Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., presents a spring garden lecture series beginning Saturday with a talk from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. by Dixie Lipnichan, Japanese Language and World Cultures teacher at Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School. She will present a lecture on the Symbolism of Asian Flowers. The day will consist of the lecture, a tour of the museum, and a luncheon. The cost for this event is $20 for nonmembers, and $15 for members. Reservations are required for this adults only event. The museum will show "King of Masks," another in the Chinese Film Series, at 7 p.m. April 20. Space is limited; reservations are required. Call 724-282-0123.

Bottlebrush Gallery, 539 Main St., Harmony, presents a third Friday event, "Growing Panes," by glass artist Molly Sotherden from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Call 724-452-0539 or visit the Web site, www.bottlebrushgallery.com.

<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, presents "Charles Basham: Paintings and Pastels" through April 23. 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, except holidays. Call 724-652-2882, or visit the Web site, www.hoytartcenter.

<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, opening with a reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at both locations. "Fiberart Forum: A Dialogue with the Artists" is planned for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Phipps Garden Center at Mellon Park. The exhibition, which continues through Aug. 22, is presented by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh. For more information, visit the Web site, www.fiberartinternational.org.<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., is showing "Imagining Home: Selections from the Heinz Architectural Center," more than 125 drawings, models, books and games that reveal ways the home has been envisioned over the last 200 years, through May 30. Continuing are "Caricature, Satire, and Comedy of Manners: Works on Paper from the 18th through 20th Centuries" through Aug. 15, "Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection" through June 13, "H_edge" by installation designer Cecil Balmond through May 30, and "The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs" through April 25. 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. 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.