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Associated Artists of Butler County group will open "Hot Pink: Art, Education, Awareness and Action" on Sunday. A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Continuing to be displayed is the "Art of Horror" exhibit. Regular hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. Call 724-283-6922 or visit www.theartcenterbutlerpa.net.

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. Visit the Web site, www.restassuredart.com.

<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>North Hills Art Center</B>, 3432 Babcock Blvd. in Ross Township, is hosting the annual Fall Membership Show through Oct. 23. This juried, multimedia show features works in watercolors, oils, pottery and fiber, among others. Admission and parking are free. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Call 412-364-3622 or visit the Web site, www.northhillsartcenter.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" through Jan. 18, 2009, in the museum's Heinz Architectural Center. "Abstract Art before 1950: Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs" on view in the Scaife Works on Paper gallery through Saturday. Continuing is "Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International," through Jan. 11, 2009. 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 birds, 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>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. Ward's pastel "Gotham City News" received a merit award. Artists from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C. submitted 368 entries. From these, only 58 pieces were accepted by juror Douglas Fogle, curator of contemporary art at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The exhibit will continue through Oct. 31. 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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