Showing at local galleries

• Thursday

  Screening Room Gallery (Sundance Resort, Provo, 801-225-4107) — "Abstracts: A Perspective," featuring art by Sibylle Szaggars, Pauletta Chanco and Hugo McCloud, through April 1.

• Friday

  Art Access* (339 W. Pierpont, 328-0703) — "Framing the In-Between Life: Finding a Way to Normal," featuring a photographic essay by Lynn Hoffman-Brouse, through Feb. 11. Artist reception tonight from 6-9 during monthly Gallery Stroll.

  Art Access II* (339 W. Pierpont, 328-0703) — "Worlds Apart," featuring 25 pen and ink drawings by Peter Scott Stone, an artist with autism, through Feb. 11. Artist reception tonight from 6-9 during monthly Gallery Stroll.

  Forum Gallery* (511 W. 200 South, 521-5999) — "Walking on Sunshine," featuring new paintings and pastels by Lory Smith, through Feb. 4. Opening reception tonight from 6-9 during monthly Gallery Stroll.

  Phillips Gallery* (444 E. 200 South, 364-8284) — Main gallery: New paintings by Heather Baron. Also, Letterpress art by Peder Singleton & Ben Webster (Anthenaeum Press), Susan Makov, Patrick Eddington, Stern and Faye, and others. Exhibits run through Feb. 11. Opening reception tonight from 6-9 during monthly Gallery Stroll.

  Utah Museum of Fine Art* (University of Utah, South Campus Drive, 581-7332) — "The Art of the West: Re-interpreting Western Images," featuring art from museum's collection and works on loan from local collectors.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

16th Street Gallery (1299 E. 4500 South, 263-1460) — Artwork by gallery regulars: Robert Call, G. Russell Case, Norma Forsberg, Wallace Lee, Elva Malin, Ian Ramsey, Steve Songer and more. Also, pottery by K. Rassmusen.

Abravanel Hall (123 W. South Temple) — Dale Chihuly's "Olympic Tower" and art from the Salt Lake County Art Collection.

Anderson-Foothill Branch Library (1135 S. 2100 East) — "PTA Reflections: A Different Kind of Hero" through March 2.

Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery* (54 Finch Lane, 596-5000) — Photography by Christine Dick-Bailey and paintings by Blake Shirley through January. Artist reception Friday from 6-9 p.m. during monthly Gallery Stroll.