The Art Center, 344 S. Main St., will host "Kids ART Events" from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays through Jan. 3. Topics will be papier mache workshop, paper mosaics, origami, dance/creative movement, Steelers art cartoon workshop. Some have small fees; other are free. A Steelers' coloring contest for ages 6 to 13 is taking place through Dec. 4 with prizes awarded Dec. 5 during Holiday Show and Sale opening. The deadline for artists to submit works for the Holiday Show and Sale has been extended until Friday. Call 724-283-6922 or visit www.theartcenterbutlerpa.org.

Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., features a display of white elephants and other ivory pieces plus 19 Japanese samurai dolls and the permanent exhibits of hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art as well as Meissen porcelain. Regular museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and free for children younger than 8; children must be accompanied by an adult. Tours are led by trained docents and are available with advance notice. The museum also has a gift shop specializing in gifts and decorative art objects relating to China and Japan. Call 724-282-0123.

<B>North Hills Art Center</B>, 3432 Babcock Blvd., Ross Township, is hosting the Student and Instructor Art Show and Holiday Shop and Show through Jan. 8. 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, 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 14 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., will show the architectural etchings and engravings of "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Architecture and the Spaces of the Imagination" through Feb. 15. Continuing are "Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes" through Jan. 18, and "Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International," through Jan. 11. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; 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. 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" as well as a selection of never before shown Warhol drawings from the 1950s, through Jan. 11. 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 "A Very Beatles Christmas" in the decorated Period House on Dec. 9, featuring student created art, literature, live music and film, A Very Beatles Christmas will present the band as the musical iconoclasts of the 20th century amid holiday décor, home cooked holiday hors d'oeuvres and beverages. The event, which starts at 7 p.m., will cost $3 and will conclude about 9 p.m. Tickets are available in advance by calling 724-652-2882, or at the door. 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.