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.

Happy Birthday, Columbia The Columbia Association hosts a celebration to commemorate the 45th birthday of Columbia from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. June 23 at the Town Center Lakefront. The event features entertainment, children's games and activities, a brick paver dedication, walking tour and a cake-cutting ceremony. With the theme, "45 Ways to Give Back to Columbia," more than 40 local nonprofit organizations will have booths at the lakefront to inform Columbia residents of the many ways they can invest in the well-being of their community.

For every leaf falling from a tree there is an art exhibit to consider. The fall art season is fully upon us and so it seems as if the only places you won't see art exhibits mounted these days are highway toll booths, hazardous waste landfills and Sen. Jesse Helms' office.Amidst the multitude of local exhibits, here are some to consider:Connie Imboden's admirable black-and-white photographs deal with presenting human figures as they appear in water or mirrors. All the reflections and refractions -- what amounts to the bending of our perception -- might initially make you suspect there is a lot of darkroom manipulation, but her disorienting effects are achieved in the camera.

Journey Stories officially kicked off April 11 with the opening reception for "Cars: A Harford County Love Affair," the first of six exhibitions that will accompany the Smithsonian's Journey Stories Exhibition coming May 19 to the Abingdon branch of the Harford County Public Library. The Cars juried photography exhibition opened at the Jarrettsville library with 30 photographs illustrating Harford County's love of the car. Local professional and amateur fine art photographers submitted more than 90 pictures for consideration and 30 photographs by 18 artists were selected to be included in the exhibition.

Exhibit Watercolor paintings by Marlene Sweger are on display through April at the South County Senior Activity Center, 27 Stepneys Lane in Edgewater. Hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Admission is free. Information: 410-222-1927. 'Spring Rejoices' Impressionist paintings by Janice Antinucci will be on display at Benfield Gallery, 485 Jumpers Hole Road in Severna Park, through March 31. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Information: 410-544-2299. Art exhibits Three new exhibits are on view through April 15 at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, 801 Chase St. in Annapolis.

Jeremy McCord worked freehand with 3,500 M&Ms, several cans of white icing and a 32-by-40-inch frame. He went withDr. Seuss, the theme suggested for the 19th annual Edible Art Exhibition at Towson High School, and sculpted the bite-sized bits of red, white and black into a grinning replica of the Cat in the Hat. "I liked 'The Lorax' best as a kid, but the 'Cat in the Hat' is the most recognizable Seuss concept," Jeremy said. The framed piece took Best in Show last week and the freshman entrant chose a gift certificate for ice cream from a prize board.