"We are all collectors and often inherit heirlooms or find treasures in unexpected places," the exhibit statement says. "These objects and collections become part of our heritage and often define where we have come from, and who we have become."

Lindsey owns a master's degree in fine art in painting and drawing from the Art Institute of Chicago. She has painted with oil pastels, graphite and colored pencils, and combined the work with things she found on beach walks: glass, driftwood, rocks, shells. Add to that, figures from Greek and Roman statuary.

"After these walks it is not uncommon to have a rock, shell, or piece of driftwood in my pocket," Lindsey said, in a release. "I paired these objects with my fascination with Greek and Roman statuary, sculptural figures that to me represent all facets of our human nature."

Matsumoto has a degree in art from the University of California-Berkeley and has taught in Berkeley, Fairbanks and Juneau. She created her mixed-media sculptures from an assortment of found objects from her time in California and Southeast Alaska - old photographs, buttons, bamboo, grapevines, crab shells, wood, wire, paper and clay.

The end result is an assemblage of her past and present.

"Sorting through boxes in the attic and garage in my parent's old home in Berkeley was like going through an archeological dig," she said in a release. "The old photographs impressed upon me the importance of my Japanese American heritage. This was a major influence and inspiration behind many of the pieces in this show."

Terry earned a degree in design from Berkeley. She will show her thrown and hand-built ceramic plates, pedestals for found and made objects that address the subsistence culture of Southeast.

For more information about the gallery, visit www.jahc.org or call 586-ARTS.

• Annie Kaill's, 244 Front St.: Karen Beason, known for her papier mache sculptures and prints, will show her latest work from 4:30-8 p.m.

Beason creates hand-made and hand-painted fish sculptures and Alaska wildlife block prints on handmade paper.

To see a few examples, head on over to www.annieandcojuneau.com.

• Canvas, 223 Seward St.: Juneau painter Tisket Seslar will open her latest exhibition, "Mother Nature's Love," from 4-7:30 p.m.

The show runs through Friday, Aug. 31.

For more, see www.canvasarts.org.

• The Creating Place, 226 Seward St.: Brenda K. Stearns, an interpreter for the deaf and a substitute teacher for the Juneau School District, will put on her first First Friday show.

Stearns moved to town in the fall of 2005 and has worked with watercolors since 1995. She grew up watching her mother, also an artist, sketch the seascapes and sand dunes of Cape Cod.

"Coming off the plane, I was totally overwhelmed by the scenes to paint," Stearns said. "When I paint I often have in mind a person I love, an awe of God's creation, or the feeling of adventure from exploring new places in Juneau."

• Diamonds International, 422 South Franklin St.: Abstract painter Rob Korpela will hang about a dozen paintings at the downtown diamond store.

The collection includes his first scenic work, albeit with an abstract flair.

• Fine art sale, 128 Behrends Ave.: Multi-media artist Dianne Baxter will turn her home into a gallery this weekend to show some of her new art and sell bits and pieces of various private collections.

The house is open from 4-8 p.m. Friday and 1-7 p.m. Saturday.

Museum-quality works will be on sale from a variety of Juneau art scene luminaries including: Brian Allen, Jeff Brown, Dale DeArmond, Dan DeRoux, Ken DeRoux, Paul Gardinier, Ron Klein, Rie Muñoz, Rob Roys, Marsha Wilcox, and others.

Call 364-3273 for more information.

• Juneau Artists Gallery, 175 South Franklin St.: Douglas artist Rick Clair is the latest to join the Juneau cooperative and will exhibit his newest surrealistic work as the featured artist in August. He's recently had shows at The Canvas and the Juneau-Douglas City Museum.

"When I was four years old, my parents gave me a box of crayons and a pencil box," Clair said, in a release. "I promptly ate the crayons and stabbed my brother in the ear with a pencil. I can still see the polychrome abstraction flowing through the clear plastic tube as my stomach was pumped, and hear the howls of pain from little brother Randall. In retrospect, I realize that these were defining moments - the visual artist must frequently look inward for inspiration, and the act of creation can often be expurgatory and somewhat violent."