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April 07, 2011 Last Updated: April 07, 2011 02:48 PM Weekend Entertainment

Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., hosts Japanese Brush Painting (Sumie) classes with Laurie Bloomberg of Slippery Rock who learned Sumie painting while living in Japan. In this series of five classes, students will learn how to use the ink stick and slate stone to achieve black and gray tones and how to apply brush strokes to achieve paintings of bamboo, wild orchids in grass, mums, pine trees and tulips. Classes will be Thursdays from April 28 to May 26. Fees are $13 for nonmembers and $10 for members per class. All materials are provided. Reservations are required. Call 724-282-0123 or e-mail info@maridon.org.

Saxonburg Area Artists Co-Op, 215 Main St., Rear, Saxonburg, is open from 1 to 9 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, plus other times by appointment. Admission is free. Call 412-260-5779 or 412-849-4648 to confirm.

Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, is showing “Will Barnet: Aquatints, Etchings, Lithograhs and Serigraphs” through April 22. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Call 724-652-2882; visit www.hoytartcenter.

John Fox of Harmony, a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, has a painting on display in the AAP show “Love & Loss” through April 22 at the Fein Art Gallery, 519 E. Ohio St. Call 412-321-6816.Frick Art and Historical Center, 7227 Reynolds St., Point Breeze, is hosting a tour of Clayton themed “All the Ladies of the House” through May 1. Admission to the historical center, art museum and car and carriage museum is free. For a tour of Clayton, the former home of Henry Clay Frick, admission is $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and students, and $6 for children age 16 and younger. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays; closed Mondays. Call 412-371-0600.Silver Eye Center for Photography, 1015 E. Carson St., is holding its first members exhibition which features the work of six national photographers, through May 7. Admission is free. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Call 412-431-1810; visit www.silvereye.org.