Like sudden, vibrant wildflowers, art shows are popping up all over. The drought is on Spring Break. MFA shows and a new art season are here.

Get your fill of art, art and more art at the local MFA openings:

Mills College
“Between You and Me”
May 2−30, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 1, 6:00−9:00 pm
Mills College Art Museum
(Last year, I popped into Dana Hemenway’s studio; she was working on some amazing, tiny porcelain reproductions of things like picture hangers. A great maker of odd objects.)

U.C. Berkeley
“No Right Angles”
May 21, 2010 – June 20, 2010
Berkeley Art Museum

S.F. Art Institute
May 15-22, 2010, daily from 12:00 to 6:00pm
Vernissage: Friday, 14 May 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00pm
Herbst Pavilion, Fort Mason, SF

[Oops! The SF State one just passed?]

CCA
May 6-15, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Opening reception: May 6, 6-9 p.m.
CCA’s San Francisco campus
(I’m attracted to Hillary Wiedemann’s perceptual experiments, and strong photography by Josef Jacques and Suné Woods. Full disclosure: I’m participating in the Curatorial Practice MFAs’ concurrent opening.)