Friday, July 1, 2016

July Guide: Art Shows and Events - SF & Bay Area

Image Courtesy of SF Art Book Fair

View our picks up of upcoming events this month.
July 1: While The Cat's Away group show at Burnt Oak Gallery. Featuring work by Marcela Pardo, Ariza, Charlotte Hodgson, Nick Makanna, Sachi Moskowitz, Laura Rokas, Kaitlin Trataris, and Maryam Yousif.
5-8pm, 306 15th St, Oakland, CA.

July 2: Soft Like Boundaries by Sofie Ramos at The Growlery. 
6-10pm, 235 Broderick St, San Francisco, CA.

Week 1-
July 7: Killing Time by Christie Yori Noh at Panoramic Framing.
6-8pm, 3350 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA.

July 7: The Black Woman is God at SOMArts. Group exhibition and performances featuring over 60 intergenerational artists celebrating the Black female presence. More info at SOMArts.org.
6-10pm, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA.

July 7: Not A Lemon group show at Scott Ellsworth Gallery at Alite Outpost curated by Alicia Dornadic. Featuring work by Courtney Cerruti, Gina M. Contreras, Christina Diaz, Alicia Dornadic, Lisa Ekstrom,  Melissa Garden, Lauren Goeser, Allison May Kiphuth, Lawrence Krauser, Jenny Lemons, Frances Marin, Alicia McCarthy, Hannah Louise Schuster, Erika Lee Sears, Lisa Solomon, Alphonzo Solorzano, Fleur Spolidor, Chelsea R. Wong, and more.
6-9pm, 3376 18th St, San Francisco, CA.

July 8: Paper Trail by Casey Gray at Legion SF. 
5-8pm, 687 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA.

July 8: Frisco Zoo group show presented by Mission Gallery, curated by Mattie Loyce at Luggage Store Gallery. Featuring work by Adee Roberson, Beatrice Sula, Boxcar Deviants, Erlin Geffard,
Jjaahz, Kate Dash, Kevin Leal, Magasama, Matthew Henri, Ppbrecito Rye Purvis, Safety First©, and Yarrow Slaps.
5-9pm, 1007 Market St, San Francisco, CA.

July 8: Mirror Ball at Et Al. Featuring work by Fox Hysen, Robin McDonnell, and Anne McGuire.
6-9pm, 620 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA.

July 9: New Radius at Athen B. Gallery. Featuring work by Chad Hasegawa, Erik Otto, Mark Warren Jacques, and Muzae Sesay.
7pm, 1525 Webster St, Oakland, CA.

Week 2-
July 15: A. Frisby and Lance Cyril Mountain at Seeing Things Gallery.
751 W. San Carlos St, San Jose, CA.

July 16: Tenderloin Museum One Year Anniversary. Full day program info online at tenderloinmuseum.org.
10am-9pm, 398 Eddy St, San Francisco, CA.

July 16: Beast Crawl Presents: We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For at Betti Ono. Featured readers include, Denise Benavides, Oscar Bermeo, Liz Mayorga, David Maduli, and Asha Sudra Finke.
4:30-6pm, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, CA.

July 17: Summer Open House at Headlands Center for the Arts.
12-5pm, 944 Simmonds Rd, Sausalito, CA.

Week 3-
July 22: Dena Beard: Subjectile Space at SFAI. 
6:30-8pm, 800 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA.


Courtesy of SF Art Book Fair

July 22-24: SF Art Book Fair at Minnesota Street Project. 
The 2016 San Francisco Art Book Fair presents its inaugural festival of artists’ publications. This multi-day event is free and open to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, zines, printed ephemera and artists' multiples. These works, ranging from five to several hundred dollars, will be presented by 70 independent publishers, antiquarian dealers, artists, collectors and enthusiasts. Over the course of the weekend, the fair will be complemented by a diverse range of talks, book launches and signings. 

Participants include, [2nd floor projects], Creative Growth Art Center, Colpa Press, Deadbeat Club, Eggy Press, Et Al Publications, Hamburger Eyes, Kadist, The Lab, Little Paper Press, Park Life,  RE/Search Publications, Ratio 3, Et Al Publications, SFAQ, SFMOMA, The THING Quarterly, Tiny Splendor, Unity Press, Unpiano Books, YBCA, and more.

The fair is organized by Minnesota Street Project, Colpa Press and Park Life.

1275 Minnesota St, San Francisco, CA.
Hours
Preview: Friday, July 22, 6–10 pm
Saturday, July 23, 11am-6pm
Sunday, July 24, 11am-5pm

Week 4-
July 29: Collapse Sonata by Ari Bird at Open Windows Studio.
6-9pm, 1777 Yosemite Avenue Suite 340, San Francisco, CA.

July 29: Never Forever by Gina M. Contreras and Karen Thomas at Incline Gallery. 
6-9pm, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA.