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South First Fridays—The gallery is a good starting point for the monthly art walks and receptions that take place the first Friday of each month along South First Street.
MACLA 510 S. First St, San Jose; Wed–Thu, noon–7pm, Fri–Sat, noon–5pm. 408.998.ARTE. The Chicana/o Biennial—A juried exhibition featuring work by Jose Arenas, Joe Bravo, Margarita Cabrera, Cristina Cantu Diaz, Jaime Guerrero, Consuelo Jiménez Underwood and others. June 5–Aug. 8. Latino Art Auction—The gala auction after the annual show takes place May 16.
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Mohr Gallery
artists exploring the pain and possibilities of rejection. Runs through June 20.
Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View; Mon–Fri, 9am–7pm, Sat, 9am–3pm. 650.917.6800.
Montoype Marathon—An annual event devoted to printmaking. July 1–18, with a silent auction on July 18.
‘he disappeared in the dead of winter’—Works by Inga Dorosz. Runs through May 31 Our Valley’s Emotional Landscape—Works on paper by Robert C. Schick. June 8–July 26. Lucas Felzman—Photographs. Aug. 10–Sept 27.
Palo Alto Art Center 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto; Tue–Sat, 10am– 5pm, Thu, 7–9pm, Sun, 1–5pm. 650.329.2366. Youth Art 2009 and Cultural Kaleidoscope Exhibits—A showcase for works by young Palo Alto artists. Ends May 31. Radius—Juried local-art show. June 18–Sept 6.
Christel Dillbohner: Ice Floe—An installation by German artist designed to evoke an Arctic landscape. Aug 8–Sept 30.
Silicon Valley Open Studios Various artists’ studios; see www.svos.org for details. Open Studios—The third weekend features artists in Atherton, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Mateo and Woodside.
Space 47 47 E. William St, San Jose; Thu–Fri, noon–4pm and by appointment. www.space47.org. Stay Gold—New pieces by Shizu Saldamando. Runs through May 29.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
WORKS/San Jose
560 S. First St, San Jose; Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm, Thu till 8pm, Sat, noon–5pm; free. 408.283.8155
451 S. First St, San Jose; Tue–Fri, noon–4pm, Thu, noon–7pm; free; 408.295.8378.
Lift Off: SJSU MFA Graduate Exhbition—Ends June 20.
Remote\Control—Six Bay Area Artists who use electronic transmission of images for their art works. June 5–July 10.
It’s Not Us, It’s You—A witty exhibit by Bay Area
Zeroing In INCE the 01SJ Global Biennial of Art on the Edge event only explodes every two years, something had to be done to fill in the gaps. During last year’s Biennial, the SubZERO Street festival took place all along South First Street, coinciding with South First Fridays and attracting a barrage of independent creative types. The organizers conjured up a perfect plan: During the years staggered in-between the Biennial, why not repeat the street festival element, so that the Biennial at least stays on everyone’s radar? Since the Biennial is called 01SJ, what better name for the street festival than SubZERO? The South First Fridays events are already rip-roaring times, especially during the summer months when an outdoor artists’ market livens up the parking lot outside Anno Domini. But with the next iteration of SubZERO set to go down on June 5, 6pm–midnight, everything will be taken to the next level. This time around, visitors will be able to testdrive a custom low-rider bike, try their hands at stop-motion, bear witness to urban yarn-bombing, travel back to the future for a ’90s look at cyberfashion, watch a little subversive TV, listen up for spontaneous acts of percussion and much more. Think of it as a mini Burning Man meets a cyber–Tapestry Arts Festival meets an underground hacker summit meets a subterranean high-tech kids playground meets a geeky peep show—all in the form of a one-night free street festival. Downtown San Jose is never this much fun, so come on down. The price is right.
Gary Singh
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