Art Exhibits

"The Third Perspective: Korean-American Artists' Daring Gazes" is on display in Gallery I at the Howard County Center for the Arts, 8510 High Ridge Road in Ellicott City, through Friday. Gallery II features oil and watercolor paintings, and drawings and pastels created at the Tuesday Afternoon Portrait Drawing Sessions. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 410-313-2787 or go to hocoarts.org.

Spring show The Muddy Creek Artists Guild's fifth annual spring show, "Artists on the Half Shell," concludes, Sunday, May 5, at Galesville Memorial Hall, 925 Main St. Works by members include more than 250 paintings, pastels, photographs, prints, sculpture, pottery, textiles, jewelry and mixed media. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission. Information: muddycreekartistsguild.org. 'Evolution' Collage and paintings by C.L. Bigelow will be on view through June 25 at Gallery 333, 333 Dubois Road in Annapolis.

Two must-see art exhibits are on display during the month of May, one in Havre de Grace and another at Harford Community College.The Poldi Hirsch Memorial National Invitational Art Exhibition, at Maryland Gallery East in Havre de Grace, will continue through May 31. And recent paintings by Bel Air artist Jonathan West are on display at the Chesapeake Gallery at Harford Community College through June 3.The Poldi Hirsch National Invitational Art Exhibition, named...

Car show VFW Post 7472 Men's Auxiliary will host its annual Car Show fundraiser with awards in 13 classes, including a special VFW Commander's Choice Award, at noon Sunday, April 14, at 4225 V F West Lane. Vehicle registration begins at 11 a.m. and a VFW dash plaque will be given to the first 100 entries. Food, beverages and desserts will be available. The event benefits veterans programs. Free admission. Car entry fee is $15 and includes lunch. Information: 410-465-4240. Art exhibits The Howard County Arts Council hosts the exhibits "Visual Storyteller: The Narrative in Art" and "No Boundaries" through Friday, April 26, at 8510 High Ridge Road in Ellicott City.

Cancer fundraiser The eighth annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Howard County Yard Sale fundraiser will take place Saturday, April 13, on the East Columbia library's parking lot, 6600 Cradlerock Way. Set up begins at 7 a.m. Cost to rent a space is $10; please provide your own table. Relay For Life asks for a donation of at least 50 percent of yard sale proceeds as part of the fundraiser. Rental fees will be collected at the time of set up. Information: 410-313-7730.

Baltimore helped the avant-garde painter Max Weber forge a national reputation in 1915. Now, nearly 100 years later, this could be the city where the late artist begins his long-overdue comeback. It's not that critics and curators are unfamiliar with the Russian-born, Brooklyn-raised painter's work. As a new exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art makes clear, Weber has long been considered one of the most significant American artists of the 20th century. But, at the peak of his career, Weber was a bona fide celebrity, with spreads in "Time," "Life," "Look" and 'The Saturday Evening Post.

The object was to depict a vivid memory on colored paper, creating a narrative of depth and symmetry. Marriotts Ridge High School junior Taylor Hensh conjured up a piece illustrating what happens when New Year's Eve fireworks go wrong. The piece recalls a vacation at Deep Creek Lake two years ago with her family and a few others, when the fathers decided to set off fireworks — one of which struck Taylor in the arm, putting holes in her North Face jacket but leaving her otherwise unscathed.