Clay Center holiday exhibit

The Clay Center's holiday exhibit, "Trains, Trees & Treasures" is on display through Jan. 3. It features model railroads, trees designed by local artists and unique displays from area collectors. Also at the Clay Center is the holiday planetarium show, "Reason for the Season," which explores different winter celebrations. It shows at 2 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Small works show

Watercolor artist Linda Charles Stone has created a number of small works to be included in an exhibit at KOMAX Business Systems. The show runs through Dec. 31.

A reception with the artist will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 8.

KOMAX, 500 D St., 304-744-7440, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Ornament workshops

Create your own holiday ornament to keep, give as a gift or enter in the Habitat for Humanity ReStore Relics Holiday Art Show.

Local artists lead these workshops to make a holiday ornament from recycled materials. Supplies will be provided, although patrons are invited to bring some of their own holiday cards or memorabilia to complete their ornament.

Classes are limited so register early.

Main Library - 304-343-4646: 11 a.m. Saturday;   Clendenin Branch Library - 304-548-6370: 4 p.m. Dec. 10; Riverside Public Library - 304-949-2400: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7; St. Albans Branch Library - 304-722-4244: 2 p.m. Dec. 10; Sissonville Branch Library - 304-984-2244: 1 p.m. Dec. 12.

Huntington Museum

Clay Center holiday exhibit

The Clay Center's holiday exhibit, "Trains, Trees & Treasures" is on display through Jan. 3. It features model railroads, trees designed by local artists and unique displays from area collectors. Also at the Clay Center is the holiday planetarium show, "Reason for the Season," which explores different winter celebrations. It shows at 2 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Small works show

Watercolor artist Linda Charles Stone has created a number of small works to be included in an exhibit at KOMAX Business Systems. The show runs through Dec. 31.

A reception with the artist will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 8.

KOMAX, 500 D St., 304-744-7440, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Ornament workshops

Create your own holiday ornament to keep, give as a gift or enter in the Habitat for Humanity ReStore Relics Holiday Art Show.

Local artists lead these workshops to make a holiday ornament from recycled materials. Supplies will be provided, although patrons are invited to bring some of their own holiday cards or memorabilia to complete their ornament.

Classes are limited so register early.

Main Library - 304-343-4646: 11 a.m. Saturday;   Clendenin Branch Library - 304-548-6370: 4 p.m. Dec. 10; Riverside Public Library - 304-949-2400: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7; St. Albans Branch Library - 304-722-4244: 2 p.m. Dec. 10; Sissonville Branch Library - 304-984-2244: 1 p.m. Dec. 12.

Huntington Museum

HUNTINGTON - The Huntington Museum of Art will host a Holiday Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec.6. Admission is free, but visitors are encouraged to bring cans of food to benefit the Huntington Area Food Bank. 

Holiday Open House features the "Art on a Limb" exhibit of trees with ornaments designed by local artists, a visit from Santa, children's art activities, entertainment, and refreshments.

Entertainment includes: 1 p.m. Tri-State Youth Orchestra; 1:30 p.m. Sixteenth Street Baptist Choir; 2 p.m. Cabell Midland Collegium Musicum; 2 p.m. Santa Claus arrives; 2:30 p.m. excerpts from "The Nutcracker" by Huntington Dance Theatre; 3 p.m. B'Nai Sholom Choir; 3:30 p.m. Cabell Midland Choir: Rhythm in Red.

Children's art activities will be offered in the Education Gallery.

The Huntington Council of Garden Clubs decorated the holiday tree in the Virginia Van Zandt Hallway. Several local artists created ornaments to decorate other trees as part of the exhibit "Art on a Limb."

The Huntington Museum also is hosting "URBAN: Cityscapes from the Permanent Collection" through Feb. 7, 2010.

"URBAN" provides an extensive look at metropolitan environments both in the United States and abroad through the eyes of artists over the course of the past two hundred years.

 Picturesque Venetian palazzo facades and bridges crossing canals by John Taylor Arms and Sir David Young Cameron are reminiscent of the scenery viewed during a Grand Tour, a European trip taken by young people of means during the 17th and 18th centuries.

In contrast, the prints of James Abbott McNeil Whistler reveal the poverty of city life for some, focusing on harsh living conditions.

This honest portrayal of a city's working class neighborhoods continued to be seen in the work of Ashcan School painters in the early 20th century. "URBAN" includes the work of Ashcan School artists Everett Shinn and John Sloan.

"URBAN" is presented by Macy's. Additional support for this exhibit comes from Auto Tech, Inc; West Virginia Division of Culture and History; and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.

Huntington Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington; 304-529-2701 or www.hmoa.org.

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