609-924-7206.

"Italy: Two Views," a shared exhibition of photographs by

Rhoda Kassof-Isaac and Sally K. Davidson. By appointment during school

hours, to December 17.

609-921-0434.

Exhibit of watercolors and oils by Kathleen Maguire Morolda. Monday

to Saturday, 10 to 6 p.m.; Thursday and Friday to 9 p.m.; and Sunday,

noon to 5 p.m.

609-497-4192.

In the Merwick unit library: "Paintings of Fred and Jennie

Angley,"

to March 9. Part of proceeds benefit the medical center.

609-683-8092. Featuring color and black-and-white photographs by Harry

Rubel. Also, works by area artists Patrice Sprovieri, Wayne Mathisen,

Annelies van Dommelen, and Susan Setteducato. Hours are Monday through

Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday to 9 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:30

a.m. to 5 p.m.

Street, 609-921-9292. "Going Global: Contemporary fine art from

around the world, Princeton, New Jersey, to Reykjavik, Iceland."

Area artists include Michael Berger, Jane Eccles, Richard Erdman,

and Robert Sakson; from farther afield, Tanya Kohn, Karolina

Larusdottir,

Salvatore Magazzini, and Mary Stork. To January 22.

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Art On Campus

"Edward

Lear’s Greece," watercolors, sketchings, and letters by the

English

artist and limerick master, from the Gennadius Library of the American

School of Classical Studies in Athens. Also "The Trappings of

Gentility: 19th-Century British Art at Princeton." Both to January

2. Also, "Contemporary Photographs," to January 9. Tuesday

to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Free tours of the

collection are every Saturday at 2 p.m.

609-586-4800. "Odd Bedfellows," an exhibition of paneled

painting

collage constructions by Ani Rosskam, whose sources include primitive

art and African artifacts. To December 15. Monday to Thursday, 11

a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Wednesday evenings, 6 to 8 p.m.

609-620-6026.

"Camera Work: Photographs by William Vandever." To December

15. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 4:30 p.m.; except

Wednesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon.

609-497-7990.

Philadelphia sculptor Nena Bryans, an inaugural show in the remodeled

art gallery at the Erdman Hall Conference Center. Titled "Giving

Shape to Faith," her exhibit of 14 works continues to December

6. Exhibit hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.,

Saturdays

to 5:30 p.m., and Sundays 2 to 9:30 p.m.

"Louis Finkelstein, Paintings 1971 to 1999," a retrospective

show by the veteran artist and art educator. To December 12. Gallery

hours are Monday to Thursday, 2 to 8 p.m.; Friday to Sunday, 2 to

5 p.m.

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Art by the River

Lambertville,

609-397-2226. Pastel landscapes by Julia Akers Gribbin, to January

22.

609-397-0804.

Holiday show featuring landscapes and regional scenes by Hunterdon

County artists Alexander Farnham in oil and by Ron Lent in watercolor.

To January 9. Gallery hours are Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5

p.m.

Lambertville,

609-397-2300. Charles Fazzino, whimsical three-dimensional paper

constructions

on subjects that include New York, Philadelphia, sports, and the law.

To December 26. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to

5 p.m.

215-862-8242.

Figurative and landscape paintings in oil by Helen Meyers and David

J. Dincher. To December 30.

609-397-4978. "Safety in Numbers," Malcolm Bray’s fifth annual

eclectic group show of innovative painting and sculpture that includes

works by Myles Cavanaugh, Annelies van Dommelen, Gareth Evans, Chad

Cortez Everett, Diane Levell, Virgil Sova, Alan Taback, Stacie

Speer-Scott,

and Ron Wyffels. To December 31. Open every day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Art In Trenton

"Innovation

in Contemporary Printmaking," a group show juried by Judith

Brodsky

of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking. Selected artists

include Lynne Allen, Tom Baker, Catherine Bedout, Kathleen Catanese,

Carson Fox, Diana Gandalfi, George Olexa, and Cyndi Wish. To December

19. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.;

Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

This exhibit includes an Artworks Purchase Award and other prizes

totaling $1,000, jointly sponsored by the Trenton Museum Society,

TAWA, Taylor Photo, and the Urban Word Cafe.

Trenton, 609-394-4121. "Ben Shahn: Graphic Works from the

Collection

of the New Jersey State Museum." Show features 17 prints, created

from 1936 to 1968, by the renowned American artist who lived in

Roosevelt,

New Jersey, before his death in 1969. Lobby gallery is always open.

To January 11.

609-989-3632.

"Partners," an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by

Chrisa

Craig and Charles Kumnick, partners and members of the College of

New Jersey art faculty. In the upstairs galleries, a juried show,

"The Best of Mercer County High Schools." Both shows continue

to January 2. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to

3 p.m.; Sunday 2 to 4 p.m.

609-586-0616. Fall-Winter Exhibition. In the Museum and Domestic Arts

Building, "Beverly Pepper," one-artist show. On the mezzanine,

a thematic photography show, "Focus on Sculpture." Shows

continue

to April 16, 2000. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m.

New additions to the 22-acre landscaped sculpture park include works

by Michele Oka Doner, David Hostetler, J. Seward Johnson Jr.,

Francisco

Leiro, John Martini, and Joseph Menna. The park is on the former state

fairgrounds site, with indoor exhibitions in the glass-walled, 10,000

square foot museum, and the newly-renovated Domestic Arts Building.

609-292-6464. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45

p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

"Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World," an

exhibit of historic treasures of the Russian empire. The dazzling

collection of 300 art objects and artifacts from Russian’s famed State

Historical Museum and State Archive is displayed in five historical

settings. Show remains on view through April 16, 2000. Admission $10

adults; $8.50 seniors and students; $6 children. Advance ticket

purchase

at 800-766-6048 or online at http://www.tickets.com. Exhibit

is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.

to 6 p.m. Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day.

The dazzling collection of over 300 art objects and artifacts from

Russia’s famed State Historical Museum and the State Archive are being

seen for the first time outside the Russian Museum since its recently

completed 10-year renovation.

The exhibition takes the visitor on a unique journey beginning with

the formation of the Russian American Company in 1799 and spanning

a period of 200 years and 6,000 miles. From the Imperial Court of

St. Petersburg through the Russian winter in Siberia to the New World

of Alaska and Northern California and back to Moscow for the

coronation

of Alexander II, the exhibit tells an adventurous story of heroism,

romance, and spiritual enlightenment through the experiences of real

people who shaped Russian-American relations in the 18th and 19th

centuries.

Also "New Jersey, A Sense of Place," the 30th anniversary

Garden State Watercolor Society show, juried by Leah Sloshberg,

director

of New Jersey State Museum, and Margaret O’Reilly, assistant curator

of fine arts, to January 2. "The Modernists," an exhibition

of gems from the permanent collection by Charles Demuth, Arthur Dove,

Marsden Harley, Georgia O’Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, Helen Torr, and

others, to January 23. "The Regionalists and Precisionists,"

with works by Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield, Stuart Davis,

Francis Picabia, and George Ault, to January 30. On extended view:

"Dinosaur Turnpike: Treks through New Jersey’s Piedmont";

"Amber: The Legendary Resin"; "The Moon: Fact &

Fiction."

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To the North

Street, New Brunswick, 732-846-5777. "The Hungarian Spark in

America,"

an exhibit highlighting Hungarian contributions to the arts, sciences,

humanities, commerce, religious and civic life in America. To January

31. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday,

1 to 4 p.m. $3 donation. Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11

a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. $3 donation.

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Art in the Workplace

609-252-6275. "Theater of the Night: Film & Dreams, 1900 to

2000."

an exhibition marking the centenary of the publication of Freud’s

"The Interpretation of Dreams," featuring stills from dream

sequences in 20th-century films and an hour-long video of the film

clips. The show links the 1899 Freud publication with another key

event of the 1890s, the invention of movies. To December 12.

609-921-9000. In the Brodsky Gallery of the Chauncey Conference

Center,

Joan Shrager, acrylic collages, to December 31. In the Conant Gallery

Lounge, Elaine Lisle, paintings, to December 29. Exhibits are open

Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Brunswick,

732-524-3698. In the New Jersey Artist Series, "Post-Industrial

Paintings" by Tim Gaydos depicting abandoned factories and other

once-vibrant symbols of human endeavor. To December 14. Free by

appointment.

609-895-7307. Garden State Watercolor Society third annual associate

member juried exhibition. Jurors are Gary Snyder of Snyder Fine Art,

and Frances McIlvain, American Watercolor Society. Exhibit continues

to January 7. Exhibit is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Other Galleries

Plainsboro,

609-799-6706. "Portraits in Other Objects" by Eric Montoya,

an artist who exhibits in Los Angeles and New York. The show features

oil portraits whose forms are comprised of other narrative elements.

To February 12. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to

6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

609-452-7800.

"Fabrications," an exhibition of fabric art by Carol Sara

Schepps. Her subjects include "59 Caddy," which features the

back end of the popular car, and "Circles." Schepps’ work

has been shown in Philadelphia, San Diego, and Houston, as was

featured

in the recent book, "Visions: Quilt Expressions." To January

3.

609-298-3742.

The gallery celebrates its fourth year and a new exhibition season

featuring 12 gallery co-op members presenting shows that change

monthly.

Working with owner Eric Gibbons are curators and artists Beverly

Fredericks

and Lana Bernard-Toniolio.

Other co-op members are Maura Carey, Sarah Bernotas, Richard Gerster,

Robert Sinkus, Mike Pacitti, Michael Bergman, Jane Lawrence, Charlotte

Jacks, Dorothy Amsden, Carmen Johnson, John Wilson, and Bob Gherardi.

Gallery hours are Wednesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Thursday to Saturday,

11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Drive, Jamesburg, 732-521-0070. "Favorite Things," an

exhibition

of watercolors by Joanne Augustine and Barbara G. Watts, both of whom

paint subjects from nature. To January 4.

Road, 609-921-3272. All-Artists Show in the Upstairs Gallery,

presented

by members of the 1860 House Professional Artists Group, to January

29. Also "Iron and Ink," an exhibit and sale of contemporary

art from Africa by Kwela Crafts, to December 31. Gallery hours are

Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Avenue, Pennington, 609-730-0746. "Ten Styles," a multi-media

art show by the Art Group. Artists include Adams, Berkowsky, Betz,

Stang Harr, Kaplan, Kogan, Koppel, Mandelbaum, Post, and Wiernik.

Visitor hours are Monday to Friday, 4 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m., and Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. To December 15.

609-275-2897.

In the foyer, Nature Photography by Kris Sudol. In the gallery,

"The

Fine Arts of Hanneke de Neve," comprising fabric appliques,

tapestries,

textile painting, stitchery, and fiber art. Both shows to January

2.

Branch Station, 908-725-2110. "Silver Anniversary Selections,"

members’ 25th annual juried exhibition, in the Main Gallery, to

December

30. Also, Holiday Art and Crafted Items sale, including cards, matted

prints, handmade paper, jewelry, weaving, and pottery; in the Library

Gallery to December 23. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday,

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Pennington,

609-737-7592. "Vanishing Landscape," an exhibit of oil pastel

and watercolor studies of the region’s fast-disappearing natural

landscape

by Dorothy Bissell. To January 8.

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Other Museums

Burlington, 609-386-4773. "Wildfowl Decoy Exhibit" by master

Burlington carver Jess Heisler (1891-1943), whose best work ranks

among the finest of the Delaware River school of carving, and works

by his friend and pupil John Marinkos (1915-1999). To January 9. Hours

are Monday to Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m.

908-735-8415. "Mud Like a Blessing: Elemental Clay Sculpture,"

featuring works by Peter Callas, Sara D’Alessandro, Shellie Jacobson,

Jim Jansma, and Lauren Silver. To January 9. Gallery hours are Tuesday

to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Guest curator for the show is Michele Mercadal whose concept and title

was inspired by a phrase from a poem by Mary Oliver. "The

sculpture

in this exhibit conveys the honoring of clay as a material and the

organic process by which it becomes a sculptural form," says

Mercadal.

"The forms carry a contemplative feeling and convey the mysteries

and secrets of combining earth and fire."

Pennsylvania,

215-345-0210. "Edward Hicks Country," a companion to the

Philadelphia

Museum of Art comprehensive exhibit on Edward Hicks, a show on the

professional and spiritual environment in which the lifelong Bucks

County artist worked. Three related displays explore the 19th-century

craft of ornamental painting, the Quaker meetinghouse environment,

and the iconography of the Society of Friends. To January 3. $5 adult;

$1.50 youth. Museum hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;

Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; and Tuesday evening to 9 p.m.

Doylestown,

215-340-9800. "Let Children Be Children: Lewis Hine’s Crusade

Against Child Labor," an exhibition of historic photographs from

the early 20th century. Show runs to February 27. Website:

http://www.michenerartmuseum.org.

Museum hours Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday &

Sunday,

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $5 adults; $1.50 students; children free.

Also on view, an exhibition of figurative outdoor sculpture by

Baltimore

artist Barry Johnston, to March 5; and "Recent Gifts: 19th and

20th-Century Photographs from Alexander Novak and Family," to

February 27.

"Intimate Vistas: The Poetic Landscapes of William Langson

Lathrop,"

a major retrospective of more than 50 works spanning a 50-year career,

from 1884 to 1939. Curated by Brian Peterson, it is one of the

Michener’s

ambitious scholarly undertakings to date, to January 9.

Also, "Celebration of American Art" features "An Edward

Hicks Sampler," featuring an 1837 version of "Peaceable

Kingdom"

and "The Landing of Columbus." Also, "Picturing

Washington:

Icons and Images of America’s Founding Father"; both to January

2.

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