A collection of meta-art by Grass Valley illustrator Akira Beard, centered around art about art itself. While her drawings often depict jaggedly contorted human figures, the drips and splashes of her watercolor faces ooze like they’re alive and temporary. The gallery opens Friday, with another showing on Second Saturday. 1810 12th Street, www.facebook.com/1810gallery.
The popular Los Angeles traveling troupe mixes aerial acrobatics, fire dancing and neotribal performances with costumes that would win Best of Show at a steam punk convention, or maybe Burning Man (you know, I’m not really sure), and it’s all to a live soundtrack of bass-heavy rock and EDM.