Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge, International Orange offers fresh perspectives on the enduring landmark. The exhibit creates an opening for innovative and inspired thinking about historic sites. The contributing artists include: Anandamayi Arnold, Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood, Bill Fontana, Andy Freeberg, Doug Hall, Courtney Lain, David Liittschwager, Abelardo Morell, Cornelia Parker, Kate Pocrass, Jeannene Przyblyski, Allison Smith, Stephanie Syjuco, Camille Utterback, and Pae White. From May 25 to September 3, 2012 the exhibit is open daily from 10am-5pm. Hours are to be announced for September 4 to October 28.

Haines Gallery announces its first solo exhibition with newly represented artist, John Chiara. Crestmont at Coral presents recent photographic works emblematic of Chiara's distinctive process. He works with hand-built cameras of various sizes to produce pictures that could not be made through traditional photographic methods. Opening reception is April 12 at 5:30pm. Gallery hours are from 10:30am to 5:30pm, except Saturdays when the gallery closes at 5pm.

Renegade Humor is an exhibition featuring art pieces that use humor to raise serious issues, such as gender, race, and global warming. The notion of Renegade Humor is characterized by bawdy irreverence, iconoclasm, and self-deprecating humor. SJMA has invited artists Kathy Aoki and Imin Yeh to make new works, inspired by this artistic approach, just for this exhibition. The exhibit also features works by Ray Beldner, Squeak Carnwath, Enrique Chagoya, Llyn Foulkes, Viola Frey, Jane Hammond, Dennis Oppenheim, and Richard Shaw, among others. The show runs from February 3 to July 8, 2012.

The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes pieces from the museum's permanent collection and work by over thirty artists including Joan Brown, Younhee Paik, Seyed Alavi, and Raymond Saunders. Each floor of the museum contains different installations, as well as interactive elements, such as making a collage for the wall in the creativity lounge. The exhibit runs from March 31 to July 29, 2012. The first and third Friday of every month has extended hours from 11am-9pm.

The exhibition creates a dialogue between the work of enamel artist June Schwarcz and camera obscura photographer, John Chiara. Each artist employs a detailed process to create pieces that cannot be replicated. This is the first time their work will be shown together, curated by Muriel Maffre, John Chiara, and Emily Anderson. The gallery show runs from April 3 to June 2, 2012.

As part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival, selected events in the San Francisco Bay Area are being highlighted. Every summer Sunday, family and friends gather to relax, picnic, and enjoy world-class performances in Stern Grove, a natural amphitheater surrounded by giant eucalyptus, redwood, and fir trees. The festival features free performances by a diverse selection of performers. In 2012, Stern Grove Festival celebrates its 75th season. For more information on PBS Arts, go to pbs.org/arts.

Join teaching artists and educators from the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and KQED's Arts Education program for a 3-day institute about dance and music traditions, and learn how to integrate the study of contemporary art into language arts, social studies, and arts classrooms. Participants will work with professional artists, engage with KQED media about local artists, and develop integrated lesson plans for use in their classrooms. This institute is free and open to K-12 educators and teaching artists. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a $$200 stipend or two CEUs through CSU East Bay. For more information and to register, visit kqedeastbay.eventbrite.com.

Sexphobias is the latest one man show created by veteran writer/performer Donald E. Lacy, Jr. In this 75 minute side splitting monologue, Lacy takes an honest look at sex and intimacy in the year 2012. As the world around us becomes more dependent on technology, the world of sex has taken a turn for the worse.

For the 15th Annual Dionysian Festival, which celebrates the 135th anniversary of Isadora Duncan's birth, Mary Sano and her Duncan Dancers are performing new work as well as Duncan choreography. Performers include Classical Indian Dance, Improvisational Movement Theater, songwriter/pianist Tony Chapman, Japanese bamboo flutist Hideo Sekino, and others. Showtimes: 8pm on Saturday; 6pm on Sunday.

Push Dance Company commissioned British video artist Ben Wood and his collaborator technologist David Mark to present a 3D dance installation called, Bitter Melon. Steeped in the cultural histories of African American and Filipino San Francisco, the pair will capture creative conversations in live performance and three-dimensional film projection. Two large-scale 3D projectors will be placed on the concession buildings adjacent to Dewey Monument projecting a vibrant illuminated 3D image onto both sides of the monument.

As part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival, selected events in the San Francisco Bay Area are being highlighted. The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival includes performers from throughout Northern California and has presented more than 600 dance companies from over a hundred different genres. Times vary. Presented at various venues around San Francisco. For more information on PBS Arts, go to pbs.org/arts.

Join teaching artists and educators from the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and KQED's Arts Education program for a 3-day institute about dance and music traditions, and learn how to integrate the study of contemporary art into language arts, social studies, and arts classrooms. Participants will work with professional artists, engage with KQED media about local artists, and develop integrated lesson plans for use in their classrooms. This institute is free and open to K-12 educators and teaching artists. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a $$200 stipend or two CEUs through CSU East Bay. For more information and to register, visit kqedeastbay.eventbrite.com.

The Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz presents All You Need is Love, a museum-wide exhibition exploring the ways that love manifests in everyday lives. The exhibit includes pieces from the museum's permanent collection and work by over thirty artists including Joan Brown, Younhee Paik, Seyed Alavi, and Raymond Saunders. Each floor of the museum contains different installations, as well as interactive elements, such as making a collage for the wall in the creativity lounge. The exhibit runs from March 31 to July 29, 2012. The first and third Friday of every month has extended hours from 11am-9pm.

The Luggage Store Gallery presents Streetopia, a large-scale group exhibition to take place in venues throughout downtown San Francisco this coming May 18 through June 23. Curated by writer Erick Lyle, along with artists Chris Johanson and Kal Spelletich, Streetopia will bring neighborhood residents together with at least 132 artists, performers, writers, filmmakers, activists, thinkers, and public policy makers in venues in the heart of the city, to address the show's themes of Utopian aspiration for the city.

Push Dance Company commissioned British video artist Ben Wood and his collaborator technologist David Mark to present a 3D dance installation called, Bitter Melon. Steeped in the cultural histories of African American and Filipino San Francisco, the pair will capture creative conversations in live performance and three-dimensional film projection. Two large-scale 3D projectors will be placed on the concession buildings adjacent to Dewey Monument projecting a vibrant illuminated 3D image onto both sides of the monument.

Join teaching artists and educators from the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts and KQED's Arts Education program for a 3-day institute about dance and music traditions, and learn how to integrate the study of contemporary art into language arts, social studies, and arts classrooms. Participants will work with professional artists, engage with KQED media about local artists, and develop integrated lesson plans for use in their classrooms. This institute is free and open to K-12 educators and teaching artists. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a $$200 stipend or two CEUs through CSU East Bay. For more information and to register, visit kqedeastbay.eventbrite.com.