Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., in June is displaying samurai dolls. A Kusudama ornament origami class will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 7. Dixie Lipnichan, Japanese Language and World Cultures teacher at Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School, will instruct the adult origami class. Kusudama, which means medicine ball, is a ball-shaped ornament. The cost is $30 for nonmembers and $25 for members. All materials and lunch are included. Space is limited, and reservations are required. On display regularly are a netsuke exhibit, as well as 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 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.

Saxonburg Area Artists Cooperative, 215 Main St. rear, Saxonburg, features work by the 15 artists who are 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>Blue Heron Gallery</B>, 600 Main St., Volant, is showing fine art photography by Joseph Conti in "Autumn Road Portfolio" through June 27. "Collections," a selection of photographs by Kathy Chridon, also continues through June 27. 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>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>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 www.fiberartinternational.org.<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., announces a "Design Competition: New Cottages at Fallingwater" through Aug. 22. On display will be design proposals from six architectural firms for green, energy-efficient cottages to be built in the vicinity of Fallingwater at Mill Run, Fayette County. Also continuing is "Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper from the 18th through 20th Centuries" through Aug. 15. Regular 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. Regular admission, which includes the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, is $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens age 65 and older, and $11 for students with ID and children age 3 to 18, and free for members and children younger than 3. Call 412-622-3131 or visit the website, www.cmoa.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. American artists spanning the Hudson River School to American Impressionism are represented in these small-scale paintings. Admission to the art museum is free; however there are charges for docent-led tours 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.