Flickr user yonas1 stumbled across this Art-o-mat, pictured to your right, hidden away on the second floor of the Tenleytown Whole Foods. The converted cigarette machines give you an original piece of art for just five bucks, which is a pretty sweet idea if we’ve ever heard one. This is the only one in D.C., but you can find a list of other locations across the country, as well as participating artists at their web site. Have any of you ever used the Art-o-mat? We’d love to hear what you got.

>> Fans of political and narrative art will want to stop by Warehouse this Friday for their annual PEACE exhibit. The show is held through March to observe the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and also in conjunction with the March 19 “March for Peace” in Washington. Forty well-known local artists bring their work in all types of media to express their opinions of the war, including a full-room “checkpoint installation” by Sondra N. Arkin. Since Warehouse’s art gallery will be closing at the end of the season, this will be their final PEACE show — no doubt the participants hope it will be the last for more reasons than that. Friday, 6 to 9 p.m.

>> We missed the opening of Reuben Breslar’s show Black/White at The Atheneaum, but we recommend stopping by this Saturday to hear the artist, along with Corcoran professors Mark Cameron Boyd and Dorothea Dietrich, give a gallery talk about Breslar’s paintings, collages and installation work, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

>> Although we lamented the cancellation of this year’s artDC, some art shows are still trying to think big and encompass an international flavor. Tonight Glass3 opens at The Shops in Georgetown with an Artomatic collaboration featuring talented glass artists far and wide. To be fair: “international” here means D.C. + Toledo + England, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some great work in the exhibit. Artomatic’s efforts here are encouraging both in bringing their “art for everyone” spirit to a bigger audience, and also in helping to continue changing the view of glass work from “craft” to “fine art.” Visit the opening reception tonight, 6 to 8 p.m., Wisconsin and M Streets NW, Lower Level.