Check out the McColl Center for Visual Art for solo exhibitions by its 11-month affiliates. Daniel Allegrucci, best known for woodcuts of explosions and other intimations of force (such as "Explosion 15," left), is jumping out of his comfort zone and adding installations to his repertoire in the show Deliberate Acts. Patricia Steele Raible is exhibiting InnerSights, a series of mixed media paintings that explore different manifestations of prayer.
Opening reception, Friday, Nov. 19, 6-9 p.m. McColl Center, 721 N. Tryon St. www.mccollcenter.org.