THE ARTISTIC TOUCH
Area artist Ronnie Hicks will display his artwork at the Penn Theater downtown from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Call 724-586-2829.
Maridon Museum, 322 N. McKean St., has a Japanese brush painting class going on right now and a feng shui workshop planned for April 7. The museum displays hundreds of pieces of ancient and contemporary Asian art, as well as Meissen porcelain. 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 age 8 and younger. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tours are led by trained docents and are available with advance notice. The museum also has a shop specializing in gifts and decorative art objects relating to China and Japan. Call 724-282-0123.
<B>Carnegie Museum of Art</B>, 4400 Forbes Ave., is exhibiting "Modern Japanese Prints: 1868-1989" and "Gritty Brits: New London Architecture." Also, artist Jonathan Borofsky's "Human Structures" concludes Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, $6 for children ages 3 to 18 and full-time students with ID, and free for children younger than 3, and includes the Museum of Natural History. Parking in the museum's garage is hourly on weekdays and a flat rate on weekends. Call 412-622-3131.<B>North Hills Art Center</B>, 3432 Babcock Blvd. in Ross Township, hosts "A Time to Shine," the annual art educators' show, through March 23. Admission and on-site parking are free. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; closed Sundays. Call 412-364-3622.<B>Pittsburgh Glass Center</B>, 5472 Penn Ave., presents "Glass Birthday Suit" of original glass art by regional artists through April 8. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; and by appointment Mondays. Call 412-365-2145.<B>Silver Eye Center for Photography</B> is showing work by Bruno Réquillart in "Paris on the Seine" continuing through May 26 at the gallery at 1015 E. Carson St. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 9 p.m. Thursdays. Mondays and Tuesdays are reserved for education programs. Admission is free. Call 412-431-1810.<B>Andy Warhol Museum</B>, 117 Sandusky St., continues "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race" through March 18 at the museum, 117 Sandusky St. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays; closed Mondays. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, and $6 for students and children. Call 412-237-8300.<B>Society for Contemporary Craft</B>, 2100 Smallman St., presents three exhibitions through March 24. Displayed are works by Arthur Hash, Jon Eric Riis and Patti Warashina in "Bridge 9." Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Call 412-261-7003.<B>Mattress Factory, </B>500 Sampsonia Way, is showing "The Tom Museum," a living museum of puppets, sculptures, paintings and art experiments, through April. Call 412-231-3169.