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Converting vacant retail spaces into temporary artist studios and exhibition spaces to bring art and culture to the street-level experience of San Francisco.
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November 10, 2024
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Experiments
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Special projects and time-based experiments.
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November 10, 2024
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Problem Children
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A creative mentorship program for young Bay Area artists, that provides guidance in developing creative projects and growing skills.
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November 7, 2024
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Too Much Information
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A twice yearly event series that brings together an intergenerational mix of creative voices aimed at nurturing a more robust, thoughtful, and healthy creative community.
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October 26, 2024
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TMI #003
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Thank you for joining us at TMI #003 for a day of sensory and interactive presentations that explore how rituals help us tap into the human experience.
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November 10, 2024
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Event
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PRACTICE:ADAPT, Cali & Co Dance
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In a two part performance, Cali & Co Dance presented the latest in their PRACTICE:ADAPT series, which is a process of practiced choreography then adapted to new and unconventional spaces; expanding ideas of survival, creativity, embodiment and community by expressing their innate relationships and role in our everyday experiences.
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October 26, 2024
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Event
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302 Folsom St, Catherine Ko Chen
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Launched in collaboration with The East Cut, we hosted the first showcase of Catherine Ko Chen’s studio and new large format paintings.
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October 26, 2024
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Event
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After Decay, Erin Miller
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Before beginning renovations of our space at 1288 15th Ave, we invited Erin Miller to create a floral installation from foraged to picked flowers and plants. After Decay shone light on the ruinous cycles of life, while pointing towards a deep appreciation for embracing decay as the soil of a brighter future.
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October 26, 2024
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Event
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Art Market San Francisco Booth #111
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For Art Market 2019 we exhibited paintings by Will Thomson and Catherine Ko Chen, a Resonance Mapping installation by Blake Conway, and materials about our current projects.
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October 26, 2024
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Arrival–Departure, Catherine Ko Chen
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Through abstraction, process and repetition, Catherine's work explored emotions and the memory of emotions, and aimed to answer questions that arise from the complexity of introspection, and to shape felt incoherence into structures of coherence.
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October 26, 2024
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Избеглица (Refugee), Maja Planinac
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Maja's photography examines the boundaries between incompatible worlds, capturing phenomena that exist between the raw and sophisticated, the real and surreal, and the deeply personal and public.
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October 26, 2024
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Event
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Whatever's for lunch is fine., Will Thomson
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Will's first solo-exhibition in the US was comprised of painting, photography and installations with a common reflective value. The exhibition also marked Will's first with Problem Library, and served as a re-opening of the space at 1288 15th Ave.
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October 26, 2024
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Meditations, Meredith Brion
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Meredith's work induces wonder, expressing intimacy and elusiveness in the same breath – it captures a natural beauty we know well but can't place with certainty, it is just out of reach.
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October 26, 2024
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Event
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The Case of the Disappearing Gauguin
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Join us for the launch of The Case of The Disappearing Gauguin: A Study of Authenticity and the Art Market by Dr. Stephanie Brown.
The evening will feature a discussion moderated by Historienne Nicole Meldahl about authenticity, the value of art, and how relationships shape history.
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September 20, 2024
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Problem Children 2024 Closing exhibition
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Closing exhibition and celebration for the 2024 Problem Children cohort.
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August 20, 2024
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TMI #002
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Thanks for joining us at TMI #002 – a day of inter-generational talks, film screenings, and group discussions that explored what can be gained through observation.
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May 20, 2024
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Related To Items You Recently Viewed by Emily Gui
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The work in for this exhibition was created reusing packaging materials and other found objects.
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March 30, 2024
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Event
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An evening with Lynette Nicole Betancur.
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An evening conversation and showcase of new work from artist and sculptor Lynette Nicole Betancur.
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March 9, 2024
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Two Hundred Pounds Of Cement by Will Thomson
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A show of paintings by British artist Will Thomson.
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March 9, 2024
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Event
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Viewfindings by Jeff Masamori
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A collection of fourteen paintings that embrace spontaneity and the beginners mindset.
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March 9, 2024
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Problem Library Benefit Art Show
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The first annual Benefit Art Show with work from artists across the Problem Library community.
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March 9, 2024
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Problem Children 2023 Closing Exhibition
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The closing exhibition and reception for our 2023 Problem Children cohort.
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March 9, 2024
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TMI #001
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A two-day event bringing together Bay Area creatives from all stages of life and artistic development to learn from and share with each other.
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March 9, 2024
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Event
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Wildlife Archive presents: Altered States
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The Wildlife Archive has curated a collection for an exhibition at Problem Library that draws from the "summer of love" in San Francisco, and the "second summer of love" in London.
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March 9, 2024
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Problem Children Closing Exhibition 2022
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The closing exhibition and reception is the culmination of our three-month summer program.
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March 9, 2024
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Event
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Jennifer Klecker closing day
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An afternoon of art making, and an evening celebrating the work of Jennifer Klecker.
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March 9, 2024
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Event
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Too Much Information #003 is tomorrow!
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Join us for an enlightening day of conversation, exploration, and activity.
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October 21, 2024
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Newsletter
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Too Much Information returns on October 19th
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A day exploring rituals and the magic of trusting simple things.
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October 21, 2024
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Newsletter
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On adventure and Problem Children
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Thoughts from Tamara on the force that continually loops us all back together.
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September 16, 2024
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Newsletter
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Join us for the Problem Children 2024 closing show
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Saturday, August 24 from 4—7pm
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August 20, 2024
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Newsletter
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On community and Problem Children
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Reflections from Giovana on the benefits of coming back.
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August 20, 2024
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Newsletter
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On mentorship and Problem Children
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Some insights on what it means to be a “mentor”
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July 23, 2024
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Newsletter
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An update from the first day of Problem Children 2022
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Our 2022 program kicked off today with fundraising goals met, a talented artist cohort, and some broken bread.
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July 6, 2024
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Newsletter
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An update from one month into Problem Children
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The program strives to support artists in a variety of ways.
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July 6, 2024
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Newsletter
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10 days until the Problem Children’s closing exhibition
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Join us on August 27 from 4—7pm at Problem Library
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July 6, 2024
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Newsletter
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Problem Children closing show review and extended hours
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July 6, 2024
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Newsletter
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An update on Problem Children
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July 6, 2024
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Newsletter
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Too Much Information returns on Saturday, April 27
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Join us for a day of talks, screenings, and observation
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April 2, 2024
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Newsletter
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Applications are open for Problem Children 2024
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We are looking for six ambitious young creatives to join us this summer.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Reflecting on a year of growth and connection.
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Milestones, learnings, and new endeavors — a recap of Problem Library's work in 2023.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Tomorrow: Join us for Too Much Information
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Too Much Information starts tomorrow at 12pm
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Too Much Information :: a Problem Children gathering.
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Join us on October 14 and 15.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Join us in celebrating the Problem Children 2023 cohort.
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Saturday, August 26 from 4—7pm
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Continuing to raise the barn
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Join us for Barn Raising and save the date for the Problem Children.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Join us for our first barn raising this Sunday
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This week’s theme: why are you here?
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Barn Raising: Sundays this summer at Problem Library
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The return of weekly open hours at 1288 15th Ave.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Two Hundred Pounds Of Cement opens tomorrow
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Saturday, June 10 from 5—8pm at 536 Davis St.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Opening next Saturday: Two Hundred Pounds Of Cement
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Join us for a reception with the artist from 5—8pm
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Two Hundred Pounds Of Cement
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Let's see him get two inches off the ground
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Tonight: Wild Life Archive presents Altered States
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Join us tonight from 5—9pm at Problem Library
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Viewfindings opens tomorrow evening
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Friday May 12 from 4—7pm at 536 Davis St.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Viewfindings, a show of new paintings by Jeff Masamori
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Two weeks. Two events.
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New sculptures are on view next week and a special exhibition from Wild Life Archive the following week
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Save the date: New sculptures by Lynette Nicole Betancur
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Join us on April 20th for a closing reception at 536 Davis St.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Join us for another special event this Saturday.
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Venture: Night Shift and Lynette Nicole Betancur.
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March 11, 2024
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Newsletter
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Join us on Friday for a special event
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9pm—close at Club Waizema, San Francisco
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March 11, 2024
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November 7, 2024
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October 22, 2024
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May 16, 2024
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April 1, 2024
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March 31, 2024
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March 30, 2024
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March 30, 2024
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March 13, 2024
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March 12, 2024
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