If you want to get away from the warm weather this weekend, this week’s Arts Agenda is full of art happenings all over town for your indoor enjoyment.

>> This Friday is the monthly Dupont Circle First Friday, with gallery openings across the neighborhood from 5 to 8 p.m. Washington Printmakers opens at 5 p.m. to present recent monotype and printed relief constructions by Bill Harris. A Bachelors and Masters graduate of Howard and instructor at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Harris breaks the 2D mold by combining “printed canvas surfaces on various three-dimensional wooden forms.”

Additionally, the Foundry Gallery will feature new figures, still lifes and abstract paintings by Patsy Fleming on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., Gallery 10 opens a group small sculpture exhibit, and Aaron Gallery holds a reception for the boldly colored works by sculptor Brad Howe and abstract painter Erika Rukin (pictured right) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Also in Dupont, head to Hillyer Art Space (9 Hillyer Court NW between 21st and Florida Ave.) from 6 to 8 p.m. for the opening of Dave Morland’s Old Bones and Artifacts, with the evening’s soundtrack provided by DJ Chris Burns and edible treats by Napoleon Bistro and Lounge. Morland’s work explores classical art, Greek Mythology and the history and people of the Native American culture.

>> On 17th Street on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., Meat Market Gallery opens Time Machine, an exhibit of video, time-based media and sound work by the online video collective Perpetual Art Machine curated by Amelia Winger-Bearskin. Meat Market claims the exhibit “transform[s] the gallery space into a time machine ready to steal moments of your time and store them for future generations.” The opening will include a one-time interactive performance which “will utilize the manufactured darkness of the gallery space to ease the audience into what can only be described as a contraction of time and space.” Like many of Meat Market’s exhibits, the concept may seem confusing, but the experience will likely be well worth it.

>> Saturday night, Warehouse presents an evening of sound, video and spoken word that promises to be “provocative, experimental, and cutting edge.” The annual Queering Sound 08: Pixelation starts at 8 p.m., costs $10, and features live performances and digital presentations.

>> A reception for Lenny Campello-curated Early Look is on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Longview Gallery. The exhibit features nine of Campello’s young finds in the undergraduate art departments at various Mid-Atlantic art schools, and includes students working in oils, printmaking, photography, video and installation from D.C. area schools such as the Corcoran, George Mason, MICA, American, and VCU.

>> Tonight from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Hemphill Fine Arts opens two contrasting exhibitions: Max Hirshfield’s Looking at Looking and Jacob Kainen’s Paintings and Drawings from 1939-1949. In this series, Hirshfield photographs unsuspecting museum visitors as they view artwork (pictured above). Kainen’s paintings, however, depict “urban life and the hardships of the working class,” particularly during the time that the artist moved from New York City to Washington, D.C. in 1942.

>> And, what’s up at Artomatic this weekend? Although Frank Warren of PostSecret fame does not have a permanent display this year, he will be sharing his recent postcard finds from 7 to 8 p.m. on Friday, as well as selling and autographing copies of his PostSecret-filled book(s). Friday night is also packed with live performances, including Craigslist! The Musical (the name alone is both frightening and intriguing), tango dancing by Milonga, music by Evan Bliss and the Welchers, and the Spooky Movie Festival. Family Alert: on Saturday, kids learn how to make Peeps dioramas, and on Sunday, the kids and parents go head-to-head in the Kids vs. Parents art challenge workshop. See website for a full listing of weekend events.

Art Notes:

• The Funk Aesthetic: Chocolate Coated, Freaky & Habit Forming, opens on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at H&F Fine Arts, followed by a musical performance by Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind and an after party with a special guest DJ at Artmosphere Café.
• Washington Studio School will be hosting their summer open house this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., which includes a free open studio figure drawing session. Student artwork will also be on display, and instructors will be available to answer questions about the school’s summer classes.
• James Marshall (Dalek)’s exhibit will be on view at Irvine Contemporary until June 21. Check out this new video of the reception with interviews with the artist and collectors, and read our review here.
• Today from noon to 9 p.m., Del Ray Artisans Gallery will be opening THINK Green!, which will feature green-focused painting, photography, fiber, drawing and collage. Tonight from 6 to 9 p.m., Jesse Maines from the City of Alexandria’s Office of Environmental Quality will be giving a water quality demonstration in front of the gallery.
• Capitol Hill’s Artful Gallery opens New Orleans: Spirit a’ Risen from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring three New Orleans street artists who will be discussing “the current circumstances facing artists in New Orleans, and their efforts to keep the spirit of New Orleans alive.”
• Learn how art conservators use science to judge an artwork’s authenticity at SAAM’s Lunder Conservation Center on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Image of Erika Rukin's painting courtesy of the Aaron Gallery. Image of Max Hirshfield's Looking at Looking #19 courtesy of Hemphill Fine Arts.