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Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., features a new display of 19 Japanese samurai dolls. The museum displays hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art, as well as 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 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.
<B>Silver Eye Center for Photography,</B> 1015 E. Carson St., will host an auction of fine art photographs at 10 a.m. Saturday. The auction includes original prints donated by artists and galleries from around the world. The items are on display through Friday at Silver Eye. Proceeds benefit Silver Eye, a nonprofit gallery for anyone interested in photography. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, or by appointment. Admission is free. Call 412-431-1810.<B>Waterworks 2008,</B> the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society annual member show, is on display through May 31 at the 3rd Street Gallery, 220 Third St. in the Carnegie section of Pittsburgh. The show is coordinated by Maria Kovalenko Leysens of Adams Township, who also has the painting "To Remember" in the show. Her watercolor won an honorable mention. The show was juried by Mark Klingler, scientific illustrator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. His work has appeared in international publications, museum exhibits, textbooks and Web sites. Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Call 412-276-5233 or visit the Web site, www.3rdstreetgallery.net.<B>Pittsburgh Glass Center</B>, 5472 Penn Ave., hosts a make-your-own glass flower for Mother's Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday for a $25 fee. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Call 412-365-2145.<B>North Hills Art Center</B>, 3432 Babcock Blvd. in Ross Township, is hosting Regional 2008, a multimedia, juried exhibit, through June 8. Admission and parking are free. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; closed Sundays. Call 412-364-3622.<B>Frick Art and Historical Center</B>, 7227 Reynolds St. in the Point Breeze section of Pittsburgh, is showing "Craig McPherson: Pittsburgh Drawings" through June 8. The Frick Art Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is free; docent-led tours are $5 each. Call 412-371-0600.<B>Andy Warhol Museum</B>, 117 Sandusky St., presents "Piet (Mondrian) in Pittsburgh" through Aug. 31, featuring 24 abstract paintings by the Dutch artist best known for his representations of rigid forms consisting of rectangular shapes of red, yellow, blue, or black, separated by thick, black, rectilinear lines. The large-scale, mixed media sculpture "Transformer: The Work of Glenn Kaino" also runs through Aug. 31. "Contemporary Prints from The Bank of New York Mellon Collection" and "Ceramic Explosion: The Work of Martin Klimas," both continue through June 1. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; closed Mondays. Admission is $15 for adults, $9 for senior citizens, $8 for children and students. Admission is half-price from 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays. Call 412-237-8300 or visit the Web site, www.warhol.org.<B>Society for Contemporary Craft</B>, 2100 Smallman St., presents "Voices," marking the 42nd year of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts' annual conference, at the Society for Contemporary Craft through June 7. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Call 412-261-7003.
<B>Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts</B>, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, presents its 35th Regional Juried Exhibition with 72 works from 50 artists. The exhibition continues through May 16. Alongside the 35th Hoyt Regional, the Sunroom Gallery contains an exhibition of works from Slippery Rock University's Art Seminar Class, featuring paintings, ceramics, photography, printmaking, digital media and metals. And featured in the Blair Sculpture Walkway gallery is the New Castle Camera Club's annual juried photography exhibition. The club has more than 65 members, including some from Butler. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call 724-652-2882, or visit the Web site, www.hoytartcenter.
