What better way to spend a drearily warm January weekend than taking in two great art exhibits at once? A fun and relatively new art series on the Buffalo scene, “24/12” at the Burchfield-Penney Art Gallery continues its showcasing of “24 artists in 12 months” with the works of Cambridge, MA painter Peter Arvidson and Buffalo composer Will Redman. Redman’s fascinating graphical scores will be on display along with Arvidson’s abstract fields of color (pictured). At Friday’s opening, Redman will perform his works with the Open Music Ensemble, a local music collective dedicated to exploring such non-traditional scores to a new audience. The installation of both artists’ works will be up through February 8. Also officially opening at the Burchfield-Penney is a look at the work of photographer Marion Faller as part of the gallery’s “A Life in the Arts” series. Originally from northern New Jersey, Faller is a long-time photo instructor in WNY whose work focuses on the human rituals of holidays, festivals and the changing of seasons. The exhibit runs through February 26.

Both opening receptions, Friday, January 13 from 5:30–7:30pm.

Burchfield-Penney Art Gallery, Rockwell Hall,

3rd Floor, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave. (878-6011). Free.