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Art! Open Studios in the Richmond – Oct. 17 & 18

San Francisco’s Open Studios event kicked off last weekend. The annual event allows local emerging and established artists to open their studio doors and show their artwork.

On Friday night, I attended the open house at ActivSpace on 18th Street. I visited with the staff of online newspaper SF Appeal (who have offices there), as well as my friend and artist Prudy Kohler, who was giving demonstrations of the polaroid transfer process and displaying her handmade jewelry.

The beauty of Open Studios is that it’s for artists all over the city, and different neighborhoods open their artistic doors over four weekends. This weekend includes the Richmond District. Below is a guide to all of the neighborhood artists who will be propping open their studio doors and sharing their artwork with the public. You may just discover that there’s great art right around the corner from where you live.

Artists will have their studios open from 11am to 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Note that some locations house multiple artist studios. Click on an artist’s name to find out more or view their work.

Elena Lokshina | Painting, Drawing
3214 Geary Boulevard, #1 (at Parker)

Robert James Aston | Photography
123 6th Avenue

Susan Bostrom-Wong | Painting
493 8th Avenue

Marie Cirillo | Painting, Drawing
779 17th Avenue

Ailene H. Coffino | Painting
779 17th Avenue

Ravi Anand | Photography
1600 Lake Street

Fong Fai | Painting
239 12th Avenue

Elizabeth Fracchia | Painting, Drawing
497 8th Avenue

Elizabeth Gibbons | Mixed Media, Painting
449 Parker Avenue

Fred Sims | Painting
449 Parker Avenue

Liz Hager | Mixed Media, Photography
781 6th Avenue, Atelier781

Christine Cariati | Painting
781 6th Avenue, Atelier781

John Mickelson | Photography
781 6th Avenue, Atelier781

Joel Peirano | Painting
781 6th Avenue, Atelier781

Barbara Landis | Photography, Mixed Media, Drawing
689 37th Avenue

Larry Lurie | Sculpture
21 21st Avenue

Jody McMillan | Printmaking, Drawing
59 6th Avenue

ZAMARRON | Painting, New media, Mixed media
562 9th Avenue

Jay Mercado | Painting
638 48th avenue