Check out Photographs by Gloria Baker Feinstein, Brendan Bannon, Elain Ling, and Chris Smith. Running through February 26th at Rayko Photo Center. Four different photographers take on one continent. Click on link for the description and more details.

Between 6-9pm you can roam the streets between Broadway and Telegraph from 22nd-26th where the main corridor of gallery’s food vendors and artists showcase their work. The Murmur goes all the way up to 65th but only a few galleries are open between there and 40th. Check out the  Calendar for events.

If you have art or clothing you want to sell you can do so or, if you are a musician, you can set up as well on 23rd Street by sending information to tdillman31@hotmail.com with subject “First Friday”.

Most galleries are open every Saturday afternoon as well. Check out the site for specifics.

I was impressed with the huge turnout of hipsters and older business types roaming the streets trying to push past each other in the tiny rooms of the galleries.

The Galleries that were of interest to me Vessel, FM, Mercury 20, and Johansson Projects.

Vessel: Used to be a Barn, very lovely space, great art, awesome deck with landscaped planters

FM: Fun whimsical art that will take you back to childhood fantasies.

Mercury 20: Great space with interactive art sculpture by Laura van Duran

Johannson Projects: loved the live music and grass on the ceiling

*Why doesn’t SF have this every month? Not sure, but at least each we have ARTSpan Open Studios. Look for more next week as we will be open October 9th and 10th at 143 Fillmore Street.

Photo by Kris Vann

These site-specific art installations are the first ever site-specific art-exhibition in a national park. Free and open until they disintegrate from weather conditions, or taken down next May, people have the chance to participate and observe the many installations.

Of many, there are big yellow chairs in which to observe the great blue heron, or run a start to finish line for the black tail jack rabbit.  Eleven shipping containers start visitors to the constructed pieces with art inside. There is a constructed “ghost trail” machine that leaves behind footprints of the Tule Elk. Bat houses were constructed as well as Ming Dynasty hand-made bird vessels for the screech owl. The screech owl no longer lives in the Presidio but these installations are memories of animals that used to live there and maybe, with wishful thinking, attract them back one day.

Air Castle will be open from 12-8pm

For a map of the Gallery click HERE.

Gallery is located on 1706 Steiner Street in San Francisco.

Phone: 415-328-2160

SCRAP’S 3rd Annual Exhibition will be happening December 11th, 2009 – January 29, 2010

Deadline is October 25th.

SCRAP (Scroungers Center for Reusable Art Parts) is seeking artists to submit works made in some form from found items, leftovers, recycled materials, or scraps!

This year they will have 2 venues for exhibiting. The First is ReMake Lounge on 50 Post Street (Crocker Galleria) and the Second, is Ec0-Center on 11 Grove Street (the SF Department of the Environment).

To download a copy of the submissions form go to Scrap-sf.org and scroll down for the “click here” button.

You can also email exhibition@scrap-sf.org or call for entries (415) 647-1746.

Scrap is located on 801 Toland Street  close to Third. Entrance is on Newcomb Ave between Toland & Selby.

Enjoy!