“Keep the Home Fires Burning,” an exhibition featuring the work of Shelley Spector, opened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on March 7. A longtime local artist and teacher at the University of the Arts, Spector’s first solo museum exhibition shows off her collection of sculptural works created with salvaged materials like second-hand clothing and furniture, all inspired by the museum’s collection of textiles.

Spector will also be hosting workshops in April, May and June, where patrons will get a chance to contribute to the show’s artwork by creating textile tomatoes.

A new interactive exhibit, “Celebrating Female Role Models” opened March 2 at the National Liberty Museum in conjunction with Women’s History Month. The exhibit is encouraging individuals to submit a photograph, either in person or via mail, of a female role model or heroine in the lives. The exhibit will feature the submitted photographs. “Celebrating Female Role Models” is open until the end of the month.

The fossilized remains of the extinct “Titanoboa cerrejonensis,” the largest snake in the world at 48 feet long and 2500 pounds, is now available for viewing at the Drexel’s Academy of Natural Sciences. Attendees can crawl through the length of the snake in“Titanoboa” challenge, check out live specimens from the Academy’s collection and learn about venom, fangs and scales from experts.

The exhibit will run through April 19 and costs $3 to enter, in addition to the museum admission fee of $15.95.

A new exhibition, “Ink and Gold: Art of the Kano” opened Feb. 16 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition highlights the work of the Kano painters, who were established in the late fifteenth century and noted as artists from “the most enduring and influential school of painting in Japanese history.” The exhibition will feature gold leaf folding screens, ink paintings and other large works. The exhibition, which features more than 120 pieces, will be on display until May 10.

This year’s 20 winning entries for the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition are now on display at the Wistar Institute through March 6. Celebrating the achievements of photography through microscopes, this year’s contest took more than 1200 entries from 79 countries, all capturing things like microorganisms, cells, plants and minerals.

  The free exhibit is at the Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce St.    

The Tiberinos are a family of artists who have had a long history in the Philadelphia arts community. Their legacy is now being translated onto the big screen with a feature length documentary, “Tiberino: The Art of Life.” Directed by local filmmaker, Derrick Woodyard, the Jan. 31 film screening at 8 p.m. will be preceded by a red carpet cocktail hour with a following Q&A panel session with the director and members of the family.

 Tickets are between $10 and $15.