Thursday, February 2, 2017

February Guide: Shows and Events - SF & Bay Area


Confessions opens Friday February 3rd at Little Lodge. Image courtesy of Kayla Quan.

View our guide to upcoming shows and events this month.

Week 1 - 
2/3: Social Energies at Legion SF, curated by Alice Wu. Featuring work by Kayan Cheung-Miaw, Andrew Chuani Ho, Louise Leong, Cathy Lu, Leon Sun, Chelsea Wong, Leland Wong, and Christine Wong Yap. 
5-8pm, 678 Commercial St, San Francisco, CA.

2/3: prismataria by Albee at Et Al, curated by Jeanne Gerrity.
6-9pm, 620 Kearny St, San Franicsco, CA.

2/3: Confessions at Little Lodge, curated by Kayla Quan and Althea James. Featuring work by Dominique Carella, Cecilia Peña Govea, George Crampton, Taylor Davis, Althea James, Leah Labrador, John Longyear, Paula Lycan, Kayla Quan, Grace Sanabria, Muzae Sasay, Kaileen Smith, and Anthony Torrano.
7-10pm, 1306 12th Ave, San Francisco, CA.

Week 2 - 
2/9: Tough Love at SpaceB SJ. Featuring work by Bryon Christman, Constance Button, Erika Soliz, Franchesca Flores, Jasmine Ho, Kristina Micotti, Lena Gustafson, Michelle Guintu, Taylor Pak, and more. 
6-9pm, 310 S 3rd St, San Jose, CA.

2/9: High Anxiety by Jason Fulford at FraenkelLAB.
6-9pm, 1632 Market St, San Francisco, CA.

2/10: Unusual Business at Gravel & Gold. Featuring work by Rachel Kaye, Carissa Potter, Isis Hockenos, Chelsea Wong, Robbie Simon, Sofia Nohlin, Lea Carey, Mia Christopher, Nathaniel Russel, Alise Anderson, Justin Hager, Daren Willson, Terri Loewenthal, and Stuart Pittman.
6-9pm, 3266 21st St, San Francisco, CA.

2/11: Let's Talk About It Together by Lukaza Branfman- Verisimo at NAID Art Center Annex Gallery.
1-4pm. 551 23rd Street, Richmond, CA. 
*Informal art talk on 2/10 at 1:30-2:30 with Lukaza.

2/11: Status Module by Lauren D' Amato and Robert Falco at Good Mother. 
7-11pm, 408 13th St, Oakland, CA.

2/11: Past, Present & Future by Dread Scott at Guerrero Gallery. Artist talk at 5pm, followed by a panel discussion at 7pm featuring Ana Teresa Fernandez, Patrick Martinez, Michele Pred, Matt Gonzalez and Nicole Archer, interrogating the intersections of art, aesthetics and politics.
5-9pm, 1465 Custer Ave, San Francisco, CA.

2/11: Spectators by Caleb Hahne, Michael Reeder, and Molly Bounds at Athen B. Gallery.
7-11pm, 1525 Webster St, Oakland, CA.

2/11: Metafictions by Jana Rumberger at state
6-8pm, 1275 Alabama St, San Francisco, CA.

Week 3/4 -
2/16: You're Going To Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes at The Lost Church.
7:30-10:30, 65 Capp St, San Francisco, CA. $10 online & at door.

2/18: Love Is, A Benefit Art show for Planned Parenthood at The Galallery. Featuring work by Alex Bowman, Allison Jones, Ari Bird, Cathi Beckstrand, Cedar Q Waxwing, Christina Tran, Giulietta Wertz-Best, Kat Geng, Kristine Reano, Laura Helen Winn, Lucia Goodbag, Shayna Yasuhara, and Yuka Ezoe.
6-9pm, 180 Capp St, San Francisco, CA.

2/23: Creative Mean, VSCO talk. Speakers include, photographer Trent Davis Bailey, the owners of Athen B. Gallery, writer Meagan Day with photographer Hannah Klein, and avant-garde saxophonist Daniel Means.
6:30-8:30pm, 1500 Broadway, Oakland, CA. Free - RSVP.

2/23: Dorothy Santos + Sebastian Alvarez: World of Tomorrow at Southern Exposure - At SoEX, Radical Art Theory Nights are conversations about art theory, art history, or research-based art practices that reflect on narratives of the historically marginalized. 
7-8:30pm, 3030 20th St, San Francisco, CA.
Free RSVP, limited to 20 participants via eventbrite.