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Saturday, May 10, 2008

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	Golden Gate Park, Museums, Fine Arts Museums Jane Hammond: Paper Work at de Young Museum (9:30am - 5:15pm, till 8:45pm on Friday) Featuring 35 unique paper objects, drawings and prints. For nearly two decades, New York artist Jane Hammond has been using a fixed lexicon of 276... More		415.750.3600

	San Francisco, Museums, Art Festivals Lure: Chinese-American Contemporary Artist Beili Liu Explores the Ties that Bind Lovers at Chinese Culture Center (10 am-4 pm)		415.986.182

	Mission, Museums, Art Organizations Artist-Xchange-New works by sf bay area artists at Artist-Xchange (11a-9p) First Friday exhibit featuring new work of various media by sf bay area artists. Meet the artists behind their work during the opening reception. Free... More		415-864-1490

	SoMa, Museums, Art Organizations Counterfeit Crochet Project at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) (12:00 pm -- 5:00 pm) Participate in The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, a featured artist from The Way That We Rhyme exhibition. Syjuco and friends... More		415-978-2787 Buy Tickets

	SoMa, Museums, Art Organizations What's the Big Idea? Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) (12:00 pm -- 8:00 pm) FREE all-day for everyone. YBCA invites people to learn more about contemporary art with an open house festival of exciting events & exhibitions ... More		415-978-2787 Buy Tickets

	Mission, Museums, Art Festivals, Art Organizations Quarter Century at Creativity Explored (Mon- Fr 10 a.m -3 p.m.; Th 10-7 p.m.; Sat 1-6 p.m.) This May marks the 25th year that this extraordinary art center has been changing lives through art. To celebrate this important milestone, the gallery... More		415.863.2108 Buy Tickets

	San Francisco, Museums, Other Art Events "The Other Afghanistan" at World Affairs Council (0:00) Event: Khaled Hosseini, Author, The Kite Runner, and Goodwill Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Gloriann Liu's lens gloriously brings Afghanistan... More		415-293-4600

	Downtown/Financial District, Museums, Art Festivals What Goes Around at ARTworkSF Gallery (10am--5pm) Artists examine the threads of common experience across cultures and time As the title suggests, there is a cyclical rhythm to our existence, a nod... More		415-673-3080

	San Francisco, Museums, Childrens Museums Through the Lens: California in your backyard at California Academy of Sciences (Deadline to submit is 5pm on 5/26/2008) CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CHILDREN’S PHOTO CONTEST “Through the Lens: California in your backyard” The California Academy of Sciences is pleased... More		415.321.8122

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums New Work: Paul Sietsema at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) The latest installment in the New Work series debuts Los Angeles-based Paul Sietsema's most recent body of work, which includes sculptures, drawings,... More

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums In Collaboration at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) One of the first U.S. museums to embrace time-based media artworks, SFMOMA boasts a dynamic collection that spans the history of the genre. This exhibition... More

	SoMa, Museums, Photography Exhibits Friedlander at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) Among photography's most prolific practitioners, Lee Friedlander is also heralded as one of the United States' finest. This retrospective assembles the... More

	SoMa, Museums, Photography Exhibits Gabriele Basilico at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico creates beautiful, often haunting portraits of urban environments that favor areas of transition and transformation.... More

	Civic Center, Museums, Fine Arts Museums Art & Artifice: 75 Years of Design at San Francisco Ballet at Museum of Performance & Design (Wednesday-Saturday 12:00-5:00 pm) The Museum of Performance & Design (MPD), formerly the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, unveils its new identity, its new gall... More		415.255.4800

	San Francisco, Museums, Other Art Events Veni, Vidi, Vici at ArtNowSF (9pm - After Hours) With 3 rooms of music, your sure not going to wanna miss this event! Come over and see Dj's Souls of Mischief, Winstrong, Steinski plus more spin your... More		Buy Tickets

	SoMa, Museums The Counterfeit Crochet Project at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) (12:00 pm -- 5:00 pm) Participate in The Counterfeit Crochet Project organized by Stephanie Syjuco, a featured artist from The Way That We Rhyme exhibition. Syjuco and friends... More		415-978-2787 Buy Tickets

	SoMa, Museums, Art Organizations SEXICON at Stormy Leather (12pm) Sexicon open call for artist submissions. Get involved with the hottest erotic arts event of the year, finally making its way from berkeley to the city!... More

	San Francisco, Museums, Art Organizations House of Salad NIght!!! at The Metro Bar and Restaurant (11pm) The House of Salad is the finest array of artistic drag divas and the cities most beautiful men. Their ecclectic style and snappy antics bring the crowd... More

	SoMa, Museums, Modern Art Museums Cut: Revealing the Section at SFMOMA (11am - 5:45pm, till 8:40pm on Thu) This dynamic selection drawn from the SFMOMA collection highlights the vital architectural concept of the section, a cross section of a building or object... More

	Downtown/Financial District, Museums, Other Art Events The 5 Year Anniversary Show at Varnish Fine Art Studio (1pm to 5pm) The 5 Year Anniversary Show celebrates 5 years of contemporary fine art at Varnish with new works by over 40 returning artists. This group exhibit of... More		415.222.6131

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