The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Ongoing

➤ "Dimensional Layers: Fine Art and Fine Rugs" is on display through June 3 at Chase Oriental Rug Company in the Riverside Center on U.S. Highway 40. The show includes work by local artists Susan Schiesser, Nancy Jeffrey, Susan Thompson, Julie Anderson and Los Angeles-based artist Renee Fox.

➤ "Musical Chairs," the signature art pieces for the 2005 Strings in the Mountains season, is on display in a rotating show at Wells Fargo Bank, First National Bank of Steamboat Springs, Alpine Bank, Vectra Bank and the Bank of the West through June. This summer, the pieces will be on display

at the Strings Festival Tent.

Silent bids for the chairs can be made at each of the banks or by calling 879-5056, ext. 102. Bidding ends Aug. 13.

➤ Emerald City Opera's 2005 season signature artwork, "Encounter at Maxim," mixed media on paper, by Rob Williams, is on display in the window of the TEI Modern Contemporary Gallery in Torian Plum Plaza. The artwork will be presented to the highest bidder at the opera's final performance of "The Merry Widow" in August. Call 879-2240.

➤ "The Intensive Spirit: Celebrating 22 years of the Paper and Book Intensive," a papermaking and book arts exhibit, is on display through June 19 at the Depot Art Center, 1001 13th St. Call 879-9008.

➤ New work by Rob Williams and Susan Schiesser is on display at the TEI Modern Contemporary Gallery in the Torian Plum Plaza. Call 879-2240.

➤ New photography by Don Tudor is on display at the Sleeping Giant Gallery, 624 Lincoln Ave. Call 879-7143.

➤ "In Vino Veritas: artwork by Keri L. Searls" is on display at Vino and Vidalia Market, in the Sundance at Fish Creek shopping center. Call 875-1183.

➤ "Maggie Fleming: Paintings 2003-2005" is on display at the Comb Goddess, in the Old West Building on 11th Street. Call 871-0606.