Concord's art galleries are joining forces to offer an art tour that will venture to the fields and forests of New Hampshire, the busy streets of India, the strange world of the imagination and back again. Seven area galleries are participating in a free event organized by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

At St. Paul's School, some decidedly unconventional art is on display in the Art Center at Hargate as well as in the river - that's right, the river - behind the building, where artist Linc Cornell has taken photos of students' faces, attached them to sandbags and tossed them in the water. The art is meant to call to mind the flood that forced students out of the school four years ago, said Colin Callahan, director of the art gallery.

Inside the gallery, a comically formal and equally eye-catching taxidermy sculpture by David Poole depicts a badger painting a wolf on canvas. The exhibit, curated by arts department director Ian Torney, is called Larger Than Life and includes numerous interpretations of the human figure.

At Franklin Pierce Law Center, visitors can return to reality with the landscapes and still lifes of Manchester artist Janice Donnelly, as well as photos and prints by Lawrence and Victoria Elbroch, who visited India in 2007. At Kimball-Jenkins Art School, they can view the lively artwork of commercial artist Gordon Carlisle.

The Mill Brook Gallery and Sculpture Garden has paintings and sculptures from a variety of artists, and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's Gallery 205 has numerous hand-woven items on display as part of its Celebrating the Loom exhibition. Other participating galleries include Red River Theatres, Rowlands Studio and NHTI-Concord's Community College.

A brochure and map will be available at each location, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call 224-2508 or visit concordnhchamber.com.

Sarah Earle