ART
Feb. 21-May 27 Collective Identity: Expressionism to Realism and the Art of Printmaking in Germany - Drawing on a 400-year-old tradition of printmaking in Germany, the artists in this exhibition revived a medium that is closely related to a collective, national identity. Prints by Max Beckmann, Albrecht Dürer, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, Franz Marc and Emil Nolde are featured. Show opens Wednesday, Feb. 21 and runs through Sunday, May 27 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. Call 882-8700 or visit www.albrightknox.org for more information. Feb. 23

Mardi Gras Madness - Celebrate a little New Orleans in Buffalo as Gusto at the Gallery presents "Mardi Gras Madness," beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. Events include carnival mask making, 5-7 p.m.; lecture about American painter Winslow Homer, 6 p.m.; Cajun two-step instruction, 6-7 p.m.; concert by Buffalo State College students, 7 p.m.; a dance party with Lee Ron Zydeco, 7-10 p.m.; or watch "A Streetcar Named Desire" starting at 8 p.m. Call 882-8700 or visit www.albrightknox.org for more information.

now-Feb. 23 Be a Pirate From Medussa's Raft - Works by Peter Fowler at Kepa3 Gallery, 31 Barker St., Buffalo. 208-8464, www.kepa3gallery.com now-Feb. 23

10th Annual Studio Show - Partners in Art Gallery, 83 Webster St., North Tonawanda. 692-2141 now-Feb. 24 Grand Re-opening of Gateway - Gateway Gallery & Studios, 141 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 512-0410 now-Feb. 24

Quartet - Insite Gallery, 810 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 887-2921 now-Feb. 25 Memory Paintings: Mary Kobler - Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, Lewiston. 286-8200, www.niagara.edu/c am now-Feb. 27 Graphic Design Student Exhibition - Villa Maria College, 240 Pine Ridge Road, Cheektowaga. 896-0700, http://villa.edu now-Feb. 28

The Heart Gallery of WNY - Burchfield-Penney Art Center host portrait exhibition of local foster care children awaiting adoption, third floor education corridor of Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 878-6011, www.burchfield-penney.org or www.caffawny.org now-Feb. 28 Black & White Organizations of WNY - Gallery 51, 567 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 332-6821, www.galler y51byek.com