Featuring Plein Air and Studio Works on Canvas and Panel by: Heather Capen . Peter Loftus John Maxon . Larry Morace Davis Perkins . Richard Schloss J. Thomas Soltesz . Wendy Schwartz

Heather Capen

August 10th - September 4th, 2011 reception: Sunday, August 14th, 2-6 pm

catherine mackey

I'm currently having a show at the Mezzanine Gallery - Triton Hotel - Hope you can stop by and see some of my new paintings. The show will run from August 17 - October 4, 2011 Open 24/7

Michael Beckler

Please join us for a reception at Shawna Stoney Furniture and Art Gallery. Katerina Connearney, Hilla Hueber - members of the Art, Wine and Dine Artists group - along with Linda P. Donohue will show drawings and paintings in oil acrylic and charcoal.

The show will run from August 21 to September 17, 2011. The store is open 6 days/week (exception Tuesday) from Noon – 5 pm.

The Second Annual FourSquared exhibition is a unique exploration of the works of sixteen local, Bay Area artists. Each of the sixteen artists produces sixteen small works. The works are presented in sixteen clusters, giving the audience the experience of sixteen micro solo exhibitions. All works are priced under $500.

The exhibition is curated by Arc Gallery partners: Michael Yochum & Matthew Frederick.

Annie Arrasmith, Kristin Kyono, Sonya Philip, Carrie Nardello, silvia poloto

You are invited to the Inaugural Emerging Artist's Showcase at the Atelier, Academy of Art University 79 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco Featuring over 30 paintings by 1890 Bryant Street artists, Michelle Jader and Katherine Young

The Emerging Artist Showcase runs September 1st through 30th. Mon.-Fri. 10am - 6pm; Sat. 12pm - 5pm

Artists' Reception September 8th and 9th 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Examples of the artists' works can be viewed at www.michellejader.com and www.kbyoung.com

Artists: Michelle Jader

Located in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach, Focus Gallery will feature more than 30 pieces of my more recent work. The show will open on Friday, September 2nd in conjunction with the monthly "First Friday For the Arts" in North Beach and will continue through September 14th. There will be wine and refreshments.

Mel Solomon

In association with Artspan's Flash Friday Mixers, Trish Tunney, Mr. Rogers and dk haas will be opening their studio for some art, music, and refreshments.

Funky sounds spun by Mr Rogers

Trish Tunney, Mr Rogers, dk haas

A Solo Show of paintings by Maxine Solomon at Macchiarini Creative Design on North Beach's Grant Avenue. The North Beach 4th Annual Art Walk includes art in more than a dozen galleries. There will be live music venues, performance, poetry and. lots of complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres. There will also be art and entertainment in many of the celebrated North Beach shops and restaurants.

Maxine Solomon

The name speaks for itself. Good humor and unique delivery, a pirate's outlook on everyday life's ups and downs. Celebrate your everyday existence... what a load of bollocks!

Pirate Vereker

Meet Martha Rodriguez: a self-taught, Chicana urban folk artist. We’ve chosen her album Hipsta-Veras as our Day of the Dead feature.

Martha Rodriguez

Underfoot 2011 - Bay Artists look DOWN

Workspace Gallery proudly introduces our second annual sewer extravaganza, Sept 14th through 17th!

Schedule:

Wednesday Sept 14

7 pm - Workspace Gallery presents 15 bay area artists responding to the land below our feet. What do we see and feel about this ground we walk over, tunnel under, drink of, dig up, eat from, and so often disregard?

8pm - enjoy a virtual photographic tour of street utility covers, “Exploring the Lost Marks of San Francisco’s Unseen Tradesmen”, by christopher reynolds of reynolds-sebastiani design services.

Saturday Sept 17

3 pm - The Sewer Ride returns! Join us for biking tour of the San Francisco combined sewer/stormwater system, with a focus on the the Mission District and Mission Creek. The tour will be approximately three hours with stops.

7pm - 10PM - Gallery Party! Blues/Americana musician Deborah Crooks returns to Workspace!

These events are all free. Donations 5 - 10 requested but come regardless. Proceeds to benefit our friends at WalkSF, a pedestrian advocacy working to make our streets better.

Workspace Ltd is a 30,000 square foot artist occupied, former industrial laundry building located at 2150 Folsom Street between 17th and 18th.

miles epstein

As part of the SF Fringe Festival Lorraine Olsen, a Bay Area Models Guild member, will be doing a performance accompanied by live drawing by Diane Olivier.

Diane Olivier

Celebrating the release of the book "Tickle gurgle Tock", poems by John LeFan with artwork by Anna Dal Pino. A lively afternoon of engaging poems, finger picking guitars, and a display of original artwork from the book.
The book’s jacket is a 45,000 year old form of interactive art.
Get your copy signed by the author and artist.

Anna Dal Pino

Mission Artist Paul Morin, will be showing more paintings from his series of "Found Portraits." Meet the artist Sunday, Sept 18th from 6-8pm

Painted in oil with silver leaf backgrounds, these large scale portraits (all 36 x 36) capture the available light in their environment, emphasizing the dimensional qualities of Paul's realist style and giving a real presence to the image.

On exhibit through OCT 27

Paul Morin

Dan Arcos and Mac Cardiel are exhibiting their latest prints for the 2011 Folsom Street Fair.

Daniel Arcos

Hundreds of artists! Piles of art! Get out there and check it out.

ArtSpan's Open Studios runs Saturday and Sunday October 1 and 2 from 11a-6p. Check out all the details here on Mission Artists United or on the Artspan site.

In a gallery we’re accustomed to assuming that what we see is finished: a completed thought, a branded message, an assuredly executed product. However, what happens in the studio is often far from the conclusions usually presented to the public. There are failed experiments, unfinished sentences, inconclusive outcomes. There is a sense of journeying into uncharted territory, a glimmer of an idea not yet seen or stated. This is what keeps us coming back!

For “The Unresolved”, we’re seeking to share with you some of the process; a few of the ideas not yet crystallized. It’s going to be vulnerable, and maybe a little messy, but hopefully burgeoning with new discoveries.

Join us from 7-11 pm:

Aoife Crofts, http://www.missionartistsunited.org/artists/471 Beth Davila Waldman, www.bethwaldman.com Jon Fischer, http://feather2pixels.com Michelle Guintu, www.michelleguintu.blogspot.com Richard Castaneda,www.castanedastudio.com Vanesa Gingold, http://vanesa.gingold.org

Beth Waldman, Aoife Crofts, Vanesa Gingold, Michelle Guintu, madpotterdwyer

Numina Femenina celebrates women’s contribution in aesthetics and poetics.

The main objectives of Numina Femenina are:

• Create a creative network among artists as well as this and other cultural institutions in the Bay Area.
• Make art more accessible to the community, by taking it out of conventional spaces such as museums and conference rooms, and in this manner encourage women to adopt a leadership role in the Latin community.
• Promote women’s development in different art disciplines, generating spaces for their masterpieces’ presentations and new networks.

Vera Costa

Show of works from the collection of the Euphrat Museum

Maxine Solomon

The annual Dia de los Muertos procession through the streets of the Mission in San Francisco will take place on Wednesday November 2nd, starting at 7pm. Walkers in the procession will meet at the corner of 22nd and Bryant which is the starting point of the procession.If you'd like you can bring a photo of a loved one who has passed on and a candle to light to symbolize a lighting of their path while interacting with the living.

For those of you that would like to stop by before the procession or take a break during, there will be sugar skull decorating, altar building (you can place your photo copy of loved ones here) and a Pop-up Tienda stocked with Dia de los Muertos gifts, at Studio 24 / Galeria de la Raza at 24th and Bryant from 5:00 on. Also view some of the Hipsta-Vera collection created by Martha Rodriguez based on hipsters as Dia de los Muertos skeletons.

Martha Rodriguez and Michele Simons will be hosting this event. Would love to see you there!

Sugar Skulls / Pop-Up Tienda: Studio 24 / Galeria de la Raza - 2857 24th St. @ Bryant - from 5pm on... Dia de los Muertos Procession: starts at 22nd & Bryant, 7pm

Thanks,

Martha Rodriguez 1890 Bryant. Ste. 318

Martha Rodriguez

http://www.artslant.com/sf/events/show/184394-new-oil-paintings-by-jeff-riley--minor-tweaks-and-adjustments

jeff riley

Día de los Muertos Celebration Pico Sanchez Tribute • Mission Arts Center Open House November 4, 2011, 5–8 p.m. Featuring live music, arts and crafts, and international cuisine Mission Arts Center 745 Treat Street (415) 695-5014 (415) 554-9522

San Francisco Recreation and Parks is pleased to present a special Día de los Muertos Celebration, featuring a tribute to the late Pico Sanchez and an Open House introducing the newly established Mission Arts Center. The family-friendly event will feature live music, arts and crafts, and international cuisine. Visitors are invited to bring mementos of their loved ones to place on the Dia de los Muertos altar. Festive attire is encouraged!

About Pico Sanchez: Mission icon, Frederico (Pico) Sanchez, who passed away last December, came to San Francisco in the 1980s. Pico described his style of work as "sophisticated and naïve" and was most known for his vibrant murals adorning the Mission neighborhood. Pico lived and worked at the Project Artaud arts complex for twenty-five years, where he was ten-time president and a pioneering member of the arts community, earning him the title of “The Prince of Artaud.”

About Mission Arts Center: The Mission Arts Center, which is located in the heart of the Mission District, is the newest addition to San Francisco Recreation and Parks’ Cultural Arts Division. The site boasts a beautiful brick facade and courtyard and is set to play host to some of the city’s finest music, dance, and visual art offerings in an open and diverse community setting.

Pico Sanchez, madpotterdwyer

Solo show of Heather Capen's work, including her latest paintings of streetcars in various states of refurbishment.

625 Gallery is a non-profit gallery in downtown San Francisco dedicated to exhibiting fine artworks by students, faculty, and alumni. All profits benefit Academy of Art University's Student Scholarship Fund.

Heather Capen

City Art Gallery's annual Affordable Art Theme Show. All work in the back gallery is $200 and under.

Trish Tunney, dk haas, randy titchenal, kevin p. mosley

CHILLIN PRODUCTIONS Mezzanine (www.mezzaninesf.com) 444 Jessie Street, SF CA 94103 Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:00pm-2:00am

Cost: $10 at the door Must be 21+ID

200 Artists 80 Fashion Designers

Video Installation by: Kent Bates

Music by: DJ Big Happy (http://www.djbighappy.com) DJ Dirtyhertz ( www.dirtyhertz.com DJ Felina (www.djfelina.com DJ Irene Hernandez-Feiks (www.chillinproductions.com Rondo Brothers (www.rondobrothers.com DJ Russell Vargas (www.myspace.com/russellvargas

Live Painting by: Daniel J Valdez Jasper Thomas Sean Sczepanik Steve Javiel

Always supporting Bay Area talent!

danny manniche, Danny Manniche

small pieces under $400 November 3rd - December 23rd, 2011 opening reception: Sunday, Nov 6th, 2-6 pm 8th anniversary party: Sunday, Dec 4th, 2-6 pm

Trish Tunney, dk haas, randy titchenal, Wendy Miller, Lee Cline, catherine mackey, Zue Acker, Annie Arrasmith, madpotterdwyer Heather Capen

Overturn the establishment, strike a blow against mediocrity, and shatter the status quo!

"THE GUERRILLA SHOW 2: Join the Revolution" Bay Area Juried Exhibition & Off-The-Wall Sale curated by Arc partners Thursday, Dec. 8th 6-9M - OPENING RECEPTION (Arc artist studios open to public)

Friday, Dec. 9th 6-9PM - SECOND CHANCE SALE Friday, Jan. 6th 6-9PM - LAST CHANCE SALE December 8th - January 15th

The term, Guerrilla, has come to refer to unconventional and unexpected techniques that small groups employ to shake things up, force you to take a second look, and change your preconceptions about the everyday world, often in a mobile and temporary manner. “The Guerrilla Show 2” is a short turn-around exhibition of affordable artwork by Bay Area and Northern California artists. Artwork will be sold off the wall, facilitating purchases of work by patrons. ALL ARTWORK $300 OR LESS

Trish Tunney

an exhibition of large-scale assembalges

John Zaklikowski

Holiday Art Show

We will deck the walls of our galleries with paintings, ceramics, drawings and other spectacular art that will make even the sugar plums jealous. Our annual Holiday Art Show is the place to find unique gifts for the holidays and an opportunity to support the arts and local artists while enjoying a festive evening on the town. The free opening reception gala will be on Friday, December 9th from 7pm-11pm. As always Free Admission and Free Refreshments with plentiful street parking.

Two Locations: 2425 17th St., SF, CA 744 Alabama St., SF, CA

Heike Seefeldt

LA's Famous Underground Art Show has made a home in SAN FRANCISCO!!!...and is coming back Dec. 9th & 10th for a 2 DAY EVENT!!!...

Come see the show that's been sweeping the nation!!! Now with shows in Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Nashville, Denver, & SAN FRANCISCO!!!

OVER 50 of SF's UNDERGROUND & EMERGING ARTISTS!!!

LIVE BODY PAINTING!!!

FREE ALL-U-CAN-EAT PANCAKE BAR!!!

LIVE AUDIO & VISUAL PERFORMANCES by: Xpander Xperience!!!...and more...

ONLY $5 COVER

Not even IHOP serves Pancakes for only $5

STRICTLY 21+

8PM-1AM on both nights

@ Gallery 4N5 formerly the ARTISTS ALLEY GALLERY http://www.theartistsalley.com/

863 Mission Street Downtown San Francisco

VIEW THIS LINK TO GET AN IDEA OF PREVIOUS SHOWS!!! http://vimeo.com/14915703

To keep posted on future shows, "LIKE" The Pancakes & Booze Art Show at the link below...

Corey Best

Will be doing my one and only holiday craft show this Saturday the 10th at Urban Bazaar 1371 9th Ave (between Irving and Judah in San Francisco. Urban Bazaar is a socially conscious gift shop featuring affordable Fair Trade and locally made accessories, jewelry, and home decor items. There will be 12 artists selling work and hanging out leisurely(?)under canopies in the back garden. Stop by for those handmade gifties and remember to shop INDIE!

Martha Rodriguez

This holiday season, Misho has gathered ten artists for a unique group show presenting recent reasonably-priced work to be sold at two events on December 10 & 17, from 1 pm to 5 pm. Participating artists include Jack Androvich, Nicole Bron Chappuis, Paul Cartier, Linda P. Donohue, Mary Ferrulli Barker, Kayla Garelick, Hilla Hueber, Charlotte Kay, Misho, and Carolyn Quan. Come by, enjoy some light refreshments, see new artwork, and get to know the artists. Photography, paintings, drawings, and jewelry make unique gifts either for that special someone on your list or for the wall in your home or office that you wanted to redecorate for quite some time. Now is the time to pick up art from the source you'll enjoy for years to come. Open Dec 10 & 17, 1 pm to 5 pm Check with gallery for weekday opening hours

Hilla Hueber, kayla garelick, madpotterdwyer

A party and group show to kick off the Holidays featuring 20 artists. The show opens ob December 6th and runs through December 30th

Maxine Solomon

Maxine Solomon

An exhibit of urban landscapes and crowdsourced community paintings by Todd Berman

Visitors to Mission Pie will have the opportunity to help make future paintings (no skill needed, stick figures okay) about the awesomeness of San Francisco.

Todd Berman, Todd Berman

"Good Company" speaks to the history of clay and glass in California and celebrates contemporary works by members of the Association of Clay and Glass Artists. Historical Artists Laura Andreson, F. Carlton Ball, Diane Blacker, Alice Corning, Robert Fritz, Ken Garret, David Gilhooly, Lin Hsin-Chuen, James Lovera, Glen Lukens, Rex Mason, Daniel Oberti, Anthony Prieto, Dr. Herbert Sanders, Glen Spangle, Gerry Wallace, Marguerite Wildenhian, Beatrice Wood, Mardi Wood Contemporary Artists James Aarons, Liza Allen, Christa Assad, Ellen Felcher Burns, Andrea Ciak, Bonita Cohn, Diana Crain, Nuala Creed, Lisa Jean De Soto, Suki Diamond, Natasha Dikareva, Craig Easter, Nina Else, Salatino & Gandolfo, Jon Gariepy, Bill Geisinger, Mark Goudy, Bill Heiderich, Carol Koffel, Suzanne Long, Gary Marsh, Jane McDonald, Erin McGuiness, Lynne Meade, Carolyn Means, Catherine Merrill, Lee Middleman, Judy Bolef Miller, Richard Mortensen, Harry Nakamoto, Phyllis Pacin, Kathy Pallie, Sara Post, Nichibei Potters, Beverly Prevost, Liza Riddle, Virginia Rigney, Sylvia Rios, Gail Rushmore, Carla Sarvis, Jan Schachter, Cynthia Siegel, Cheryl Tall, Carol Wedemeyer, Karen Winograde, Mardi Wood, Fred Yokel, April Zilber.

Natasha Dikareva

A solo exhibition of 17 new paintings exploring how color and light affect space and the physical sense of place. For me Atmospheric Conditions are more than weather conditions, they elicit a personal response to the landscape. The setting of my work may be abstracted landscapes, but the root of my work is an emotional reaction to the environment.

Victoria Veedell

Ten Artists presenting their unique visions of abstract landscapes:

EB Bounds Alan Mazzetti Brian Andrews Asha Menghrajani Xavier Phelp Leslie Morgan Ann Simms Robert Reed Misbo Jeanne Hauser

Preview Party : Friday 1/27 5-8 pm Opening Reception: 1/28 1-5 pm Closing show: 2/4 1-4pm

Hope you can join us!

Subterranean Mountaintop Seaside (SMS), the DJ/VJ art duo, come together for their first headlining show in San Francisco to present UZERONET, an exploratory art performance combining elements of DJing (skratching, mixing, cutting) with audio-reactive visuals. This event will also function as an art show with both analog and digital pieces on display.

UZERONET focuses on interactions between the systems that exist within the organic and inorganic. The artists utilize their respective crafts to carve a unique niche for themselves, forcing the digital to function as a reflector of the analog. How can sound dictate structural form? How can a natural pattern be turned into a digital system? How can we build worlds from the basic elements, deconstruction and reinterpreting existing media in order to produce new, more efficient, sustainable patterns of thought?

UZERONET will be followed by an after party in the CELLspace concert venue, hosting a number of DJs, including a dubstep set from SMS, and a set by Critical Akklaim. There will be a full bar!

Subterranean Mountaintop Seaside

MACLA Chicana/O Biennial

The Chicano Biennial is an exhibition and public forum conceived to take inventory of and invite reflection every two years on the continuously emergent energy critical edge and aesthetic interventions within contemporary Chicano art.

Geri Montano

Hilla Hueber has two pen and ink drawings in a group show at Flax Art & Design. Participating artists: Jack Androvich, Ida Gamban, April Hankins, Dennis Levy, Michel Misho, Tsungwei Moo, Richard L. Perri, Xavier Phelp, Karl Roeseler, Janet Seifert, Aladin Stadlin. Opening Reception: Tuesday, Feb 7, 5:30 - 7:00 pm

Hilla Hueber

City Art Gallery's February Group show includes a Love Hurt's theme show in the rear gallery. Come join the local artists of the city art cooperative gallery in celebrating February with art and refreshments.

City Art holds their openings the First Friday of every month and admission is always free.

The show is up between Feb 1 - Feb 26

Gallery hours are Wed - Sun - noon - 9:30p

Trish Tunney, dk haas

Mama Art Cafe exhibition/reception Thursday February 23 7-10PM

With artists: Mauricia Gandara and Geri Montano

Geri Montano

Geri Montano

Solo show consisting of 23 new oil paintings. The artist's reception was held in January but the exhibition will be in place until March 31st.

Maxine Solomon

Delicious, our annual show of work inspired by food and drink, is like a sneak peek into the mental pantries of over 100 local artists. Whether you're into healthy, fresh produce, want to indulge a weakness for chocolate and desserts, or crave a visual visit to a local vineyard, you'll find it here (and there's no need to count calories, watch your sodium or worry about cholesterol!).

Hours: Wednesday - Friday, 11am-8pm Saturday + Sunday, 11am-6pm Monday + Tuesday by appointment

Sharon Steuer

Local Art Rules! Come to Cityart's First Friday of the month art opening.

Trish Tunney, dk haas, randy titchenal, madpotterdwyer

Matt Goldberg (MLG Paintings) will be the March artist of the month at Cafe Royale in SF, and several new paintings will be on view and up for sale. Thursday, March 1 is the opening reception.

The night will include a Peter Sawyer solo set, and additional music from friends and special guests.

Cafe Royale is a cool two level cafe/lounge right in the middle of the city. If you haven't been before then this is a great time to check it out.

Matthew L Goldberg

works in wood and paper

Paul Moshammer

Paul Moshammer

Why March Madness? People often ask the question, “Why is Madrone called an Art Bar?” Personally I think it’s a stupid question, as if its not obvious. However the simplest answer is to compare the logic to that of a Sports bar. A sports bar has TV’s and shows sports, our focal point here is ART. Thus in relation to a sports bar’s coverage of the NCAA college basketball tournament, I decided to hand out mini-basketball hoops to 15 artists. There were no rules whatsoever placed upon them.

Participating Artists: Miguel Felipe, Anthony Grant, Cliff Hengst, Terrance Hughes, Gregory Ito, Steve Javiel, Jeremiah Jenkins, Andrew McClintock, Dennis McNulty, William Henry Owens IV, Victor Reyes, Mr Rogers, Alphonzo Solorzano, Mitch Temple, Daniel Valdez

What is Arts&Beats you ask? Well Arts&Beats is an art show with a music twist. This Saturday March 10th 2012 we will be showcasing 50+ super amazing artist from around the Bay Area. The art will be showcased on two floors (24000 sf) from 3pm till 4am and while everybody is checking out the art you will be able to dance to some amazing music all day and night long. The headliner of the night will be MURK aka Oscar G and Ralph Falcon. They haven't play in San Francisco together in over 8 very long, overdue years. Scroll down and read their impressive bio. 2 floors, 2 full bars, food trucks, art and music!

Dana Loberg

Bunnymatic full size up front and personal. Come down to Andalu during the month of April and see some new and some old (all big) works by Mr Rogers.

Mr Rogers

Black lines and pure hues are the trademarks of Marconi’s distinctive rendering style. While his subject matter varies from pop icons to triumphs of the human spirit, it’s the boldness of his visual vocabulary that holds the viewers attention and continues to attract a widening audience.

Marconi Calindas is making waves. Translating his art onto clothing using designs inspired by Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, his clothing line, Wear-A-Marconi™, is gaining momentum along the Pacific Rim - including publication in popular Japanese magazines! Stateside, he has been invited to display his work in public art projects ranging from San Francisco City Hall, Magnet SF, Menlo College Atherto and UC Berkeley to exhibits at A-Forest Gallery NY, Intermedia Arts Gallery Minnesota, Bayfair Mall (San Leandro, CA), Newpark Mall (Newark, CA) and Aspect Gallery in San Francisco.

Please join me in welcoming MARCONI CALINDAS to the Mezzanine Gallery at Hotel Triton for a solo exhibit of his colorful, captivating works.

a selection of wine provided by Hotel Triton ~ please RSVP

On exhibit through Jun 5

marconi calindas

I am one of four women artists participating in this exhibit called Primavera / Spring. Maya Gonzalez of San Francisco, Shiloh Sophia McCloud of Healdsburg and Margo Rivera-Weiss of Oakland are the other artists participating. Primavera is curated and installed by Bird Levy of Polu Manu Productions and presented by Puerto Alegre Restaurant.

The opening reception is Tuesday, April 3 from 3 - 5 PM. The work will be up at Puerto Alegre until May 8, 2012.

Martha Rodriguez

"Traded Moons" An art Exhibition/event on the topic of human/sex trafficking.

The events opening night April 7th will include special words written and performed by Kevin Simmonds an S.F. based poet, musician and filmmaker originally from New Orleans.

The following Saturday April 14th will be an artist talk and conversation with Dr. Melissa Farley, founder of Prostitution Research.

"Traded Moons" project also included a workshop I offered at Freedom House a local women's trafficking shelter. The creations by women residents of Freedom House will be on view with my art works.

All Freedom House residents works are for sale and a portion of the sales will be donated to the shelter.

Geri Montano

I am showing my colorful paintings in the first floor hallway.

Sofia Carmi

Sofia Carmi

I will be showing my work in the first floor hallway

Brent Bushnell

Come view and experience my work. Many wonderful pieces for sale. I will be at my studio 2425 17th street art explosion studio #171 Saturday April 14th (11am-5pm) and Sunday April 15th (12pm-5pm) Jayd

Jayd Almquist

MISSION ARTISTS UNITED SPRING OPEN STUDIOS Week-end, APRIL 14 & 15,

Jonah Roll and other artists of PROJECT ARTAUD are cordially inviting you to come out and enjoy and support the arts

Entrance into the PROJECT ARTAUD BUILDING will be at 2800 Mariposa between Alabama & Florida Streets.

Jonah Roll

Fine Art Abstract Paintings & Prints Fine Art Ceramics & Sculpture

Michael Van Patten

Seminarians put their prayers to canvas.

Kahlil Crawford, Kahlil Crawford

The Goethe-Institut San Francisco invited well-known German artists from the Bay Area to create their own interpretation of the 200-year anniversary of the Brothers Grimm. Artists

• Karin Blobel
• Rena Buchgraber
• Chris Ehlers
• Hilla Hueber
• Susanne Kaspar
• Katja Leibenath
• Bettina Pauly
• Bobby Reich-Patri
• Heike Seefeldt
• Anne Siems
• Mario Wagner will present paintings, drawings, photos and installations exclusively created for this event and to honor the 200-year anniversary of the publication of the Grimm Fairy Tales.

Hilla Hueber, Heike Seefeldt

Please join me this Saturday for a reception for my solo show at ArtZone 461. This show was the grand prize for winning ArtZone's first statewide juried competition seeking California realist painters.

Sat., May 5, 5-8pm ArtZone 461 461 Valencia St. (@16th)

Paul Morin

An exhibit curated by Calixto Robles, showing prints, paintings and video by Oaxaca and san francisco Artists; Alexandra Blum, Gloria Morales, Marsha Shaw, Rich Nyhagen. Ernesto H. Olmos and guests artists, Ana Hurka Robles and Cecile Robles Blum. Info. calixtorobles@hotmail.com 415 216 8915

calixto robles

calixto robles

If you are coming out to the Mission on May 6th for Sunday Streets, San Francisco - http://www.sundaystreetssf.com/ - be sure to stop by our SUNDAY SWEETS! We have organized an edible art workshop (lovely flower cookies to decorate) PLUS a pop-up tienda / store with jewelry, gifts for you or Mom! what: SUNDAY SWEETS where: Galeria de Raza 2857 24th St. @ Bryant when: Sunday, May 6th time: 11am to 4pm by: Michele Simons, The Sugar Skull Gallery Martha Rodriguez, Estudio Martita

Martha Rodriguez

“Urban Planning” is a solo exhibition by multimedia artist Lauren Smith incorporating painting, drawing, installation and sculpture. The show conceptually explores the imagery and function of gutters and their downspout counterparts within a gallery setting. The exhibition offers a dueling dialogue between the natural and urban landscapes. In most cases there is an intentional reference to water and its destructive capabilities. However, the extreme calm and order seen in the works communicates a certain level of control over or complacency towards the threats of water.

Smith is a visiting artist in residence from Mount Laurel, New Jersey. This exhibition displays the work she has produced since moving to San Francisco in January just four short months ago.

The opening reception is on Thursday May 10th, from 7-11pm at CELLspace Gallery, 2050 Bryant Street between 18th and 19th. Otherwise view by appointment by contacting Smith directly via email at laurensmithstudio(at)gmail.com.

Free admission. Alcoholic beverages available by donation.

Lauren Smith

Lauren Smith

Georgianne Fastaia Event Dates: 5/11/2012 – 6/1/2012 Reception: 5/11/2012 6-8pm Location: Nieto Fine Art Gallery 415 595 Sutter St. @ Powell San Francisco CA 94110 http://nietofineart.com/

There will be over twenty new works in every price range, from small intimate paintings like “The Hiding Coat” to Large dyptichs with many figures. There will also be some ballerinas, florals and my China Basin series.

georgianne fastaia

3.9 Collective group show:

The Exodus. The Migration. The Stand.

Opening Reception: May 17, 2012 – October 11, 2012. Show closes October 11, 2012 Sargent Johnson Gallery (1st Floor)

African American Art and Cultural Complex, 762 Fulton St., SF

Rodney Ewing

Trish Tunney, dk haas, Mike Kimball, Beka Brayer, Lisa Knoop

COCA Art Gallery is opening its doors for the first time on Thursday July 5. Opening hours are from 12 noon - 5 pm Wednesday through Sunday. Duration of current show set for a month until August 5.

Hilla Hueber, Katerina Connearney

Ongoing Group Show at COCA Art Gallery. 12 artists are showing recent work in the spacious gallery on Kansas Street Mission Artists Hilla Hueber, Katerina Connearney, and Valerie Scott are showing their acrylic paintings, oil paintings and charcoal drawings in the new gallery. Gallery is nopen Wednesday through Sunday from 12 noon to 5 pm.

Hilla Hueber, Valerie Scott, Katerina Connearney

Please join us for first Friday in July at Secret-Studios with new paintings by Jonathan Judge. The paintings are larger than life depicting raw, human emotion. There will be wine, snacks, art and good conversation. We hope to see you there!

The Art: This show is about relationships real and imagined. Each painting explores the exchange that occurs when an individual's eyes entwine with those of another human being- the impressions shaped by passing glances, defiant stares, a vacant gaze. Some of the subjects in this collection were wholly contrived, some live and breathe among us, but all of them capturing imagination.

The Artist: Jonathan Judge believes the decline of the drive in theater directly correlates with the popularization of spray on tans, plastic flowers, and the music of Phil Collins. His interest in art began in kindergarten after discovering a marketplace for the naked crayon drawings he produced of the school's nuns (this venture ended badly). Jonathan currently resides in Denver and manages a non-profit working to reduce Meth use in the state of Colorado.

Stella Ortega, Marina Hudgens

OPENING ARTIST RECEPTION Featuring select works from: ROBERT LARSON LUCKY RAPP MICHAEL CAMPBELL

and contributing artists EMILIE MITCHAM, RACHEL MEGINNES, LINDA RAYNSFORD AND ANZFER FARMS

The spacecraft art collective is proud to present Science & Fiction; an artistic dialectic between head and heart for this coming First Thursday at CELLspace gallery. These two disparate forces, science & fiction, have taken shape in our careers and daily choices, offer us focus, creativity, inspiration, escape… On Thursday august 2nd 2012, discover the opposing and harmonizing roles these forces play in our artistic practice and in our lives. Join the guest and resident artists of spacecraft as we continue to contend and emphasize their impact in our work.

Thursday Aug 2nd, 2012: 8PM- 12AM, Free All ages welcome

SpaceCraft is a visual arts & experimental music show celebrating emerging & established artists from the bay area & abroad. Drawing on local musical talent and guest artists from SFAI, CCA, & local residencies as well as visiting national and international artists, each exhibit pushes the edges of what art and music are. SpaceCraft shows are curated and executed by participating artists, bringing the do-it-yourself spirit of the bay area to the CELLspace ArtGallery.

Samantha Lewin

an art exhibit by Alexandra Blum, Rich Nyhagen and Calixto Robles, at Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th, street.San francisco Ca from August 3rd to 28 2012 Artists Reception Friday August 3rd. 6 to 9 pm Artists Talk. Friday August 17 7 to 8 pm info. 415 824 1761

calixto robles

August 25th - September 22nd

Opening Reception Saturday, August 25th

Gallery Hours

7:00 - 10:00 pm

Wednesday & Thursday

12:00 - 5:00 pm

Saturday

12:00 - 3:00 pm

and by appointment

Sharon Beals Francesca DuBrock John Fitzsimmons Charles Garrett Erika Meriaux Beth Mullins Hadley Northrop Lucky Rapp

Eric Rewitzer Rubyspam

Diana Ruiz

Maja Ruznic

Ron Saunders Alberto Toscano Kay Weber Brooke Westfall

Solo show by artist Rosarie McHugh.

Rosarie McHugh

Rosarie McHugh

Rosarie McHugh

Come see 50 small paintings I've been working on for the past 50 days! The show promises to be inspiring: 65 artists creating one large piece made up of 50 small 6" X 6" paintings. Proceeds benefit the Sanchez Art Center as well as the artists.

Robert Reed

September show at Hôtel Biron featuring the mixed-media fiber art of Sonya Philip.

Sonya Philip

In its sixth year, the goal of Introductions 2012 is to showcase the talent of emerging artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering them exposure to the art community and beyond. Selected from over 230 submissions, this year's jurors --Sergio De La Torre, Valerie Imus, and Kimberly Johannson -- chose 13 finalists for the conceptual & formal strength of the work presented. The exhibition includes an array of painting, drawing, sculpture, video, photography, and installation.

Carlo Abruzzese

If you’re feeling excluded come Thursday September 6th, know you’re not alone. The artists of Spacecraft are banding together to emphasize that this very sense of alienation can fuel creativity. This coming first Thursday we bring you “Alienation”, a show about confronting and owning individual differences in the face of social standardization. Join the Spacecraft art collective along with other guest artists as we celebrate social and cultural idiosyncrasy.

SpaceCraft is a visual arts & experimental music show celebrating emerging & established artists from the bay area & abroad. Drawing on local musical talent and guest artists from SFAI, CCA, & local residencies as well as visiting national and international artists, each exhibit pushes the edges of what art and music are. SpaceCraft shows are curated and executed by participating artists, bringing the do-it-yourself spirit of the bay area to the CELLspace Art Gallery.

Beth Waldman, Corey Best, Pirate Vereker, mallika prakash

Paintings by Beth Davila Waldman www.bethwaldman.com

For three decades now, Waldman has been setting up camp around the world. From her Princeton sandbox to the Plaza of Sonoma, she has worked from what is revealed by site and the fingerprints she imparts always with the help of strangers. Her art considers the history of the materials used to construct not only the streets and buildings of the site, but also the experience of the local community. From the architectural language of selected landscapes, materials from or inspired by imaginary & actual sites, and the stories of those residing in those spaces, the framework for her artwork is constructed.

Most recently, Waldman returned from a trip to Arequipa, Peru, a place she has visited many times over her life. To Waldman, Arequipa is not only a tourist destination, but her maternal homeland. “The Absense of Presence” shares a side of Arequipa that is not typically seen. The paintings invite you into the streets of Arequipa and the homes and lives of generations of natives.

Beth Waldman

Solo Show of Paintings

Maxine Solomon

Visual narrative on the state of the American medical system takes form in the installation, National Anthem, at pop-up gallery Ratio 3.1. New life is breathed into the old Ratio 3 space on Stevenson by emerging conceptual artist Gina Teichert, who self produced the show.

Using reproductions of her health insurance bills, she illustrates the dramatic premium increases and subsequent stress she, like many Americans, is experiencing while being used as bargaining chip in the name of political gain.

With guest DJs |in|Response

Gina Teichert

This show accompanies the Third Annual Sewer Tour Extravaganza at The Workspace Gallery. Bay Area artists respond to our landscape, with particular attention to how we have shifted and changed it.

The show's Wed Sept 26 7pm opening will also feature screening of a portion of local filmmaker Glenn Lym's work HERE5, an examination of the widespread bulldozing of sand dunes and burial of creeks in the early days of the city of San Francisco.

The three hour, bicycle tour of the neighborhood (lead by experts) to look first hand at the ghosts of the dunes and the manhole covers hiding the creeks will be from 2-5pm starting at Workspace. Closing ArtParty will be later that evening, from 7-10pm, at the Workspace Gallery.

Join us for a poolside trunk and fashion show featuring my one-of-a-kind jewelry and DJ Mike.

Where: Sofitel San Francisco Bay 223 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City When: Thursday, September 27 6 to 9pm

$20 per person, includes one cocktail and nibbles from SkinnyGirl' Cocktails

Mylene Bernard

Mylene Bernard

Enjoy food, refreshments, and the 2012 SF Open Studios Guide, hot off the presses! Occurring during the 2 Blocks of Art Art Walk!

SF Open Studios Artists Pick up your FREE Artist Toolkit Swag Bag at the event!

Seven local artists present work inspired by urban sites from San Francisco to Barcelona, India to Peru. From the body to the streets, the aftermath of monsoons to simple daily delights, these works use contemporary language and material to present their concepts with boldness and ingenuity.

Beth Davila Waldman, www.bethwaldman.com Brad Bernhardt, www.bernhardtstudios.com Corey Best, www.heycoreybest.com Ferran Torras, www.ferrantorras.com Gretchen Andrus, www.underscoreg.com Mallika Prakash, www.flyinginabluedream.com Samantha Lewin, www.samanthapearllewin.com

Beth Waldman, Corey Best, mallika prakash, Samantha Lewin

Kick-off SF Open Studios in style at ArtLaunch 2012!

ArtLaunch is held in the SF Open Studios Exhibition, with more than 400 works of art for sale by SF Open Studios Artists.

Hosted Private Preview for Members Only: 5:30-7:00pm * Features: open bar, delicious hors d'oeuvres, live music by Califia, interactive art project, and a swag bag

NEW! FREE admission for ArtSpan Members and SF Open Studios Artists, please RSVP with special Members Only code emailed directly to ArtSpan Members and SF Open Studios Artists.

I will one of the many artists participating in the 2012 Dia de los Muertos art installation at SOMArts this Fall. "Enjoy the unveiling of intricate, traditional altars and complex art installations created by more than 80 Bay Area artists as part of SOMArts Cultural Center’s 13th annual Day of the Dead exhibition, Calling on the Spirits to Face the Future: Día de los Muertos 2012. The opening reception features live music and painting, interactive installations, Frida Kahlo themed performances and an artists market."

Martha Rodriguez

A Little Bird Told Me… Communicating Street Harassment Concepts through the Arts

When & Where

Mama Art Cafe:  4754 Mission Street. San Francisco. CA 94112

Date:  Saturday October 13, 6-8 p.m. (starts promptly at 6:00)

Please RSVP by filling out the form on our blog: http://thelittlebirdprojectsf.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/kickoff-event-sat-oct-13-mama-art-cafe/

About the Project: The Little Bird project is an art-activism project designed to address street harassment in SF (catcalls, lewd comments, groping, and other public sexual harassment) through multimedia art-based products. The project will promote local artists and help businesses by enhancing PR, boosting staff morale, and improving customers’ experience on- or near-site. (Your business can promote itself through the event!)

The Little Bird kickoff event is set for October 13 (details below). Through this event, we will gain logo ideas for merchandise and prompt dialogue on the issue of street harassment. The event will feature the work of several local artists, beautiful custom framing by Frames on 3rd, and a silent auction courtesy of our amazing contributing businesses.

Featured Artists

Amelia Lewis
Eugene Rodriguez
Beatrice Thomas
Mission Mini Comix
Trina Robbins (spoken word)

Silent Auction Items!

Art supply store gift certificates! (Utrecht & Arch art supply stores)
Frame shop gift certificate! (Artisans of San Francisco)
Organic fair-trade coffee!
Pinup-inspired lingerie! (Dollhouse Betty)
Salon styling service gift certificates (Ed Rittenhouse)

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@LittleBirdSF)!

San Francisco’s Arc Gallery announces Masquerade, a national exhibition of sinister, macabre, and camouflaged works that create a virtual masquerade ball. Juror Jack Fischer selected forty works from artists who were encouraged to push the envelope in interpreting the masquerade theme.

Obfuscation of the truth…clearly the conceit of this exhibition for me is about what’s hiding in plain sight. We all know that moment when we become the mask, when the suit becomes the man. And there is that moment of truth when we reveal to ourselves what everyone else sees through the scrim. That moment is what interests me. That moment when we can all see what we really stand for and there is no way that the mask can serve us again. It is the “tell,” the “reveal” from which there is no coming back.

Jack Fischer is the owner of Jack Fischer Gallery at 49 Geary in San Francisco. His gallery exhibits work from a diverse group of artists that fall under the rubrics of 'outsider, folk, contemporary, naive, visionary, self-taught, and intuitive.' - Visit www.jackfischergallery.com

ARTISTS

Three Juror’s Choice awards were bestowed to the works that expressed the most imaginative interpretation of Masquerade:

Virginia artist Courtney Murphy’s painting, Soliloquy, twists the neoclassical image of a woman in a formal satin gown by revealing only a fragment of her allure, and story, to the viewer. Dr. Murphy teaches at the Art Institute of Washington Northern Virginia, and holds an M.F.A. from New York Academy of Art, as well as a B.A. from University of California Davis.

San Francisco artist Michelle Peckham’s digital image, Fight or Flight, explores emotional and physical transformations during breast cancer treatment and beyond. She holds a Master’s degree in Interior Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art from Scripps College.

Polish-born artist Michal Wisniowski’s mixed media painting, Eastern Block #10, investigates his memories of Communist oppression through the metaphor of an architectural motif. The ubiquitous gray architecture exemplifies the mundane activities that took place within them, as well as the secrecy, torture and governance that ruled the lives of Polish citizens. Wisniowski currently resides in the Bay Area.

Works selected for Masquerade were created by forty artists from twelve states: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. Artworks represent a variety of media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, and photography, along with sculptures of glass, fiber, wood, and metal.

San Francisco Bay Area artists include Linda Abbott Trapp, Julie Alland, Ciara Bedingfield, Mike Callaghan, Ed Finkas, Nicole Hayden, Irene Hendrick, Howie Katz, Andrew Kornblatt, John Martin, Saundra McPherson, Erika Meriaux, Jennifer Mondfrans, Pamela Mooney, Stephanie Moore, Chris Motley, Michelle Peckham, Stan Peterson, Valerie Scott, Arthur Aladin Stadlin, Gregory Vernitsky, Michal Wisniowski, Yelena Zhavoronkova, and Elena Zolotnitsky.

Artists from the Greater Los Angeles area include Charles Christopher, Nicholas Coroneos, Judy Csotsits, and Scott Shoemate.

Artists outside of California include Elaine Alibrandi, Michael Berkowitz, Trevor Castor, Eric Conrad, Rob Millard-Mendez, Erin Mulligan, Courtney Murphy, Lynn Patron, Claire Richey, Herbert Roe, Maximiliano Siñani, and Sandra Wilcoxon.

Michelle Peckham

25+ artists, wine tasting, music --Friday Oct 26, 6-9 pm Gallery reception, Wine tasting (yes!), Music, ART ---Sat & Sun Oct 27-28, 11am-6pm: Open Studios 2150 Folsom Street, San Francisco 17th & 18th are cross streets

Charli Ornett, Ann Simms, jennifer berkowitz, John Zaklikowski, Sharon Steuer, Michele DeSha, faern, Natasha Dikareva, Lisa Knoop, Lisa Costiloe, delfina piretti, Delaram Farzaneh, Carole Jeung, ali saif

Charli Ornett

This show is based upon the images of magic and how they can move the ordinary into submission. The paintings are mixed media on canvas. I am not too sure how many I will finish by the opening of the show, but I have about 8 paintings in play depicting various feelings that come alive during the recent performance of the Magic Flute at the San Francisco Opera.

Michelle Inouchi

NEXT OPEN STUDIOS in the Mission neighborhood is October 27-28, 2012 11am-6pm

Mark your calendars!

For more info on the city-wide SF open studios event that happens in October, visit Artspan.

See who's participating here

Join legal & activist minded artists for Mission Open Studios Studio Warming Party & Art Show

Artist Bios Carey Lamprecht is a free-lance paralegal, and artist classically trained in Flemish Realism and violin. Carey is currently illustrating a lino-cut book with Jolie Holland, whom she tours with. horizontally2@gmail.com http://twitter.com/CareyHope http://www.linkedin.com/pub/carey-lamprecht/54/2/5aa

Brass Tacks Jewelry Becca Von Behren is a Veterans Rights Attorney and Queer activist who likes to play with metal. becca.v.b@gmail.com http://www.etsy.com/shop/BrassTacksJewelry

Micah Ludeke is a Law nerd. Vegan blogger. Plant ninja, and painter. micah.ludeke@gmail.com http://paintingsofplants.blogspot.com/

Caitlin Kelly Henry is hosting the studio-warming party, and launching a legal consulting website that focuses on issues faced by incarcerated people. ckh@caitlinkellyhenry.com www.caitlinkellyhenry.com

Caitlin Kelly Henry

Art Span Open Studios

Marissa Robinson

Katia Fuentes

On Nov. 4 from @-%pm 2 new works by collage artist Augustus Manly will be revealed in a retrospect show. His journey into Open Studios has led to his most prolific period. Two new pieces in a year, including his largest ever, with some smaller fun works to boot!. The wonderful reception he recieved in San Francisco had a profound impact. He wants to see everyone and more art minded folks to say thanks and continue the dialogue. It is at the Bazaar Cafe on SF and they have food and beverage for sale. Across Studios will provide a non-alcoholic beverage and snacks on the patio. The art will be on display until Dec. 4

augustus manly

Advertising. Instagram. That dude's tatoo. This gal's bike. The beer's lable. We are overwelmed with imagery. What do we actually notice and what does that say about our own taste and the future of visual art? With both you and iPhones looking soooo good does visual art even matter anymore?

THURSDAY NOV 8th from 8-11pm we are going to celebrate and see the what YOU think is still worth looking at, what visual media YOU think retains value in our image saturated world.

How it works: 1. After you buy a ticket you will be sent a confirmation with a link to g's Aesthetic Darwinism Facebook App set to launch on October 8th. 2. The app will present two g images. Select your favorite of the two. Again and again and again.
3. _g will select works to be displayed at the show in accordance to the wisedom of the crowd's taste as well as make an additonal selection of works based off the aesthetic preferences being conveyed via the Facebook App 3. Come to the Aesthetic Darwinism Celebration Party on Thursday November 8th (8-11pm) at 2050 Bryant street to learn how your aesthetic choices impacted the show's curation and compare to the average.

Bring friends. Have some drinks. 8:00am doors 8:45 artist talk

Gretchen (_g) Andrus

January Reception! Free art being gifted away as door prizes all night. Fun! Come join us for this festive opening reception.

Trish Tunney, Beka Brayer, Lisa Knoop, dk haas

Campfire Gallery is pleased to present Persona Non Grata, a two-person exhibition featuring new work from Pablo Cristi and Geri Montano.

The show brings together two artists whose work explores hegemony in American society and the socio-political implications for those who have historically survived outside the dominant power structure.

Geri Montano

Geri Montano

IcTus Gallery is pleased to announce the “Rituals of Water,” a solo exhibition of the works of Rodney Ewing, co-curated by Hanna Regev.

In “Rituals of Water”, Ewing examines the role of water as an allegorical agent of disruption and change in the history of people of African descent. Water as motif figures greatly in the African Diaspora, in the wake of experiences that include abductions, transport onto slave ships, and immersion into an alien culture via baptism that removes traces of past beliefs and traditions. Water has also served as a weapon to scatter activists during the Civil Rights Movement, and as a reckoning and catastrophe for the mostly poor and African American communities of New Orleans living on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River during Hurricane Katrina.

Ewing renders the centuries long sweep of this historical timeline of water and the African Diaspora. Large-scale drawing and installations are captured in four thematic sections: Transition (Middle Passage), Transformation (Baptism), Resistance (Civil Rights Movement), and Dispersal (Hurricane Katrina). With this construct, Ewing has produced a record of how even a basic, mundane element is transformed by a people’s history into a transcendent and at times malevolent force.

Rodney Ewing

Participating artists are: Roberta Ahrens, Katerina Connearney, Raymond Difley, Linda Donohue, Hilla Hueber, Jennifer Bec Hirshfield, Andrzej Michael Karwacki, Catherine Mc Cauley, Misho, Valerie Scott and Mylette Welch.

Hilla Hueber, Valerie Scott, Katerina Connearney

Angie Crabtree and her 13-year-old student Jessie Rai invite you to their exhibition Living the Dream: Status, Luxury and America opening Saturday, January 19th, 2013 from 6-9pm at Studio 17 Gallery.

Enter into the American Dream with painted and drawn reproductions of giant “benjamins” and bling among other luxury items. Studio 17 is located at 3265 17th St., Suite 402. Gallery viewing by appointment from January 13-26th. Additionally, time-lapse films will display the process and completion of collaborative works. Blank checks will be offered for visitors to fill out their own dreams, which will be hung on a dream board creating a perpetually changing artwork.

In the show, Angie Crabtree combines paintings, drawings and sculpture to depict stereotypical elements of the American Dream: money, image, and power. Her paintings magnify objects including lotto tickets, diamonds, blank checks, and “benjamins.” In her series, Green is the New Bling, realistically drawn mixed media portraits of contemporary American icons including Barack Obama and Steve Jobs are renaissance-inspired, haloed and crowned in natural materials including moss, sugar, and wood veneer. Collectively, the same materials embellish a set of wearable accessories to create a flashy, Go Green fashion trend.

Jessie Rai, age 13, has been developing her work alongside Crabtree for the past six years. She attends the Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts, and commutes weekly to San Francisco to her shared studio with Crabtree. Her most recent works include detailed ink drawings of high end foods. Displayed as diptychs, the pieces serve as a commentary on social status pertaining to luxury foods, and the idea of quality over quantity.

Angie Crabtree

Paint Pens in Purses presents "Ice Cream Girl", a collection of urban, contemporary, and low-brow artwork from the sweetest and coolest lady artists from coast to coast. Paint Pens in Purses was originally started in 2008 and has since branched out to San Francisco from our humble beginnings in Boston. The goal of Paint Pens in Purses is simply to create a community and to give recognition to artists we love. Paint Pens in Purses runs an online Featured Artist series, has created pop-up galleries, large scale murals, curated art shows on both coasts, and has been sponsored by Scion, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Sharpie, to name a few.

For more information visit: www.paintpensinpurses.com or www.facebook.com/paintpensinpurses.

• We will also be raffling off four 2 ft tall Ice Cream buddies created by Dayna Gilbert (MakeBigArt) and Shayna Yasuhara.

RSVP here: www.facebook.com/events/129256663907276

ARTISTS: Tofusquirrel /// tofusquirrel.com (Boston, MA)

Allison Bamcat /// bamcatillustration.blogspot.com (Boston, MA)

Veronica Fish /// hebsandfish.com (Boston, MA)

Jessica Hess /// jessicahess.com (San Francisco, CA)

Crystal Gonzalez /// crystalgonzalez.cleanfolio.com (San Francisco, CA)

Amy Vazquez /// amyvazquez.com (San Francisco, CA)

Lauren Max /// laurenmaxphotography.com (Seattle, WA)

Chelsea Brown /// chelseadraws.com (San Francisco, CA)

Angeline King /// angelineking.tumblr.com (Oakland, CA)

Dayna Gilbert of MakeBigArt /// (Oakland, CA)

Shayna Yasuhara (CURATOR) /// shaynashenanigans.com (San Francisco)

Shayna Yasuhara

FIGURATIVE DRAWING SHOW AND LIVE DRAWING EVENT Please join me, Arlene Diehl, Kim Proshin, Marti McKee, Stephen Namaro, Fernando Reyes for an exhibition of figure drawings. And Join us for our special event where all 6 exhibitors will be drawing from a live model. Drawing done during this session will be taken from the pads and available for sale for $75 each. Great way to watch people drawing and pick up a nice drawing for a great price!

Diane Olivier

Diane Olivier

I have been chosen as one of 10 finalists for the SF Weekly's 2013 MasterMind® showcase at this year's ARTOPIA® event, taking place at SOMArts Cultural Center. The event is to celebrate the city’s emerging artists. The night will be filled with fun and entertainment for all featuring art in various categories: Visual Art, Fashion/Design, Performing Arts, Film/Video/Media and the newest addition, Application design. Guests will enjoy an open bar, appetizers, live music, and much more. A portion of the proceeds from the evening will go towards the grants awarded in the evening to the top three finalists.

Michael Kerbow

PhotographsPlus is a mid?career solo exhibition of work by San Francisco based artist Shawn Ray Harris. This survey show includes three distinct series of work created over the last 15 years. Using his camera as sketchbook, Shawn creates complex and whimsical composite images and constructions featuring urban landscapes and the spirits which inhabit them. Starting with his SCULPTOGRAPHY series, Harris created large three dimensional mixed media assemblages that incorporate multiple photographs. Represented pieces include “Unleashing the White Collared Marionette” and “American Landmarks”. Subsequent work from the CIVIC SERAPHIMS series presents edgy urban imagery juxtaposed with floral embellishments in a homage to Alfons Mucha in the Art Nouveau style. The third series of Harris’ most recent work titled HADAPTATION is a collection of light hearted street photos featuring Manimals set in quintessential San Francisco locals.

Shawn Ray Harris

Made in the Mission: A Group Show of Art Created in the Mission District of San Francisco geographically links these artists to the neighborhood they live and/or work in and is a preview sampler of works made by members of Mission Artists United, coinciding with Spring Open Studios.

Featured Artists include: Michael Beckler Jennifer Ewing Leo Germano Sophia Green Sevilla Granger dk haas Shawn Harris Hilla Hueber Tisha Kenny Lisa Knoop Luis Montealegre Charlie Ornett Mark D. Powers Mallika Prakash Robert Reed Jon Rogers Ann Simms Claudio Talavera-Ballon Trish Tunney

Join us on Saturday, April 13, from 7-9 for the opening reception, then embark the following weekend on a quest to find the artists in their studios!

Jennifer Ewing, [Leo Germano] (http://missionartistsunited.org/artists/leopoldo), Sevilla Granger, dk haas, Hilla Hueber, Lisa Knoop, Luis MonteAlegre, Mark D. Powers, mallika prakash, Robert Reed, Ann Simms, Trish Tunney, Mr Rogers, [Sophia Green] (http://missionartistsunited.org/artists/724)

An evening reception as precursor to the weekend Open Studios events in the Mission District.

Art. Food. Libation. Relax and mingle on a school night before the weekend sweeps you away.

Address is 32 Shotwell Street x 14th St across from the FoodsCo mural.

Alexander von Wolff, Alexander von Wolff

THE EVENT: Back by popular demand - the VagnArt Show! Woooot! That's not all folks - it's Tax Deductible Art! What? How can this be? I know it is so "cray". Believe it! All proceeds will go towards AIDS Lifecycle 2013.

Here is how it works: You arrive, looking fabulous, for a Sunday afternoon of fun with a hankering for art & wine. Throw $15.00 in the bowl & get an official The Mustache Riders wine glass to keep forever. One night only have it full of delightful wines of Tank 18 (Tres Yummy). After some social lubricant you start the Bidding on some FAB Vagn Art.... the evening goes from there. Bidding closes at 8pm. There maybe some other fabulous items to BID on....you never know!

DJ Rubia will be spinning the 80s & Down tempo Music.

Co-hosted by The Mustache Riders & Tank 18

ARTIST BIO: Originally from Toronto, Vagn Petersen has lived in the United States since 1993, shifting from Texas to Vermont and finally settling in San Francisco in 1999. Enchanted by the ever changing urban landscape of the City, Vagn’s passion for painting was renewed by the sentiment and imagery of Bay Area landmarks. Exploring art with an impressionist lens, he thickens and layers acrylic paint with palette knives- sculpting the canvas into a textured shock of color, perspective and movement. Vagn has shown at Perch in San Francisco, Convert in Berkeley and has enjoyed two successful single artist shows (both in San Francisco). In addition, he has been an invited contributor to auctions for several local Bay Area charities including the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP), SF AIDS Foundation (AIDS Lifecycle). Vagn has long credited his 3rd grade teacher with his first real introduction to art; remembering her role in his life, Vagn volunteers as a painting instructor for local second grade students.

Vagn Petersen