609-292-6464. "Click! The Marvelous in American Vernacular

Photography,"

an exhibit of found photographs offering a diversity of American

images

ranging from quirky snapshots to haunting photographic documents.

Curated by Donald Lokuta of Kean University, Robert Yoskowitz of Union

College, and the museum’s assistant curator Margaret O’Reilly, the

show explores how great works of art influenced everyday photography;

to December 31. Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to

4:45 p.m.; Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Monday and state holidays.

Also: "Dinosaurs, Ammonites & Asteroids," to January 21."

"Woven by Tradition and Design: A Selection of American Indian

Weavings, Textiles and Baskets from the Collections," to December

31; "Recreating Flowers: The Glass Wonders of Paul J.

Stankard,"

to January 7.

On extended view: "New Jersey Ceramics, Silver, Glass and

Iron;"

"New Jersey’s Native Americans: The Archaeological Record;"

"Delaware Indians of New Jersey;" "The Sisler Collection

of North American Mammals;" "Of Rock and Fire; New Jersey

and the Great Ice Age;" "Dinosaur Turnpike: Treks through

New Jersey’s Piedmont;" "Amber: the Legendary Resin;"

and "Washington Crossing the Delaware."

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Art by the River

609-397-0275. An exhibit of works by members of the Hunterdon

Watercolor

Society. Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday, 1 to 9 p.m.; Friday

1 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To January 5.

609-397-4588.

"Small Works Show" featuring drawing, painting, photography,

and sculpture by 18 gallery artists including Gail Bracegirdle, Alan

Klawans, Lisa Mahan, Marc Reed, and Annelies Van Dommelen. Gallery

hours are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. To February

4.

609-773-0881. Group show featuring clay by Hannelore Devlin, jewelry

by Diane Contine, and paintings by Gale Shanks Scotch, James Lucas,

Judith Shaw Hoctor, Alex Bacon, Cheryl Raywood, Edie Sharp, and Ty

Hodanish. Gallery is open Thursday to Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. To

December

31.

609-397-0804.

Holiday show features watercolors by Lucy Graves McVicker and casein

paintings by Katherine Steele Renninger. Gallery hours are Wednesday

to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. To January 14.

"The moods of nature have always been my primary concert,"

says watercolorist McVicker, who pursued graduate studies at Pratt

Institute and at Rutgers. Her works are in corporate collections that

include Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. Renninger, a

graduate

of Moore College of Art, is known for her paintings that offer

intimate,

carefully crafted glimpses of Victorian architecture and artifacts.

609-397-1006. "[Second] Skin," an exhibition of light boxes

and collages by Rebecca Rutstein. To December 31.

609-397-4978. "Kentemperere 2000," artist and curator Malcolm

Bray’s sixth annual show of innovative contemporary painting and

sculpture

by 14 artists. Exhibitors include Jacques Fabert, Pat Martin, Barry

Snyder, Rachel Bliss, Diane Levell, Michael Hale, Stacie Speer-Scott,

Virgil Sova, Dolores Poacillo, Sandra Flood, Annelies van Dommelen,

and Tom Birkner. Hung upstairs above the antique showroom, the show

is open every day, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. To December 31.

Open Monday to Wednesday, noon to 6 p.m.; Thursday and Sunday, 10

a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; open

Christmas

Eve till 7 p.m.

609-397-3349. A shared show of multi-media artist Angela Del Vecchio’s

big moving paintings on a "Wheel of Chance" theme, and

paintings

by Bill McNamara. Gallery is open daily, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed

Tuesday. To January 2.

Area Galleries

609-298-6970. Holiday show features works by gallery artists Hanneke

de Neve, Ken McIndoe, Thomas Kelly, and others. Gallery hours are

Thursday through Saturday, 4 to 8 p.m. To December 31.

Road, 609-921-3272. "Joel Popadics: Recent Traditional

Watercolors."

Also, the Professional Artists Group’s holiday show. Gallery hours

are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. Both

shows to January 26.

609-333-9393.

"Handcrafted Gifts, Small Works," ceramic, fiber, metal

jewelry,

glass ornaments, and handmade objects of art, on exhibit through

December.

Also group show of small works, paintings, and works on paper. Gallery

hours are Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Art in the Workplace

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

Center,

an exhibit of watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic, charcoal, and

silk-screen

works by New Jersey teenagers. Exhibit is open Monday through

Saturday,

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to December 28.

Lawrenceville,

609-895-7307. A new series of oil on paper and mixed-media paintings

by Wanda Blake, a professional artist living in Morris County who

studied at Newark’s School of Fine and Industrial Arts. Curated by

Gary Snyder Fine Art, gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to

5 p.m. To January 26.

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