Museum reception at 'Art and the Animal' exhibit (The Arizona Republic)
The West Valley Art Museum in Surprise is hosting a special reception of the ''Art and the Animal'' exhibit from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Scranton High School joins venues hosting First Friday art walk (The Scranton Times-Tribune)
The young artistic minds at Scranton High School are getting in on this month’s First Friday fun. The monthly art walk will take place Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in various locales around downtown Scranton.

Art Galleries (Palo Alto Weekly)
"A Day in May" To honor the change of season, the Portola Art Gallery artists present paintings and photographs depicting the elements of spring. The exhibit will run through the end of May. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 650-321-0220 or visit www.portolaartgallery.com . Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park

YAA Hosting Free Art Lecture (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Yankton Area Arts will host a free lecture on "Wood Art" at 9 a.m. Friday, May 2, at the G.A.R. Hall Art Gallery with Yankton area wood artists Fran Horacek, John Jussel and Roger Huntley and facilitated by Dr. John Day.

Hillsboro Art Walk celebrates first anniversary on Tuesday (The Hillsboro Argus)
Downtown Hillsboro merchants will hold a First Anniversary of FirstTuesday Art Walk on May 6 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mastodon Regional Fair organizers to host tailgate sale (Jefferson County Journal)
Starting its fund-raising efforts early, the Mastodon Art and Science Regional Fair (MASRF) is hosting a tailgate sale and recycling day this weekend.

Full Spectrum of Chemistry to be Served by State-of-the-Art Building (Newswise)
It took four years of planning and another two-and-a-half years of construction, but the wait was well worth it: Florida State University is celebrating the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art Chemical Sciences Laboratory that will offer expanded educational and research opportunities for decades of faculty members and students.