The Mills Gallery is a facility of the Boston Center for the Arts, a large non-profit which also runs the Cyclorama, various theaters and over 50 artists' studios in the South End. The well-curated exhibitions emphasize the contemporary and the local. In the current show, Boston-based artist Sheila Pepe has stretched great drips and webs of crocheted yarn across the room. From what I gather, crochet is the medium of the moment; see, for example, the work of Seong Chun. Pepe also plays with casting shadows, created by found-object mini-sculptures, across her childlike drawings. A limber, nimble exhibition.

Jan. 6, 2000: Talk by Sheila Pepe, 7-9 p.m.

Through Jan. 16, 2000: Sheila Pepe, "Strings, Things and Pictures"

IN FORT POINT

FORT POINT ART COMMUNITY (FPAC) GALLERY

300 Summer St. (T: South Station)

Mon-Fri: 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat: 12-5 p.m.

617-423-4299

The Fort Point Art Community Gallery, like the Revolving Museum and Mobius nearby, is a combination studio and exhibition space, with six-week-long shows of two or more artists. For the opportunity to peek at artists' works-in-progress, be sure to catch the weekend of open studios FPAC holds every year in mid-October.

MOBIUS

354 Congress St., 5th Floor (T: South Station)

Wed-Sat: 12-5 p.m.

617-542-7416