Market Street Gallery.
RECEPTION: Friday, April 17th, 6 - 9 pm

April 2nd through April 30th, 2009

Works by: Sherri Cavan | Rachel Cox | Reiko Kubota |Maggie Malloy | Oli Quezada | Don Santos | Maria Sosina

Market Street Gallery, with guest curator Maggie Malloy , has organized an invitational selection of local ceramic artists who emphasize the process of pushing clay onto art in ways that connect material form to content, and historical context. These sculptural works encompass many ideas: narrative, political, comical, religious, spiritual, cultural, and confessional in nature.

Market Street Gallery
1554 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
(between Van Ness and Franklin)
Phone: 415-290-1441
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Art Explosion Open Studios 2009

Preview Thursday April 23rd 5pm - 8pm
Opening Reception Friday April 24th 7-11pm
Open Studios Sat & Sun April 25th & 26th 12-5pm
All three receptions are within walking distance or a short drive and will make for an enjoyable evening out.
2425 17th St @ Potrero | 744 Alabama St @ 19th St | 2345 Harrison St @19th St. | >> More info

Mission Artists San Francisco: April 25th & 26th, 11 am - 6 pm

Over 100 Mission artists will be exhibiting in seven neighboring group studios.

Studios: Project Artaud: 499 Alabama St. | 1890 Bryant St. | ActivSpace | Developing Environments | Blue Studios | Mission 17 Gallery >> More info

Hunters Point Shipyard: May 2nd & 3rd

11 am - 6 pm

180 artists will be displaying their work: painting, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, photography, collage, drawing, textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and more.

Margie Burke | Dominique Caron | Maeve Croghan | Peter A Doolin | Ream Fowler | Rebecca Fox| Harriet Golfos Santroch
David Dion | James Groleau | April Hankins | Irene Hendrick | Peggy Huff | Claudia Kussano | [Marti McKee ] | Maggie Malloy
Ellen Markoff | Maria Mayr | Reiko Muranaga | Gloria Polo | Elizabeth Tana | David Jay Trachtenberg | Rab Terry | Flip van Coller | >> More info

SOMA Artists

May 9th & 10th, 11 am - 6 pm

FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTIONS, 6-9pm
Over 60 artists will be displaying their work in an incredible variety of media, including ceramics, collage, glass, drawing, furniture, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, and more.

Louis Bording | Flora Davis | Renee Eaton | Kat Flyn |
Jana Grover | Mike Kimball | Lois Llewellyn | Sheila Nichols |
Lillian Rubin | Nanci Price Scoular | Linda Sanders Colnett | Martha Stephens | Deloris Thomas | >> More info

Locations:
SOMA Artists Studios: 689 Bryant St. | Garage Gallery: 655 Bryant St. | East Side Editions: 715 Bryant St. | 372 Ritch Studios: 372 Ritch St.
The Clay Studio: 61 Bluxome St. | 210 Studios: 210 1/2 Clara St. | Clara Street Studios: 185 Clara St., SF

Silicon Valley Open Studios

May 2nd - 3rd | May 9th - 10th | May 16th - 17th
Susan Brown | Gary Coleman | Terry Guyer | Yao-pi Hsu | Jo Jackson |Meera Krishnamurthy | Joy Kuo | Ivan Lloyd | Stephanie Maclean | Doron Noyman | Gianfranco Paolozzi | Jane Peterman | Carol Puliam | Kathy Richardson | Lorraine Rossini | Suzan SiltaNiemi | Mariangela Smania | Jake Snyder | Martha Stephens | Cleveland Turner Jr. | Laura Vandenbogaardt | Amber Woodward | Chuck Yokota | Kevyn Warnock | Alice Weil | >> More info

Marin Arts Council Open Studios

May 2nd & 3rd. North and West Marin
May 9th & 10th. South and Central Marin
Haris Mustafa, Jeanne Scholz, Dorothy Shack | >> More info

Film Premiere: "A LIFE IN PRINT"
Saturday, May 9th, 1 pm - 2pm

Richmond Library
325 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
510-620-6562

This one hour documentary covers the life of Richmond born artist, Xavier Viramontes, from the making of the 'Boycott Grapes' poster to his present day work with multiple plate etchings.

Call to Artists.
3rd ANNUAL
Tiburon Art Festival 2009

Location: Belvedere Community Center, 450 San Rafael Ave., Belvedere, CA 94920

The 3rd annual Tiburon Art Festival will be held on
Saturday, Aug 22 - Sunday, Aug 23, 2009

Painting | Sculpture | Glass | Woodwork | Jewelry | Photography

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 18, 2009
APPLICATION FEE: $25

JURORS
Kenneth Baker - San Francisco Chronicle Art Critic
Kimberly Johansson - Curator & Gallerist, Johansson Projects in Oakland

Exhibitors will be selected for originality and quality of their work.
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SF/SPCA. Auction Date: May 14-16, 2009

Submission deadline: May 8, 2009

A silent auction will start on May 14 and will be operating until the live auction starts. It is anticipated that will be a highly trafficked and lively event. Please consider supporting this great program by supporting a piece of your art. For submission form please email jemmert@sfspca.org or marti@mesart.com
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