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An original painting called "Rest Assured" by Butler resident Willie Hobbs commemorating the crash of United Flight 93 in Somerset County on Sept. 11, 2001, is on display in Butler County Commissioner Dale Pinkerton's office in the county government building, 124 W. Diamond St. It will remain there until about 2011. Prints of the painting cost $20, of which 15 percent will be donated to the Flight 93 National Memorial Campaign. Other items featuring the painting are available. Visit the Web site, www.restassuredart.com.

<B>"In the Making: 250 Years/250 Artists"</B> is showing through Jan. 10, 2009, at Fe Arts Gallery, 4102 Butler St. in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh. Admission is free. This salon-style exhibition celebrates Pittsburgh's 250th birthday by featuring the work of 250 Southwestern Pennsylvania artists from fourteen counties. Representing Butler County are Debbie Kuminkoski, Akiko Kotani and Rhoda Taylor. Painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, glass, jewelry and fiber arts will be showcased, as well as work in less conventional mediums. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and some hours on holidays. Call 412-860-6028.<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., presents "Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes" opening Saturday in the museum's Heinz Architectural Center. The exhibit will continue through Jan. 18. "Abstract Art before 1950: Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs" on view in the Scaife Works on Paper gallery through Oct. 18. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, plus for the summer, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays as well. Closed major holidays. Admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens, and $11 for students and children age 3 and older. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.cmoa.org.<B>Pittsburgh Glass Center</B>, 5472 Penn Ave., presents Susan Taylor Glasgow's giant glass bird's, the focal point of her newest exhibition called "Absence Of Body" running through Jan. 9, 2009. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Call 412-365-2145.<B>Andy Warhol Museum</B>, 117 Sandusky St., is exhibiting two sections, "Detroit, Carbro Prints, 1958" and "Isn't That Amazing!, The Appeal and Spiel of Ronco and Popei"l as well as a selection of never before shown Warhol drawings from the 1950s, through Jan. 11, 2009. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; closed Mondays. Admission is $15 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, $8 for children and students. Admission is half-price from 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays. Call 412-237-8300 or visit the Web site, www.warhol.org.

<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, presents its annual Mid Atlantic exhibition featuring artwork by Michael Ward of Butler. Admission is free. New gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call 724-652-2882, or visit the Web site, www.hoytartcenter.

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