KQED: Gallery Crawl

Celebrate the second anniversary of GALLERY CRAWL by taking to the streets of San Francisco with artist Jeannene Przyblyski. After two years of shooting exhibitions in various Bay Area galleries, GALLERY CRAWL goes outdoors to highlight art that just cannot be contained. From large public sculptures to the smallest sticker, art can be found in just about every nook and cranny of the city.

GALLERY CRAWL checked out heads back to the South Bay to visit a few more of the galleries in San Jose's SoFA District. We visited the new homes of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and Works/San Jose on South First Street.

You might have to search a little for the two downtown spots that GALLERY CRAWL visited in June 2007 -- both tucked away on the second floor of their respective homes, and nestled amongst big office buildings and high-end department stores. Across the street from each other on Geary Street, Gallery Paule Anglim and the Rena Bransten Gallery are bright oases of art in the midst of bustling commerce.

Despite (or perhaps because of) its bad reputation, the Tenderloin has become a haven for some of the best ethnic eateries, dive bars and alternative art spaces in the city. In May 2007, GALLERY CRAWL visited two adjoining galleries in this colorful San Francisco hood, White Walls and The Shooting Gallery.

GALLERY CRAWL visits Andrea Schwartz Gallery and MMGalleries in San Francisco's South Park area for the Last Saturday Art Walk, which currently includes 7 participating art spaces. NOTE: Due to a feed error, you may have received a second copy of this episode. We apologe for the inconvenience.

In March 2007, GALLERY CRAWL visited a couple of group shows in two of the city's non-commercial spaces including, "Present Tense" at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco and "World Factory" at the San Francisco Art Institute.

If you doubt the vibrancy of the visual art scene in San Jose, just take a walk in the SoFA District. In this downtown San Jose hood there are several great art venues, which have been hosting concurrent art receptions on the first Friday evening of every month. In February 2007, GALLERY CRAWL checked out South First Fridays and stopped in at Anno Domini and MACLA.

GALLERY CRAWL profiles two outstanding solo shows at the 49 Geary building in downtown San Francisco: "Between the Two," Todd Hido's photographs at the Stephen Wirtz Gallery and "systems," Davide Coltro's multi-media work at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.

Tis the season to be shopping, so we thought it might be helpful to suggest a couple of places where you can pick up a few locally made gifts and get your art fix. In December 2006, GALLERY CRAWL visits Adobe Bookshop and Needles and Pens, two art galleries that double as stores in the boutique-filled Mission District.

GALLERY CRAWL visits two galleries in Oakland, covering Misako Inaoka's "Secret Nature" show at Blank Space and "Breathe" by David Meeker at Front Gallery.