Art events around town

NEW SHOWS

Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, 1500 Union.: Art work by Jeanne Seagle and Carol Sims on view through May 4. Opening 5:30-7:30 p.m. today. Call (901) 278-6868

Calvary Episcopal Church, 102 N. Second.: "Icons in Transformation," a 120-piece traveling exhibit that includes the contemporary work of acclaimed Russian abstract expressionist Ludmila Pawlowska, along with traditional Russian icons from the Vassilevsky Monastery/Suzdal. On exhibit Sunday through June 22. Opening: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, includes speech by Pawlowska, cocktails and a buffet, and guided tours. Cost: $35. More events planned through June. For more information, calvarymemphis.org/icons

Clough-Hanson Gallery (Rhodes College), 2000 North Parkway: Opening reception for "Juried Student Show" 6-8 tonight. Show ends Saturday. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. (901) 843-3442.

Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 4339 Park: "Lee Littlefield." Texas artist Littlefield's sculptures on view Sunday through July 1. Call (901) 761-5250. Visit: dixon.org

Gallery Management Exhibits: A solo art exhibition of work of Genevieve Farr, 5-10 p.m. today at the Broad Ave. Spring Art Walk. Collection of photomicrography -- photos taken through microscope. Lizz McDonough: "A Little Nonsense Now & Then" will run for one night only 6-8 tonight at Handwerker's Playhouse, 865 N. Thomas. Works on recycled cardboard boxes. rhodes.edu/gallery

Germantown Performing Arts Centre (Lobby Gallery), 1801 Exeter: Memphis/Germantown Art League 35th annual Juried Spring Exhibition, through April 26. Artist reception 4-6 p.m. Saturday. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday; and weekends of performances.

Harrington Brown Gallery, 5179 Wheelis Drive: Works by Lewis Feibelman on exhibition today through May 8. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; and also by appointment. (901) 590-3008. harringtonbrowngallery.com

St. George's Episcopal Church, 2425 S. Germantown Road: "Picture the Cross: Photographic Collection of Crosses" by Memphis photographer Michael J. Baldridge. Baldrige and his work featured at a reception following the Rhodes Singers' "Concert of Hope" at 7 p.m. Saturday. Information at: stgchurch.org

2055 West St.: The Shops of Saddle Creek, Germantown: "The Spring Show: A Flowering of the Arts!" Opening reception 5-9 p.m. today. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through April 21.

West Memorials, 2481 Broad: "Luna See (Femmes du Jour)." Photographs by Nicole Perugine, who began her photographic career at the age of eight, and paintings by Tom Foster, whose work has been showcased in the Sundance Channel film "Forty Shades of Blue" and Tribeca Film Festival's "Shakespeare was a Big George Jones Fan." Opening is in conjunction with Spring Art Walk. 5-10 p.m. today. (800) 508-6022. westmemorials.com

GALLERIES

T Clifton Art Gallery, 2571 Broad: "Delta Reflections," through April 28. Inspired people, places and topography of the Mississippi Delta. Works by three regional artists -- acrylic paintings by Donna Blackard of Memphis; blown glass by James Hayes of Pine Bluff, Ark.; acrylic paintings by Jamie Tate of Stoneville, Miss. (901) 323-ARTS (2787). BroadAveArts.com

Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 4339 Park. Call (901) 761-5250. Visit online: dixon.org "Rembrandt, Rubens, and the Golden Age of Painting" from the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Ky. More than 70 major works by Old Master painters, ends Sunday. Selections from the Kattner Collection of American Painting, ends Sunday. From the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Keith Kattner.

Gallery Fifty Six, 2256 Central: "Highwayscapes -- A Road Trip." More than 20 large abstract acrylic-on-canvas paintings by Mike Coulson, on view through April 28. Noon-4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday or by appointment. Call (901) 276-1251. galleryfiftysix.com

Gallery Ten Ninety One, 7151 Cherry Farms, Cordova: "Put Your Best Foot Forward" exhibition by Memphis Camera Club, through April 30. More than 100 original photographs by 25 contributing artists, celebrating the Memphis Camera Club's 119th birthday. Call (901) 458-2521.

Lisa Kurts Gallery, 766 S. White Station: Carroll Cloar -- "Drawings from the Artist Studio," on view through April 30. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturday; by appointment. (901) 683-6200. lisakurts.com

Levy Gallery, Buckman Performing & Fine Arts Center at St. Mary's Episcopal School, 60 Perkins Ext.: "Nature: Its Colors & Shapes." Paintings by Musette Morgan, '03, and Ceramics by Christine Ruby, '04, through April 20. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday; or by appointment. Call (901) 537-1483.

David Lusk Gallery, 4540 Poplar in Laurelwood: Veda Reed: "From Dusk to Dawn," through April 28. New paintings. (901) 767-3800. davidluskgallery.com

National Ornamental Metal Museum, 374 Metal Museum Drive: Call (901) 774-6380. metalmuseum.org "Alchemy: Enamelist Society Exhibition 2012" on view through June 3. (901) 774-6380. Chris Irick: "Tributaries," through April 29.

R.&W. Gallery, 2622 Poplar: Current artists showing works: Kenneth Lecco, Priscilla Cunningham, Erle Schuyler, Paul Edelstein, Tres Taylor, N.J. Woods and pottery by Agnes Stark and Barbara Olive. (901) 327-9239.

L Ross Gallery, 5040 Sanderlin, Suite 104: "Common Thread," through April 30. The first dual exhibition for renowned regional abstract expressionist Anton Weiss and daughter Lisa Weiss. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday. (901) 767-2200. LRossGallery.com

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