ART EXHIBITS AND OPENINGS

OPENINGS Nature in Black and White Opening reception 6:30-9 p.m. Friday Spectrum Gallery, Main St., Centerbrook Black-and-white photographs, paintings and mixed media works inspired by nature. Through May 13. Noon-6 p.m. Wed., noon-5 p.m. Thurs., noon-6 p.m. Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 767-0742. MUSEUMS Victorian Woolies: Sailors’ Stitchery and

Other Pastimes — Custom House Maritime Museum, 150 Bank St., New London; through May 31; hours 1-5 p.m. Thurs.Sun.; (860) 447-2501. Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art — Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old lyme; through May 6; also, “P.S.: Letters from the Lyme Art Colony” through May 6; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; 443-2545.

Lisa Lyman Adams: kidArt — Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.; also through April 14, “Young at Art”; hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; (860) 536-7601.

Murmur: Arctic Realities — Mystic Seaport, Route 27; through April 22 in Collins Gallery; “The Young Artists Show” through March 30 in the Maritime Gallery; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 572-0722. GALLERIES 42nd Annual Student Exhibition — Hygienic Galleries, 79 Bank St., New London; through Friday; hours 2-7 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-8001.

Sweeney’s Flight: The Photographs of

Rachel (Giese) Brown — La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington; through Friday; hours vary, call ahead: 535-2300.

42nd Annual Student Exhibition — Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Sat.; hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 434-5232.

Four Acts — Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through April 20; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Sun. and by appointment; (860) 434-7802.

Inspired by Color — Norwich Arts Center, 60 Broadway; through Sat.; hours noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; (860) 887-2789.

Unfiltered — Branford House, UConn Avery Point, Groton; through May 6; noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun.; (860) 4059000.