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The Art Center, 344 S. Main St., has classes for children, youths and adults. Renovations are taking place during August. Call 724-283-6922 or visit www.aabcArtCenter.com.
Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., displays hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art and Meissen porcelain. Regular 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 age 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.
Saxonburg Area Artists Cooperative, 215 Main St. rear, Saxonburg, features work by the 15 artists currently members of the cooperative, including paintings, photography, fiber arts, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, drawings, stained glass and digital arts. Summer hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sundays. Call 412-260-5779 or 412-849-4648.
<B>Silver Eye Center for Photography,</B> 1015 E. Carson St., presents exhibitions by Maggie Taylor and Abelardo Morell, each highlighting a singular reinterpretation of the 150-year-old story of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," through Aug. 21. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission is free. Call 412-431-1810 or visit www.silvereye.org.<B>Frick Art and Historical Center</B>, 7227 Reynolds St. in Point Breeze, is showing "Small But Sublime: Intimate 19th Century American Landscapes" through Sept. 5. Admission to the art museum is free as always; there is a fee for a tour of Clayton, the former home of Henry Clay Frick. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays and major holidays. Call 412-371-0600.<B>Society for Contemporary Crafts</B>, 2100 Smallman St., and <B>Pittsburgh Center for the Arts</B>, 6300 Fifth Ave., are hosting the 2010 Fiberart International, an exhibition of contemporary fiber art, through Aug. 22, as presented by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh. For more information, visit the website, www.fiberartinternational.org.
