The Gaeta Gallery Collective first formed when Dustin Metz, now age 21, and a few of his Temple classmates were in Rome studying for a semester. They mounted a show of works on paper in an apartment there, showing their own work and that of some Italian artists they met. "Home Is Where the Art Is," a playful show by Caitlin Reinhart and Thom Knight, is the first Stateside show of the collective, currently housed in The Sharktown Gallery. Reinhart and Knight, who are married, have assembled a variety of strange, seemingly disconnected objects that Metz says concern their individual childhoods and their relationship. You'll have to figure out for yourself how a red Converse and a confetti machine are related, but that's the fun of it—especially when there's a giant blue inflatable raft hovering in the air. Reception Fri., Jan. 6, 6-10 p.m., (other viewings by appointment), between Second and Front streets on Cecil B. Moore Avenue.

Mike Opalack of Jinxed Clothing says the store always carries products that pay attention to aesthetics, leaning more toward the artistic than the commercial side of couture and accessories. It's when they put up a show like the one this month that the objective comes to the fore. Check out Roy Miranda's Western-themed drawings, Justin Cipa's and Scott Kirschner's pseudo-religious work and Joy (Less Posh)'s bright, multi-eyed characters, and enjoy the promise of free sushi and beer "while it lasts." Reception Fri., Jan. 6, 6-10 p.m., 620 S. Fourth St., 215-978-JINX.

Elizabeth Grady, a curatorial assistant at the Whitney, is the invited guest curator at Vox Populi this month. She's brought "Parts to the Whole," a show concerning the state of small sculptures in big spaces and the ever-present, do-your-best-to-fight-it temptation to touch those cute little objects. Such is the case with David Baskin's cornflower-blue Pear Mat, little pear-shaped bumps in cast urethane rubber, and Pete Goldlust and Julie Hughes' collaborative Sculpey-meets-hardware-store wall installations. Reception Fri., Jan. 6, 6-10 p.m., 1315 Cherry St., fourth floor, 215-568-5513.

City employees are not all surly all the time. Check out their creative side in an exhibit of municipal workers' art (and sometimes, their children's art) at City Hall. Through Feb. 24, fifth floor, City Hall, Broad and Market sts., 215-686-9912. … Local filmmaker (Edge City, Diary of A City Priest) and Temple lecturer Eugene Martin is showing his urban-driven photography at Trolley Car Diner in Mt. Airy. Through Feb. 1, 7619 Germantown Ave., 215-753-1500.