THE ARTISTIC TOUCH
Associated Artists of Butler County is presenting its annual Spring Show through June 10 at the AABC Art Center, 344 S. Main St. Admission is free. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Call 724-283-6922.
The Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., features hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art plus an exhibit of Chinese and German porcelains. The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and free for children 8 and younger; children must be accompanied by an adult. Tours are led by trained docents and are available with advance notice. The museum also has a shop specializing in gifts and decorative art objects relating to China and Japan. The building is handicapped-accessible. Call 724-282-0123.
<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B> is exhibiting "On Paper III: Selections from the Permanent Collection," an extensive and diverse assemblage of prints, watercolors, drawings and photographs, through Oct. 9. Continuing is "kid size: The Material World of Childhood" through Sept. 4 and "Michael Maltzan: Alternate Ground" through June 12 at the museum, 4400 Forbes Ave. in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for senior citizens as well as children 3 to 18 and full-time students with ID; children younger than 3 are admitted free. Parking in the museum's garage is hourly on weekdays and a flat rate on weekends. Call 412-622-3131.<B>Associated Artists of Pittsburgh</B> present the work of regional artists through June 19 at the Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St. on the North Shore. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays. Admission is free. Call 412-648-2423.<B>Frick Art and Historical Center</B>, 7227 Reynolds St. in the Point Breeze section of Pittsburgh, continues "American Beauty: Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1770-1920" through June 12. The exhibit features more than 90 works that trace the development of American art and uniquely American definitions of beauty. The exhibition includes work by John Singleton Copley; Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Edwin Church; American impressionists Mary Cassatt, Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase; realist Thomas Eakins; and Winslow Homer, who redefined the American genre scene. Admission to the art museum is free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays and major holidays. Call 412-371-0600.<B>Wood Street Galleries</B>, 601 Wood Street above the T Station, hosts the premiere exhibit of "Music Video: 1982-2000," the first major retrospective of its kind documenting the development of music video as an art form. Guest curated by Ed Steinberg of ROCKAMERICA, this exhibit features more than 170 videos, through June 18. Admission is free. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and noon to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Call 412-471-5605<B>Pittsburgh Center for the Arts</B> is featuring "The Biennial" and "Master Visual Artists V" through Aug. 21. "The Biennial" focuses on the essence of the creative process: play. A whimsical garden path and interactive carnival games are just two examples of the range of interpretation of this theme. Running concurrently is "Master Visual Artists V," an exhibit featuring 10 master artists and crafters whose work continues to have a strong influence in Western Pennsylvania. Admission is $4. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $4. Call 412-361-0873.<B>Four etchings by legendary Dutch artist Rembrandt Van Rijn</B> 1606-1669) will be on display beginning today at the Renaissance Gallery of Fine Art, 428 Washington Ave., Carnegie. The exhibit continues through June. The etchings are the focus of an exhibit featuring the style of the Old Masters. These four rare images are from a series of eight and comprise the sixth and final striking of original copper plates produced by Rembrandt between 1630 and 1648. They are entitled "Man Wearing a High Cap" (1630), "The Artist's Mother" (1631), "The Card Player" (1641) and "Self Portrait" (1648). Call 412-279-0411.
<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, in cooperation with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, presents the exhibit "Schindler" through July 7. The exhibition tells the story of Oskar Schindler, the German-Catholic industrialist who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. His life was the subject of the film, "Schindler's List." Performances of "Voices of the Holocaust" will take place at 8 p.m. today and at 7 p.m. Sunday at the New Castle Playhouse, 202 E. Long Ave.Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; closed Sundays and Mondays. Admission is free, though donations will be accepted. Group tours are welcome. Call 724-652-2882.
