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Art Museums & Institutions African American Heritage Museum 661 Jackson Rd., Newtonville; 609-704-5495. www.aahmsnj.org. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-3 pm. Brandywine River Museum Rte. 1 & Rte. 100, Chadds Ford; 610-388-2700. www.brandywinemuseum.org. Brandywine Heritage Galleries. Andrew Wyeth Gallery. Wyeth House & Studio. Regular admission. A Painter's View: The Andrew Wyeth Studio. $12; $6 seniors, stude

Art Museums & Institutions

African American Heritage Museum

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

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

Brandywine River Museum Rte. 1 & Rte. 100, Chadds Ford; 610-388-2700. www.brandywinemuseum.org. Brandywine Heritage Galleries. Andrew Wyeth Gallery. Wyeth House & Studio. Regular admission. A Painter's View: The Andrew Wyeth Studio. $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, A Secret Book of Designs: The Burne-Jones Flower Book. Closes 4/22. Tales of Folk & Fairies: The Life & Work of Katharine Exhibition Tour. $12; $10 seniors; $6 children 7-18; free for children 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. Free. Closes 5/13. Intimate Constructions. Free. Sallie Ketcham & Caroline Chen: A Conversation. Free. Closes 4/29. 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 for children under 12. Closes 5/6. Donation suggested: $3; free for children 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. First Among Equals. Free. Stefan Sagmeister: The Happy Show. 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 Lenfest Exhibition of Pennsylvania Impressionism. Visual Heritage of Bucks County.Offering of the Angels: Treasures From the Uffizi Gallery. $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. Andy Warhol: Portraiture & the Business of Art. Donations accepted. Free; donations accepted. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm.

Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts 1048 Washington St., Cape May; 609-884-5404. www.capemaymac.org/.

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. American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Reloaded. Closes 4/29. PAFA & Dr. Barnes. Ray Yoshida: Of, To & From. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free for members & children 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. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free for members & children 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. Collab: 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. Rachel Kanter: The New Sacred. 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 2008-2010 Delancey Pl.; 215-732-1600. www.rosenbach.org. Pen to Publisher: The Life of Three Sendak Picture Books. Hands-on Tours. $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. Picture Making: Recent Acquisitions in Photography. Annual Student Exhibition. Closes 5/11. 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. Closes 4/22. Panel Discussion: Nature and Materiality. $15; $10 members. 4/21. 3-4:30 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.

Galleries

Philadelphia

3rd Street Gallery

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

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. FiberPhiladelphia: Melissa Maddonni Haims & Carol Wisker - Strings + Things. Free. Closes 4/29.

Allens Lane Art Center 601 W. Allens Ln.; 215-248-0546. www.allenslane.org. Sandi Pierantozzi & Neil Patterson: Neighborhood Potters. Free. Closes 4/27.

Art in City Hall 116 City Hall; 215-686-9912. www.phila.gov/artincityhall. FiberPhiladelphia: Meta-Fiber. Free. Closes 5/11. Artist Exchange. Free. Closes 5/4.

Artists' House Gallery 57 N. 2nd St.; 215-923-8440. www.artistshouse.com. Carolyn Pyfrom, Peter Van Dyck & Lauren Tilden. Free. Closes 4/29. Sydney McGinley. Free. Closes 4/29. Ronald Washington. Free. Closes 4/29. Laura Renner & Michael Scotko. Free. Closes 4/29.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia 219 S. 6th St.; 215-925-2688. www.philaathenaeum.org. Elegant Things and Vile Uses: The Civil War and the United States Capitol Building. Free. Closes 5/18.

B Square Gallery 614 S. 9th St.; 215-625-0692. www.bsquaregallery.com. Not a Stitch. Free. Closes 4/28.

Bridgette Mayer Gallery 709 Walnut St.; 215-413-8893. www.bridgettemayergallery.com. German Gomez: Diary Portraits. Free. Closes 4/28.

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. Nikolay Milushev: New Work. Free. Closes 5/5.

Chestnut Hill Gallery 8117 Germantown Ave.; 215-248-2549. www.chestnuthillgallery.com. John Stango: Nationally Renowned Pop Artist. Free. Closes 4/28.

Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery 3215 Market St.; 215-895-2548. www.drexel.edu/westphal/gallery. Literacy Within Reach. Free. Closes 5/4.

Drexel University - Picture/Rincliffe Gallery 32nd & Chestnut St., 3rd Floor; 215-895-0480. www.drexel.edu/drexelcollection. The Iconography of the Dragon: East and West. Free. Closes 5/11. The Iconography of the Dragon: East and West Lecture. Free. 4/26. 6 pm.

F.A.N. Gallery 221 Arch St.; 215-922-5155. www.thefangallery.com. Gregory Prestegord: New Paintings. Free.

Gallery 339 339 South 21st St.; 215-731-1530. www.gallery339.com/. Nadine Rovner: Somewhere Not Here. Free. Closes 5/5. Yuichi Hibi: 127. Free. Closes 5/5.

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

Gravers Lane Gallery 8405 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-1603. www.graverslanegallery.net. Joanna Manousis. Free. Closes 5/10.

Gross McCleaf Gallery 127 S. 16th St.; 215-665-8138. www.grossmccleaf.com. Emily Richardson: New Work. Free. Closes 4/28. Recalibrations: Textile Exhibit. Free. Closes 4/28.

Highwire Gallery 2040 Frankford Ave.; 215-426-2685. highwiregallery.com. Synchronicity: Textile Exhibit. Free. Closes 4/27.

Indigo Arts 1400 N. American St. #104; 215-765-1041. www.indigoarts.com/. Indigo at Indigo: Indigo-dyed Textiles from Africa. Free. Closes 4/28.

Locks Gallery 600 S. Washington Sq.; 215-629-1000. www.locksgallery.com. Jennifer Bartlett: Addresses (1976-78). Free. Thomas Chimes: Symbolic Landscapes (1958-62). Free.

Muse Gallery 52 N. Second St.; 215-627-5310. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com. Joan McNamara: Breathing Space. Free. Closes 4/29.

Pentimenti Gallery 133 N. Second St.; 215-625-9990. www.pentimenti.com/. Matt Haffner: A Slight Spectacle. Free. Closes 4/28. Travis Childers: Naturally Inorganic. Free. Closes 4/28.

Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 S. 18th St.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. Sondra Sherman: Found Subjects. Closes 4/21. Andrea Donnelly: Binary. Closes 4/21. A Sense of Place. Closes 4/21.

Philadelphia Foundation - Community Art Gallery 1234 Market St., Ste. 1800; 215-563-6417. www.philafound.org. ArtWell: Ten Years Of Poetry, Art & Possibility. Free. Closes 4/25.

Philadelphia Sketch Club 235 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9298. www.sketchclub.org. 149th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings. Free. Closes 4/21.

The Plastic Club 247 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9324. www.plasticclub.org. Photographs of Jazz Musicians. Free. Closes 4/26. Jazz Show. Free. Closes 4/26.

The Print Center 1614 Latimer St.; 215-735-6090. www.printcenter.org/. Emma Wilcox: Where it Falls. Free.

Projects Gallery 629 N. 2nd St.; 267-303-9652. www.projectsgallery.com/. Alejandro Mendoza: Location, location, location. Free. Closes 4/28.

Rodger LaPelle Galleries 122 N. 3rd St.; 215-592-0232. www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com. Blues Moves. Free. Closes 4/29.

Seraphin Gallery 1108 Pine St.; 215-923-7000. www.seraphingallery.com. Constructed Paintings and Drawings From Ballinglen. Free. Closes 4/29.

Slought Foundation 4017 Walnut St.; 215-701-4627. slought.org.Tulse Luper in Philadelphia: Peter Greenaway's 92 Suitcases. Free. Closes 4/21. Forum for Other Citizenships: Krzysztof Wodiczko & the 'Uncitizen'. Free. 4/20. 6:30-8:30 pm. Utterly Precarious: Carolee Schneemann in 5 Parts - Cat Party. 4/26. 6:30 pm.

Snyderman-Works Gallery 303 Cherry St.; 215-238-9576. www.snyderman-works.com/. 8th International Fiber Biennial. Free. Closes 4/28.

Temple University - Tyler School of Art 2001 N. 13th St.; 215-777-9144. www.temple.edu/tyler/exhibitions. Outside the Box: A Tyler Alumni Career Panel. Free. 4/21. 11 am-2 pm.

Twelve Gates Arts 51 N. 2nd St.; 215-253-8578. twelvegatesarts.org. Damon Kowarsky: If You Look at the City From Here. Free. Closes 4/28. Saadia Toor: The State of Islam. Free. 4/21. 4-6 pm.

Twenty-Two Gallery 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-772-1911. twenty-twogallery.com/. William G. Middleton: Body Aesthetic. Free. Closes 5/6.

University of the Arts - Gallery 1401 211 S. Broad St., 14th Fl.; 215-717-6300. www.uarts.edu. Rebekah Schmidt Rocha: Private Spaces, The Backyard Project. Free. Closes 4/27.

University of the Arts - Sol Mednick Gallery 211 S. Broad St., 15th Fl.; 215-717-6300. www.uarts.edu. C. Thomas Lewis: Arcanumresearch - Quantifying the Complexities of the Puzzle. Free. Closes 4/27.

Wexler Gallery 201 N. 3rd St.; 215-923-7030. www.wexlergallery.com/. Howard Werner & Michelle Stuhl. Free. Closes 4/28.

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. Closes 4/21. A Conversation with Gerard Brown & Michelle Holzapfel. $10. 4/21. 2-4 pm.

Pennsylvania suburbs

Abington Art Center

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

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. Material Witnesses: Manhattan Quilters Guild. Free. Closes 5/13. Precious Metals: From the Jewelry Studio. Free. Closes 5/13.

Bucks County Community College - Hicks Art Center Gallery 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown; 215-504-8531. ww.bucks.edu/news/culture/hicks. Annual Student Exhibition. Free. Closes 5/5.

Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio 68 S. Main St., Doylestown; 215-348-2500. gratzgallery.com. Ray Leight: Shadowless. Free. Closes 5/13.

Haverford College - Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford; 610-896-1287. www.haverford.edu/exhibits. And the Winner Is.... Free. Closes 4/20. Skee-Ball Tournament Sweet 16. Free. 4/20. 12:30 pm.

Main Line Art Center 746 Panmure Rd., Haverford; 610-525-0272. www.mainlineart.org. Encaustic Family Photo Painting Workshop. $74; $20 additional child cost. 4/22. 1-3 pm.

Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S. Valley Forge Rd., Devon; 610-688-8332. www.mluc.org. Judith Kniffin. Free. Closes 4/29.

New Hope Arts Center 2 Stockton Ave., New Hope; 215-862-9606. www.newhopeartsinc.org. Sculpture 2012. $10 donation. Closes 5/12.

Pebble Hill Art Gallery 320 Edison-Furlong Rd., Doylestown; 215-348-3428. pebblehillchurch.org/. SiriOm Singh. Free. Closes 4/29.

Pennswood Village Art Gallery 1382 Newtown-Langhorne Rd., Newtown; 215-968-9110. Suzanne Douglass. Free. Closes 4/29.

Stover Mill Gallery 852 River Road, Rte. 32, Erwinna; 610-294-9420. www.stovermill.com. Paintings from the River Valley. Free. Closes 4/29.

Tyme Gallery 17 W. Eagle Rd., Havertown; 610-853-1215. www.tymegallery.com. Made You Look. Free. Closes 5/8.

Wayne Art Center 413 Maplewood Ave., Wayne; 610-688-3553. www.wayneart.org. ArtQuilt Elements 10th Anniversary Exhibition. Free. Closes 5/12.Hearth-Healthy Indian Cooking. $90. 4/26. 6-8:30 pm.

Widener University Art Gallery 14th St., Chester; 888-943-3637. www.widener.edu. RMS Titanic: 100 Years. Free. Closes 5/11.

New Jersey

Artists' Gallery

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

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. Sharing the Moment. Free. Closes 5/6.

Artworks 19 Everett Alley, Trenton; 609-394-9436. www.artworkstrenton.org. Capital City Student Art Show. Free. Closes 4/24.

Home Fine Art Gallery 2 Church St., Mount Holly; 609-261-8634. www.homefineart.org. Celebrating 10 Years of Art Quilts and Challenges. Free. Closes 4/29.

Perkins Center for the Arts Moorestown 395 Kings Hwy., Moorestown; 856-235-6488. www.perkinscenter.org. Chris Newcomer & Donald Harrison: Unexpected Songs, Showtunes & Showstoppers. 4/20. 8 pm. Sold out.

Rago Arts & Auction Center 333 N. Main St., Lambertville; 609-397-9374. www.ragoarts.com. Discovery Auction. Free. Closes 4/22. Estates Auction. Free. 4/21. 12 pm.

Rowan University - Art Gallery 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro; 856-256-4521. www.rowan.edu/fpa/artgallery. High/Low Density. Free. Closes 5/12.

SOMA NewArt Gallery 31 Perry St., Cape May; 609-898-7488. www.somagallery.net. Inspired Brushstrokes: A Teacher and Her Artistic Influence. Free. Closes 5/13.

Verdadism Art Gallery 220 S. Berlin Rd., Clementon; 856-346-3131. www.soraida.com/verdadism.htm. Verdadism: Twenty Years of Speaking Out Against Racism, Sexism and Injustice. Still Relevant Today. Free.

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