The Art Center, 344 S. Main St., continues the annual holiday show and sale through Dec. 31. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Call 724-283-6922 or visit www.butlerartcenter.net.

Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., houses a recently renovated netsuke exhibit, as well as hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art and 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 objects relating to China and Japan. Call 724-282-0123.

<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, continues "The Shape of Life with Eva Zeisel," who was a spirited Hungarian woman who brought an original brand of modernism to the ceramic industry, through Dec. 31. The exhibit contains more than 100 examples of pottery, glass and furniture design collected by the Erie Art Museum to represent the 70-year career of the artist, who at 103, is still active. Also featured through Dec. 31 is the Hoyt Artists Association's annual holiday show and sale. Admission is free. 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, except holidays. Call 724-652-2882, or visit the Web site, www.hoytartcenter.<B>Blue Heron Gallery</B>, 600 Main St., Volant, is featuring Betsy Hughes' "Cobblestone Village" of garden figures through Dec. 27 and Nancy Connelly"s "Pastels and Paintings" through Jan. 24. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, except holidays. Call 724-652-0752.

<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., in the Hall of Architecture is featuring Neapolitan Presepio, the Italian Nativity scene, through Jan. 10. The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries for decorative arts has been newly reopened after a closure of almost 10 years. The galleries contain some 500 examples of American and European decorative art and design from the mid-18th century through the present day. "Palm Springs Modern: Photographs by Julius Shulman" continues through Jan. 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with additional hours until 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon to 5 p.m. 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, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the Web site, www.cmoa.org.<B>Frick Art and Historical Center</B>, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, is presenting "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art" through Jan. 3. Holiday tours of Clayton, the former home of Henry Clay Frick, are also available through Jan. 3. The Frick is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission is free, however there are charges for the Clayton tours. Call 412-371-0600.<B>North Hills Art Center</B>, 3432 Babcock Blvd., Ross Township, is hosting its student and teacher art show through Jan. 6, Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Admission and parking are free. Call 412-364-3622 or visit the Web site, www.northhillsartcenter.com.<B>Society for Contemporary Crafts</B>, 2100 Smallman St., features "Transformation 7: Contemporary Works in Wood, the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize Exhibition" through Jan. 2. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and by appointment Mondays; closed holidays. Call 412-261-7003.