Saturday marks the SOMA/downtown installment of SF Open Studios. All of the open galleries will be in the Eastern SOMA/Yerbua Buena area near SF MOMA -- the Yerba Buena neighborhood, if you will. Fourteen art galleries in the hood will open their doors for free art and free refreshments. Contemporary, emerging, and established artists will be featured at these galleries:

111 Minna Street Gallery (111 Minna)
871 Fine Arts (20 Hawthorne)
Baer Ridgway (172 Minna)
Catharine Clark Gallery (150 Minna)
Chandler Fine Art (170 Minna)
Crown Point Press (20 Hawthorne)
Fivepoints Arthouse (72 Tehama)
Modernism (685 Market)
Rayko Photo Center (427 Third)
Sculpturesite Gallery (201 Third)
SF Camerawork (657 Mission)
Varnish Fine Art (77 Natoma)
Visual Aid (116 New Montgomery)
UC Berkeley Extension Art and Design Center Gallery (95 Third Street)

The Gallery Walk starts from noon to 5 pm on Saturday. The day will climax in a Wine Tasting Reception in the Zappa Room at 111 Minna Gallery from 5pm to 7pm. At the tasting, the Bay Area Wine Association will showcase rare wines from various "boutique artisans." Whatever that means. Anyway, w suggested $10 donation is recommended for the tasting.