Museum and gallery events

African American Heritage Museum

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

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. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-3 pm.

Barnes Foundation 300 North Latchs La., Merion Station; 610-667-0290. www.barnesfoundation.org. $15 (reservations required), free for active duty military families 5/30-9/5. Thu.-Sun. 9:30 am-5 pm.

Brandywine River Museum Rte. 1 & Rte. 100, Chadds Ford; 610-388-2700. www.brandywinemuseum.org. Brandywine Heritage Galleries. Andrew Wyeth Gallery. N.C. Wyeth Gallery. Bayard & Mary Sharp Gallery. Comic Catharsis: A Gift of Cartoons by William Steig. Closes 3/11. Art & Nature. 3/14. 11 am. $12; $6 seniors, students & children 6-12; free under 6 & for all Sun. until noon. Daily 9:30 am-4:30 pm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation 315 Chestnut St.; 215-925-2178. www.chemheritage.org. The Whole of Nature & the Mirror of Art. 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 Storyteller's Art: Reimagining America Through Illustration. A Secret Book of Designs: The Burne-Jones Flower Book. Beyond Words: The Symbolic Language of Plants. Closes 4/8. Tales of Folk & Fairies: The Life & Work of Katharine Pyle. Highlights Tour. Exhibition Tour. $12; $10 seniors; $6 children 7-18; free 6 & under, everyone on Sun.; $25 family of 4. 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/. The Dufala Brothers: New Work. Intimate Constructions. Anne Oldach & Emily Artinian: Transactions. Closes 4/1. Under Construction: Part 1. Under Construction: Part II. Contraption: Devices in Art. Erin Murray: Municipalia. Dufala Brothers: New Work. Free. Tue., Thu.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Wed. & Sun. noon-5 pm.

The Fabric Workshop & Museum 1214 Arch St.; 215-568-8888. www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org. Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey. Donation suggested: $3; free under 12. Mark Bradford: Geppetto. Jennifer Steinkamp: The Death of the Moth. Donation suggested: $3; free under 12. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-6 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-5 pm.

Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St.; 215-898-7108. www.icaphila.org. Jennifer Bolande: Landmarks. Closes 3/11. Excursus II: East of Borneo. Closes 3/25. First Among Equals. 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. The Painterly Voice: Bucks County's Fertile Ground. Closes 4/1. The Lenfest Exhibition of Pennsylvania Impressionism. Visual Heritage of Bucks County. Mavis Smith: Hidden Realities. Have Gags, Will Travel: The Life & Times of a New York Cartoonist. $10; $9 seniors; $7.50 students; $5 youth 6-18; free 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. Jane Irish: War Is Not What You Think. Closes 3/29. Donations accepted. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. 2-4 pm by appointment.

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts 1048 Washington St., Cape May; 609-884-5404. www.capemaymac.org/. Wendel White: Schools for the Colored. Free.

Noyes Museum of Art - Hammonton 5 S. Second St., Hammonton, NJ; 609-561-8006. www.noyesmuseum.org/hammonton.html. Tue.-Wed. 11 am-6 pm; Thu. 1-9 pm; Fri.-Sat. 11 am-7 pm.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Historic Landmark Building 118-128 N. Broad St.; 215-972-7600. www.pafa.org. George Tooker's Highway. American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Reloaded. Moe Brooker: The Evidence of Things Not Seen. Cynthia Norton: Freedom Rings Placed Within. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free members & under 5; free for Morris Gallery & ground floor. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Samuel M.V. Hamilton Building 118-128 N. Broad St.; 215-972-7600. www.pafa.org. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit. $15; $12 seniors and students; free under 12. After Henry Tanner: African American Artists Since 1940. $15; $12 seniors and students; free under 12. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free members & under 5. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm.

Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building Fairmount Ave.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion. Closes 3/25. Collab: Four Decades of Giving Modern & Contemporary Design. Ted Hallman, Sheila Hicks & Jim Hodges: Secret Garden. Kenny Schachter: Zaha Hadid's Z-Car. Free. 3/9. 5:30-7:30 pm. 35mm: Photographs from the Collection. $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. Carnival City: The Wondrous World of Esther Hamerman. Closes 3/19. Free. Mon.-Thu. 10 am-4 pm; Fri. 10 am-2 pm.

Rodin Museum Franklin Parkway at 22d St.; 215-763-8100. www.rodinmuseum.org. Donation suggested: $3. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library 2008-10 Delancey Pl.; 215-732-1600. www.rosenbach.org. Pen to Publisher: The Life of Three Sendak Picture Books. $10; $8 seniors; $5 students & youth 5-18; free 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. Historic Textiles: Contemporary Conversation. Free. Uncommon Threads. Free. Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5 pm.

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion 319 E State St., Trenton; 609-989-3632. www.ellarslie.org. Decorative Arts Collection. Fine Arts Collection. Historical Artifacts Collection. 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. Modern Impressions: Japanese Prints from the Berman & Corazza Collections. Closes 3/25. Picture Making: Recent Acquisitions in Photography. Holding the Eyes & Soul: Object & Viewer in 2012. Closes 4/1. 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. Selections From the Charles Knox Smith Collection. Free. Elaine Kurtz: A Retrospective. Elemental: Nature as Language in the Works of Philadelphia Artists. Seeing Is Believing: The Sorcery of Elaine Kurtz. $15; $10 members. 3/10. 3-4 pm. Special exhibits: $10; $7 seniors; free children and students. Select galleries: free. Tue.-Thu. 10 am-5 pm; Fri. 10 am-8:45 pm; Sat. 10 am-6 pm; Sun. 10 am-5 pm.

3rd Street Gallery

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

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. Viewpoints. Free. Closes 4/1.

Allens Lane Art Center 601 W. Allens Ln.; 215-248-0546. www.allenslane.org. Michael Rossman: Two Decades of Drawings. Free. Closes 3/23. Something Wicked This Way Comes. $18 advance; $20 day of show. Closes 3/24.

Art in City Hall 116 City Hall; 215-686-9912. www.phila.gov/artincityhall. Artist Exchange. FiberPhiladelphia: Meta-Fiber. Free.

Asian Arts Initiative 1219-23 Vine St.; 215-557-0455. www.asianartsinitiative.org. Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986. Free. Closes 3/23.

B Square Gallery 614 S. 9th St.; 215-625-0692. www.bsquaregallery.com. Not a Stitch. Free.

Bridgette Mayer Gallery 709 Walnut St.; 215-413-8893. www.bridgettemayergallery.com. Nathan Pankratz: Over the Urubamba. Free. Closes 3/31.

Center for Architecture 1218 Arch St.; 215-569-3186. www.philadelphiacfa.org. Walking Tour: Emergence of a Modern Metropolis. $15; $5 under 12. Closes 3/31.

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists 1521 Locust St.; 215-546-7775. www.cfeva.org/. Thread of Thought. Free. Closes 3/23.

Cerulean Arts 1355 Ridge Ave.; 267-514-8647. www.ceruleanarts.com. Michael Rossman: Ten Thousand Storms. Free. Closes 3/31. Jill A. Rupinski: Still Standing. Closes 3/31.

Chestnut Hill Gallery 8117 Germantown Ave.; 215-248-2549. www.chestnuthillgallery.com. The American Color Print Society. Closes 3/24. Opening Reception: The American Color Print Society. 3/10. 6-8 pm.

The Clay Studio 139 N. Second St.; 215-925-3453. www.theclaystudio.org/. Melissa Mytty: Slightly Off Kilter. Free. Closes 3/31. Small Favors VII. Free. Closes 4/1. Andrea Keys Connell: ... Gently Down the Stream ... Free.

Crane Arts 1400 N. American St.; 215-232-3203. www.cranearts.com. FiberPhiladelphia: Distinguished Educators. Degrees of Abstraction. Closes 4/1. Sarah Wondrack: Modified Familiarities. Free. Closes 4/1.

Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery 3215 Market St.; 215-895-2548. www.drexel.edu/westphal/gallery. Architecture: Drexel Faculty and Alumni Show. Free. Closes 3/16.

F.A.N. Gallery 221 Arch St.; 215-922-5155. www.thefangallery.com. Charles Newman: New Paintings. Free. Closes 3/31.

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery 1616 Walnut St., Ste. 100; 215-545-7562. www.fleisherollman.com. You, Me, We, She. Free. Closes 3/31.

The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design 20th St. & The Parkway; 215-965-4045. www.thegalleriesatmoore.org. Philagrafika: Doing Time/Depth of Surface. Free. Closes 3/17. A Circumstantial Assembly. Closes 3/17. Shizuko Kimura: The Poetics of Form. Closes 3/17. Materiality: Annual Alumnae Exhibition. Free. Closes 3/17.

Gallery51 51 N. 2d St.; 215-413-3191. www.gallery51.net. Gallery 51 Collection. Free.

Gallery Joe 302 Arch St.; 215-592-7752. www.galleryjoe.com/. Mia Rosenthal: American Landscapes. Sharka Hyland: Show, Don't Tell. Free.

Gross McCleaf Gallery 127 S. 16th St.; 215-665-8138. www.grossmccleaf.com. Local Habitations and a Name. Free. Closes 3/28.

Icebox Project Space 1400 N. American St.; 215-782-2718. www.cranearts.com/?page_id=11. FiberPhiladelphia: Outside/Inside the Box. Free.

Indigo Arts 1400 N. American St. #104; 215-765-1041. www.indigoarts.com/. Indigo at Indigo: Indigo-dyed Textiles from Africa. Free.

Larry Becker Contemporary Art 43 N. 2d St.; 215-925-5389. www.artnet.com/lbecker.html. Jon Poblador: Living Mountain. Free. Closes 3/31.

LGTripp Gallery 47-49 N. 2nd St.; 215-923-3110. www.lgtrippgallery.com. Works on Paper & Metal Sculptures. Free. Closes 3/31.

Locks Gallery 600 S. Washington Sq.; 215-629-1000. www.locksgallery.com. Orit Hofshi: Pharos. Louise Nevelson. Free.

Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center (MRAC) 419 Green La.; 215-482-3363. www.mrartcenter.org. Francesco Sessa & Ronald W. Howard. Donations accepted. Closes 3/25.

Muse Gallery 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com. Sara Horne: Rhythm. Free. Closes 4/1.

Old City Jewish Art Center (OCJAC) 119 N. 3d St.; 215-923-1222. www.jewishartcenter.com/. Meet the Artists Reception. Free. 3/11. 2-4 pm.

Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine St.; 215-925-9914. www.paintedbride.org. Reforesting An Homage to Gil Ott. Free. Closes 3/17. Libbie Soffer: Clean Shirts & Dirty Laundry. Free. Closes 3/24.

Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 S. 18th St.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. Sondra Sherman: Found Subjects. Andrea Donnelly: Binary. A Sense of Place. Matthew Shipp Trio. $15. 3/9. 8 pm.

Philadelphia Foundation - Community Art Gallery 1234 Market St., Ste. 1800; 215-563-6417. www.philafound.org. ArtWell: Ten Years of Poetry, Art & Possibility. Free.

The Plastic Club 247 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9324. www.plasticclub.org. Small Worlds. Free. Closes 3/23.

The Print Center 1614 Latimer St.; 215-735-6090. www.printcenter.org/. Robert Asman: Silver Mine. Free. Closes 3/31.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries 122 N. 3rd St.; 215-592-0232. www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com. Michael Cole Manley: Commuterscapes & Expectations. Free. Closes 4/1.

Rosenfeld Gallery 113 Arch St.; 215-922-1376. www.therosenfeldgallery.com. Sawdust Fired Ceramics. Closes 3/25. Graphite Drawings. Closes 3/25. Batik Paintings. Free. Closes 3/25.

Seraphin Gallery 1108 Pine St.; 215-923-7000. www.seraphingallery.com. Rebecca Saylor Sack - Albatross. Free. Closes 3/25.

Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut St.; 215-701-4627. slought.org. John Cage: How to Get Started. Donations accepted.

Snyderman-Works Gallery 303 Cherry St.; 215-238-9576. www.snyderman-works.com/. 8th International Fiber Biennial. Free.

Twenty-Two Gallery 236 S. 22d St.; 215-772-1911. twenty-twogallery.com/. Eric N. Fausnacht: Fowl Images. Free. Closes 4/8.

Vox Populi 319 A N. 11th St., 3d Fl.; 215-238-1236. www.voxpopuligallery.org. Christopher P. McManus: Got It. Closes 4/1. Roxana Perez-Mendez: 24K (24 Quilates). Closes 4/1. Jonathan Prull: Unapologize. Closes 4/1. Kate Stewart: Provisions. Free. Closes 4/1.

Wexler Gallery 201 N. 3d St.; 215-923-7030. www.wexlergallery.com/. Howard Werner & Michelle Stuhl. Free.

The Center for Art in Wood 141 N. 3d St.; 215-923-8000. centerforartinwood.org. Turning to Art in Wood: A Creative Journey. Donations accepted.

Abington Art Center

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

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. Solo Series 2012. Donations accepted. Closes 3/25.

The Art Trust 16 W. Market St., West Chester; 484-467-1664. www.thearttrust.com. Ethereal Material. Free. Closes 3/26.

Bucks County Community College - Hicks Art Center Gallery 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown; 215-504-8531. ww.bucks.edu/news/culture/hicks. Eleanor Bystrom, Daniel Gerwin & H. John Thompson: There's a Place. Free. Closes 3/10.

Pennswood Village Art Gallery 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Rd., Newtown; 215-968-9110. Suzanne Douglass. Free.

Rosemont College - Lawrence Gallery 1400 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr; 610-527-0200. www.rosemont.edu/news/events/blogs/index.php/f. Volcano/Kaboom. Free. Closes 3/9. Narratives and Portraits. Free.

Tyme Gallery 17 W. Eagle Rd., Havertown; 610-853-1215. www.tymegallery.com. Amira Dvorah: Secret Chi of Horses & Flowers.

Wayne Art Center 413 Maplewood Ave., Wayne; 610-688-3553. www.wayneart.org. Expressions of Radnor. Free. Closes 3/24. Decorative Objects From Chanticleer. Free. Closes 3/10. Young at Art. Free. Closes 3/24. Cooking Demo With Xilantro Restaurant. $10. 3/12. 6-8:30 pm.

Artists' Gallery

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

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. Inside Out: Reflections of Human Experience in the Environment. Free. Closes 4/1.

Hammonton Arts Center 219 Bellevue Ave., Hammonton; 609-567-5306. www.hammontonartscenter.org. Listeners Lounge. Closes 3/30.

Home Fine Art Gallery 2 Church St., Mount Holly; 609-261-8634. www.homefineart.org. Flowers, Plus. Free. Closes 4/1.

Rago Arts & Auction Center 333 N. Main St., Lambertville; 609-397-9374. www.ragoarts.com. Walk-In Appraisal Days. Free.

Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts 22 N. High St., Millville; 856-327-4500. www.riverfrontcenter.org. Herstory 2012: Ladies of Leonardo. Free. Closes 3/10. This is My Home. Free. Closes 3/10.

Rowan University - Art Gallery 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro; 856-256-4521. www.rowan.edu/fpa/artgallery. Willie Cole: Deep Impressions. Free. Closes 3/10.

Delaware College of Art & Design

600 N. Market Street, Wilmington; 302-622-8000.

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. Annual Student Exhibition. Free. Closes 3/17.

Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art 406 Federal St., Dover; 302-674-2111. www.biggsmuseum.org/. Jewels of the Generations. Free.

Somerville Manning Gallery Breck's Mill, 2nd Floor, Greenville; 302-652-0271. www.somervillemanning.com/. Michael Doyle, Francis Gregory Di Fronzo & Christine Lafuente: Earth, Sea & Sky. Free. Closes 4/7.