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Art Museums & Institutions African American Heritage Museum 661 Jackson Rd., Newtonville; 609-704-5495. www.aahmsnj.org. Tanya Murphy Dodd. Donations accepted. Leonard R. Wilkinson, Jr.. Donations accepted. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-3 pm.

Art Museums & Institutions

African American Heritage Museum

661 Jackson Rd., Newtonville; 609-704-5495.

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. Tanya Murphy Dodd. Donations accepted. Leonard R. Wilkinson, Jr.. Donations accepted. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-3 pm.

Barnes Foundation 300 North Latchs La., Merion Station; 610-667-0290. www.barnesfoundation.org. Docent-led Gallery Tours. Thru 8/31: Wed.-Sun. 9:30 am-5 pm. Sept.-June Fri.-Sun. 9:30 am-5 pm.

Brandywine River Museum Rte. 1 & Rte. 100, Chadds Ford; 610-388-2700. www.brandywinemuseum.org. Eye to Eye: Miniature Portraits From the Collection of Jamie Wyeth. John Haberle: American Master of Illusion. Tours of N.C. Wyeth House & Studio. Regular admission. Closes 6/27. Brandywine Heritage Galleries. Andrew Wyeth Gallery. N.C. Wyeth Gallery. Bayard & Mary Sharp Gallery. Daily 9:30 am-4:30 pm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation 315 Chestnut St.; 215-925-2178. www.chemheritage.org. Marvels & Ciphers: A Look Inside the Flask. Free. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm.

Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy., Wilmington; 302-571-9590. www.delart.org. Howard Pyle & His Students. John Sloan. American Art, 19th Century to the Present. The Copeland Sculpture Park. The Pastoral Vision: British Prints, 1800-Present. Haiti: A Tribute in Art. Less is More: Understanding the Need for Simplicity in Art. $10. Closes 6/16. $12; $10 seniors; $6 students & children 7-18; free for children 6 & under; $25 family of 4; free for everyone on Sun. Wed.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. noon-4 pm.

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington; 302-656-6466. www.thedcca.org/. Gabriela Bulisova: The Option of Last Resort. Free. Closes 5/30. Spectrum: Contemporary Color Abstraction. Free. Crash, Hush. Free. Closes 6/27. Tue., Thu.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Wed. & Sun. noon-5 pm.

The Fabric Workshop & Museum 1214 Arch St.; 215-568-1111. www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org. Duo-Chrome/Duotone: Ink to Light. Donation suggested: $3; free for children under 12. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-6 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-4 pm.

Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St.; 215-898-7108. www.icaphila.org. Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World). Free. Closes 6/6. Queer Voice. Free. Wed.-Fri. noon-8 pm, Sat.-Sun. 11 am-5 pm.

James A. Michener Art Museum 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. Contemporary Folklore. Closes 6/13. Ayami Aoyama. Closes 6/20. Icons of Costume: Hollywood's Golden Era & Beyond. Michelle Berkowitz: Contemporary Costumes. The Lenfest Exhibition of Pennsylvania Impressionism. $10; $9 seniors; $7.50 students;$5 youth 6-18; free for children under 6. Tue.-Fri.10 am-4:30 pm, Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm.

La Salle University - Art Museum 1900 W. Olney Ave.; 215-951-1221. www.lasalle.edu/museum. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. 2 pm-4 pm.

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts 1048 Washington St., Cape May; 609-884-5404. www.capemaymac.org/. $2; $1 children 3-12. .

Noyes Museum of Art - Hammonton Five S. Second St., Hammonton; 609-561-8006. www.noyesmuseum.org/hammonton.html. $4; $3 seniors, students; free for children under 6. Wed.-Fri. 10 am-5 pm; Sat. 10 am-6 pm.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N. Broad St.; 215-972-7600. www.pafa.org. Public Treasures/Private Visions. $15; $12 seniors and students; $10 children 5-18; free for children under 5. Closes 5/30. Painting Collection. Sculpture Collection. Robert Ryman: Philadelphia Prototype - 2002. Violet Oakley's Religious Art from the PAFA Collection. Este Es Mi Pais. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free for children under 5. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm.

Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. Arts of Bengal: Wives, Mothers, Goddesses. The Two Qalams: Islamic Arts of Pen & Brush. Closes 5/30. Willem Kalf & the Sumptuous Still Life. Closes 6/5. Informed by Fire: Highlights of American Ceramics. Arts of Bengal: Town, Temple, Mosque. Interactions in Clay: Contemporary Explorations of the Collection. Steve Keister: Ceramic Interactions. Closes 6/27. An Enduring Motif: The Pomegranate in Textiles. Closes 5/30. Notations/Forms of Contingency: New York & Turin, 1960's-1970's. Visions of Venice: Eighteenth-Century Prints From the Collection. Chinese Snuff Bottles. New York Dada. Family Gallery Tour. Closes 5/30. $14; $12 seniors; $10 students & youth 13-18; free for children 12 & under. Tue.-Thu., Sat.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm; Fri. 10 am-8:45 pm.

Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building Fairmount Ave.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. Inspiring Fashion: Gfits From Designers Honoring Tom Marotta. Closes 5/30. Marcel Wanders: Daydreams. Closes 6/13. Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal. Bruce Nauman: Giorni. Closes 5/30. Celebrating Picasso. Closes 6/6. $7. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm.

Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art 615 N. Broad St.; 215-627-6747. www.rodephshalom.org. Permanent Collection. Free. Judith Brodsky: Memoir of an Assimilated Family. Free. Closes 6/1. Mon.-Thu. 10 am-4 pm; Fri. 10 am-2 pm.

Rodin Museum Franklin Parkway at 22nd St.; 215-763-8100. www.rodinmuseum.org. Public Tours. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library 2008-2010 Delancey Pl.; 215-732-1600. www.rosenbach.org. Sue Johnson: Moore Adventures in Wonderland. Closes 6/6. Friend or Faux: Imitation & Invention From Innocent to Fraudulent. For Ruthie: Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak, and Their Young Philosophers. Closes 6/20. $10; $8 seniors; $5 students & youth; free for children under 5. Tue., Fri. noon-5 pm; Wed.-Thu. noon-8 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-6 pm; closed Mon. and holidays.

The Temple Judea Museum 8339 Old York Rd., Elkins Park; 215-887-2027. www.kenesethisrael.org/mus.htm. Mon.-Thu. 9 am-5 pm; Fri. 9 am-8 pm; Sun. 9:30 am-1 pm.

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion 319 East State St., Trenton; 609-989-3632. www.ellarslie.org. Ellarslie Open XXVIII. Free. Closes 6/20. Decorative Arts Collection. Free. Fine Arts Collection. Free. Historical Artifacts Collection. Free. History and Beauty: Valued Collections of the Trenton Museum. Free. Donation suggested: $5; $3 seniors & students. Tue.-Sat. 11 am-3 pm; Sun. 1-4 pm.

Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College Main St., Collegeville; 610-409-3500. www.ursinus.edu/berman. Donations accepted. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-4:30 pm. Closed Mon. & college holidays.

Woodmere Art Museum 9201 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-0476. www.woodmereartmuseum.org. Symbiosis: A Selection of 20th-Century Prints by Philadelphia Artists. Free. Closes 6/27. Shelley Thorstensen: Counterpoint - The Leap From Vision to Print. Art of the Story: Narrative Paintings. Free. Philadelphia Story. Free. Constructed Visions. Free. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 1-5 pm.

Galleries

Philadelphia

3rd Street Gallery

58 N. Second St.; 215-625-0993.

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. Edwina Brennan: New Works. Free. Closes 5/30. Ruth Hampton: Realistic/Imaginary Photographs. Free. Closes 5/30.

Allens Lane Art Center 601 W. Allens Ln.; 215-248-0546. www.allenslane.org. Linda Fry Goschke: The Birds of Carpenter's Woods. Free. Closes 6/11.

Artists' House Gallery 57 N. Second St.; 215-923-8440. www.artistshouse.com. Carolyn Pyfrom. Free. Closes 5/30. Saskia Ozols Eubanks. Free. Closes 5/30. Robert Sampson. Free. Closes 5/30. Patrick Crofton. Free. Closes 5/30. Group Exhibition. Free. Closes 6/27.

The Arts Garage 1516 Parrish St.; 215-765-2702. theartsgarage.com. Where It's At Wednesdays. Artiphax. Closes 6/24. Droppin Science. $5; $10 after 10:30 pm. Jamrock. Free. Closes 6/25. Therapy Session. $10. Closes 6/26.

Asian Arts Initiative 1219-1223 Vine St.; 215-557-0455. www.asianartsinitiative.org. The World Through Our Eyes. Donations accepted. Closes 6/25.

AxD Gallery (AlwaysbyDesign) 265 S. 10th St.; 215-627-6250. www.a-x-d.com. Sublime Nature. Closes 6/5.

Basekamp 723 Chestnut St., 2nd Fl.; 215-206-8176. www.basekamp.com. Plausible Artworlds. Free.

Center for Architecture 1218 Arch St.; 215-569-3186. www.philadelphiacfa.org. Walking Tour: Emergence of a Modern Metropolis. $15; $5 children under 12.

Cerulean Arts 1355 Ridge Ave.; 267-514-8647. www.ceruleanarts.com. Caution: Art in Here. Free. Closes 6/18.

The Clay Studio 139 N. 2nd St.; 215-925-3453. www.theclaystudio.org/. Small Favors V. Free. Closes 5/30. World's Greatest Dad. $45; $40 members. 5/29. 10 am-12 pm.

Crane Arts 1400 N. American St.; 215-232-3203. www.cranearts.com. Like a Moth to a Flame. Free. Closes 5/30.

Da Vinci Art Alliance 704 Catharine St.; 215-829-0466. www.davinciartalliance.org. Connections. Closes 5/29.

Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery 33rd St.; 215-895-2548. www.drexel.edu/westphal/gallery. Ni Una Mas: Not One More The Juarez Murders. Free.

Drexel University - Picture/Rincliffe Gallery 32nd & Chestnut St., 3rd Floor; 215-895-0480. www.drexel.edu/drexelcollection. Permanent Collection. Free.

Dupree Gallery 703 S. 6th St.; 215-413-3884. www.dupreestudiosinc.com. Adopt a Pig Group Show & Charity Event. Donations accepted. Closes 6/19.

Esther M. Klein Art Gallery 3600 Market St.; 215-966-6188. www.kleinartgallery.org. Jordan Griska: Nowhere Fast. Free. Closes 6/25.

F.A.N. Gallery 221 Arch St.; 215-922-5155. www.fanartgallery.com. Tim Conte: Recent Paintings. Free. Closes 5/29.

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery 1616 Walnut St., Ste. 100; 215-545-7562. www.fleisherollman.com. All Right- Still!. Free. Closes 6/12. Her Slip is Showing. Free. Closes 6/12.

The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design 20th St. & The Parkway; 215-965-4045. www.thegalleriesatmoore.org/. Project 35. Free. Secret Games: Wendy Ewald - Collaborations 1969-1999. Free. 5 Into 1 Annual Student Exhibition. Free. Closes 6/19. Project 35: Chapter 1. Free.

Gallery 339 339 South 21st St.; 215-731-1530. www.gallery339.com/. Expressway. Free. Closes 6/12. Andrea Modica: Minor League. Free. Closes 6/12.

Gallery51 51 N. 2nd St.; 215-413-3191. www.gallery51.net. Gallery 51 Collection. Free. Jane Steinsnyder: Pergamon Altered. Free. Closes 6/18.

Gallery Joe 302 Arch St.; 215-592-7752. www.galleryjoe.com/. Rob Matthews: It Fills Us. We Arrange It.. Free. Closes 6/26.

Highwire Gallery 2040 Frankford Ave.; 215-426-2685. www.highwiregallery.com. Jeff Waring: Becoming and Unbecoming. Free. Closes 5/30.

Indigo Arts 1400 N. American St. #104; 215-765-1041. www.indigoarts.com/. Frantz Zephirin: Art & Resilience. Free. Closes 6/5.

Larry Becker Contemporary Art 43 N. 2nd St.; 215-925-5389. www.artnet.com/lbecker.html. Max Cole: Light & Line. Free. Closes 6/5.

Lisa M. Reisman et Cie, LTD 1714 Rittenhouse Sq.; 215-735-2781. lisart.com. Toulouse-Lautrec: The Artist & His Circle. Free. Closes 5/29.

Locks Gallery 600 S. Washington Sq.; 215-629-1000. www.locksgallery.com. New Light. Free. Closes 5/28.

Muse Gallery 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com. Norman Soong. Closes 5/30. George Shinn. Closes 5/30. New Members Show. Free. Closes 6/27.

Newman Galleries 1625 Walnut St.; 215-563-1779. www.newmangalleries.com. Annual May Sale. Free. Closes 5/29.

Pageant Soloveev Gallery 607 Bainbridge St.; 215-925-1535. www.pageantsoloveev.com. Nick Lenker: The Destruction & Creation of Man. Free. Closes 5/29.

Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine St.; 215-925-9914. www.paintedbride.org. Anne-Marie Mulgrew & Dancers Co. & Human Landscape Dance: The Philadelphia/Washington DC Exchange. $20; $10 students and seniors. Closes 5/30.

Pentimenti Gallery 133 N. Second St.; 215-625-9990. www.pentimenti.com/. Margaret Murphy: Cameo. Closes 6/19. David Ambrose, Cecilia Biagini & Richard Roth: Superimpose!. Closes 6/19.

Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 S. 18th St.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections. Atticus Adams: Transcendental. Andrea Gaydos Landau: Control Point. Liebesfreud. Free. 5/28. 5:30 pm. Lotte Anker, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver Trio. $12. 6/2. 8 pm.

Philadelphia Folklore Project 735 S. 50th St.; 215-726-1106. www.folkloreproject.org/. Storied Objects. Free. Under Autumn Moon: Reclaiming Time & Space in Chinatown. Free.

Philadelphia Foundation - Community Art Gallery 1234 Market St., Ste. 1800; 215-563-6417. www.philafound.org. See Change: Photographs from the Leeway Foundation. Free.

Philadelphia International Institute (PII Gallery) 242 Race St.; 215-592-1022. www.piigallery.com. Marek Wojtowicz. Free. Closes 6/3.

Philadelphia Sketch Club 235 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9298. www.sketchclub.org. Dominic Loschiavo. Free. 2010 Workshops Exhibition. Free. Closes 5/29.

The Print Center 1614 Latimer St.; 215-735-6090. www.printcenter.org/. 84th Annual International Competition: Photography. Free.

Projects Gallery 629 N. 2nd St.; 267-303-9652. www.projectsgallery.com/. Susan B. Howard: Tipping Point. Free. Closes 5/29.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries 122 N. 3rd St.; 215-592-0232. www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com/. Sandra Hoffman: Eloquence of Nature. Free. Closes 5/30. Rachel Bess: Nature: Captured and Created. Free. Sarah Hunter: On Birds of Passage. Free.

Sande Webster Gallery 2006 Walnut St.; 215-636-9003. www.sandewebstergallery.com/. Barbara Schaff: Spontaneous Nature. Free. Closes 5/29. Mark Wallison: Illumination. Free. Closes 5/29.

Seraphin Gallery 1108 Pine St.; 215-923-7000. www.seraphingallery.com. I Can't Get You Out of My Mind. Free. Closes 6/22.

The Slingluff Gallery 11 W. Girard Ave.. www.slingluffgallery.com. Mikey Welsh. Free. Closes 5/30.

Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut St.; 215-701-4627. slought.org. Commercial America. Free. Closes 6/12. Darcy Lange: Work Studies in Schools. Free. Closes 6/12. An Ordinall of Alchimy. Free. Closes 6/12.

Smile Cafe & Gallery 105 S. 22nd St.; 215-564-2502. www.kens-art.com. Scapes and Circumspections. Free. Closes 6/7.

Twenty-Two Gallery 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-772-1911. twenty-twogallery.com/. Light and Despair: Works by Valerie Carroll & Adrienne B. Jenkins. Free. Closes 6/6.

University of the Arts - Gallery 1401 211 S. Broad St., 14th Fl.; 215-717-6300. www.uarts.edu. Barbara Yoshida: Megaliths/Night/Sky. Free.

University of the Arts - Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery 333 S. Broad St.; 215-717-6480. www.uarts.edu/see-do/rwg.html. Annual Student Exhibition. Free. Closes 5/29.

University of the Arts - Sol Mednick Gallery 211 S. Broad St., 15th Fl.; 215-717-6300. www.uarts.edu. Brace for Impact: The Aftermath of Flight 1549. Free.

Vox Populi 319 A N. 11th St., 3rd Fl.; 215-238-1236. www.voxpopuligallery.org. Gabriel Boyce: Owning Cats. Closes 5/30. Julianna Foster & Lori Spencer: Fair Ophelia. Closes 5/30. Nike Desis: Collect Call. Closes 5/30. Bryan Graf: The Sun Room. Closes 5/30. Margaret Murphy: Cameo. Closes 6/19. David Ambrose, Cecilia Biagini & Richard Roth: Superimpose!. Closes 6/19.

Wexler Gallery 201 N. 3rd St.; 215-923-7030. www.wexlergallery.com/. Thomas Hucker & Thomas Huang. Free. Closes 6/26. Lisa Tyson Ennis. Free. Closes 6/26.

Wood Turning Center 501 Vine St.; 215-923-8000. www.woodturningcenter.org. Magic Realism: Material Illusions.

Pennsylvania suburbs

Abington Art Center

515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown; 215-887-4882.

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. Solo Series 2010: Judy Engle - Collage. Donations accepted. Solo Series 2010: Alison Stigora - Sculpture & Drawing. Donations accepted. Solo Series 2010: Atsuko Tajima - Sculptural Paintings on Glass. Donations accepted. Solo Series 2010: Jay Walker - Wood Sculpture. Donations accepted.

The Art Trust 16 W. Market St., West Chester; 484-467-1664. www.thearttrust.com. Drawings. Closes 5/31.

Barnstone Gallery 388 W. Pothouse Rd., Phoenixville; 610-917-0140. www.barnstonegallery.com. Human Form: Creating a Narrative. Free. Closes 5/29.

Langman Gallery 2500 Moreland Rd., Willow Grove; 215-657-8333. www.langmangallery.com. Elizabeth Fram: Translations. Free. Closes 5/31. Wheels, Wire & Whimsy from the Jersey Shore. Free.

Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S. Valley Forge Rd., Devon; 610-688-8332. www.mluc.org. Member Art Show. Free. Closes 5/30.

New Hope Arts Center 2 Stockton Ave., New Hope; 215-862-9606. www.newhopeartsinc.org. Annual Indoor Sculpture Show. Free. Closes 6/12.

Pebble Hill Art Gallery 320 Edison-Furlong Rd., Doylestown; 215-348-3428. pebblehillchurch.org/. Cindy Greb: The Spirit of All Things. Free. Closes 5/30.

Pennswood Village Art Gallery 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Rd., Newtown; 215-968-9110. Leonard Stokes: Faux-tography. Free.

Stover Mill Gallery 852 River Road, Rte. 32, Erwinna; 610-294-9420. Douglas Sardo: Pastels. Free. Closes 5/30.

New Jersey

Artists' Gallery

18 Bridge St., Lambertville; 609-397-4588.

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. Beatrice Bork and Paul Grecian: Wild Together. Free. Closes 6/6.

Atlantic City Art Center New Jersey Ave. and the Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-347-5837. www.acartcenter.org/. Members Invitational Exhibit. Free. Closes 5/30.

Gallery 125 125 S. Warren St., Trenton; 609-989-9119. www.trenton-downtown.com/gallery125. Art for Art's Sake. Free. Closes 6/5.

Gallery 50 50 E. Commerce St., Bridgeton; 856-575-0090. www.gallery50.org. Michelle Post: 34 Years of Printmaking. Free. Closes 5/28.

Home Fine Art 2 Church St., Mount Holly; 609-261-8634. www.homefineart.org. Canyons and Critters: Flora and Fauna of the Southwest. Free. Closes 5/30.

Perkins Center for the Arts 395 Kings Hwy., Moorestown; 856-235-6488. www.perkinscenter.org. Members & Faculty Exhibit. Free. Closes 6/20.

Delaware

Gallery 919 Market

919 Market St., Wilmington; 302-229-3266. Carol Tippit Woolworth: Here & There. Free. Closes 5/28.

Hardcastle Gallery 5714 Kennett Pike, Greenville; 302-655-5230. www.hardcastlegallery.com. Jean Diver: Poetry in Motion. Free. Closes 5/31.

Somerville Manning Gallery Breck's Mill, 2nd Floor, Greenville; 302-652-0271. www.somervillemanning.com/. American Masters: Art of the 19th, 20th & 21st-Century. Free. Closes 6/5.