Trumpeter Swan by Judith Lynn Smith

River City Art Association trumpets the coming of spring with an art show inspired by Mardi Gras, March madness, famous artists, kites aloft on March winds, the color green — and all things artfully mastered in between.

“March ARTmania” will open with a reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1, in The Gallery at Clabber Girl Museum, 900 Wabash Ave.

Sunset Road, quilt artistry by Valerie Funk

Downtown Terre Haute’s First Friday theme salutes Dr. Seuss, children’s author/illustrator, political cartoonist and animator born Theodor Seuss Geise on March 2.

During “March ARTmania,” RCAA also celebrates other notable artists born in March: painter Sandro Botticelli (March 1), sculptor/painter Michelangelo (March 6), photographer Edward Weston (March 24), and painter Vincent van Gogh (March 30).

Returning Green by Elise Spaid-Roberts

Forty-three works by 16 RCAA artists includes paintings, mixed media, clay, intarsia, pyrography, quilt artistry, photography, digital art, black-out poetry, and works made with glass.

“March ARTmania” will remain on display through noon March 29.