i can't believe it's april! but i'm soooooooo happy it is because it means warmer weather is so much closer, and with it lots of sun. and speaking of sun, california always comes to mind and there's some california dreaming happening at rare device san francisco in a couple of days (april 3 - april 27, 2008, reception: april 4, 2008, 6-9pm.) a new show co-sponsored by the beholder and rare device sf featuring nine artists who live and make art in california. participating artists include:

Timothy Buckwalter
Mike Monteiro
Jennifer O'Keeffe
Scott Barry
Eric Scheib
Suzanne Husky
Lisa Congdon
Noaki Mitsuse
Martha Rich

rare device (www.raredevice.net) is located at 1845 market street between valencia and guerrero streets. store/gallery hours are tuesday, wednesday and saturday, noon to 7 p.m., thursday noon to 9 p.m. and sunday noon to 6 p.m.