacey Jane Roberts at Southern Exposure
+ "The Friends and Neighbors Effect" at Triple Base Gallery

Saturday:
+ Amir H. Fallah "SPACED CASE" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
+ Henry Lewis , Mike Davis at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
+ Jesse Hazelip "Sentimental Journey" at White Walls
+ Mark Warren Jacques, Nas Champas, Timothy Karpinski "This Is All We Know" at Shooting Gallery (Gallery Three)

Sunday:
+ "Memories of Oakland" at WE artspace

Monday:
+ Mari Andrews "Effloresce" at Brian Gross Fine Art (One Post Street)

Tuesday, January 5

Screening: Oliver Black "David Silva" at Medicine Agency
Downtown: 1262 Mason Street, Free, 8pm

Wednesday, January 6

? "The Figure" A Group Exhibition at Crown Point Press
SOMA: 20 Hawthorne Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Randy Hussong, Xiaoze Xie at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Thursday, January 7

+ Anthony Discenza "Everything Will Probably Work Out Ok" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, 5-7pm

"An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area Part 2" The Future Lasts Forever group show at SF Camerawork
SOMA: 657 Mission Street, floor 2, 5-8pm

"The Rule of Typical Things" at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Catherine Wagner, Rick Arnitz at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Peter Foucault, Thai Bui "New Works" at Micaela Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, Suite 234, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Shannon Ebner "Signal Hill" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Ray Turner "Population" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Robin McDonnell "Affect / Effect" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Bruce Clarke "SIDE OF THE VANQUISHED" at Bekris Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Mike Henderson "New Paintings" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Jose Arenas, Phillip Hua "American Pastiche: Choose Your Own Adventure" at Hang Art (HANG ART )
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

+ "Santos y Otros Creatures" at Creativity Explored
Mission District: 3245 16th Street, 7-9pm

+ Reading: "Cold, Raw, & Glittery" Fiction & Photos curated by Chantal O'keeffe at The Spare Room Project
Bernal Heights: 270 Anderson Street, 7-10pm

Jessalyn Haggenjos, John Yoyogi Fortes, Mike Narciso at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, January 8

"NEW WORKS" at Artist-Xchange Gallery
Mission District: 3169 16th St, 7-10pm

+ Christine Webster, Claire Jackel , Tyrone Davies at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, 6-9pm

+ Andy Vogt, Genevieve Quick, Lacey Jane Roberts at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

Oliver Halsman Rosenberg and friends "_Japa_" at Triple Base Gallery (Triple Basement)
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , floor -1, 7-10pm

+ "The Friends and Neighbors Effect" at Triple Base Gallery
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 7-10pm

Adam Friedman "With a Generous Allowance of Time" at Eleanor Hardwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, 7-10pm

David Silva at San Francisco Zen Center
Hayes Valley: 300 Page Street, at Laguna Street, 6:30pm

Jonathan Holt "Oaklandmarks 2" Paintings & Stencils at Forthrite
Oakland: 5857 San Pablo Avenue, 8-10pm

Saturday, January 9

Tom Bolles "Back to Basics" at Braunstein/Quay Gallery
SOMA: 430 Clementina Street, 3-5pm

+ Amir H. Fallah "SPACED CASE" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
SOMA: 172 Minna Street, 4-7pm

"SMaLL" at Corden Potts Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 2, 2-5pm

Krista Huot "Nepenthe" at Gallery 1988
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, 7-10pm

+ Henry Lewis , Mike Davis at Fecal Face Dot Gallery
Civic Center: 66 Gough Street, at Market Street, 6-9pm

+ Jesse Hazelip "Sentimental Journey" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

Morgan Slade "Fist of Fear, Touch of Death" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, 7-11pm

+ Mark Warren Jacques, Nas Champas, Timothy Karpinski "This Is All We Know" at Shooting Gallery (Gallery Three)
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 2, Gallery Three, 7-11pm

"COMPELLED" Bay Area artists working by hand by choice curated by Sarah Drasner at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, $2-$10, 7-10pm

"The Seduction of Duchamp" Bay Area Artists’ Response at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Samuelle Richardson "Alphabet City" at MarinMOCA
Novato: 500 Palm Drive, 5-7pm

Laura Makinen "Exploring Contemporary Printmaking" 5th Winter National Juried Exhibition curated by Karin Breuer at MarinMOCA
Novato: 500 Palm Drive, 5-7pm

Sunday, January 10

Screening: "g|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E - N|O|I|S|E - P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, $5 - $10 sliding scale or FREE with Lab membership, 12-2pm

+ "Memories of Oakland" at WE artspace
Oakland: 768 40th Street, free, 5-9pm

Monday, January 11

+ Mari Andrews "Effloresce" at Brian Gross Fine Art (One Post Street)
Downtown: 1 Post Street, Lobby, 8am-6pm (no reception)

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