ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS THIS WEEK

OPENINGS Winter Circus Opens 10 a.m. Saturday Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London This circus-themed exhibition features more than 20 paintings, prints, photographs and antique toys from the Lyman Allyn’s collection. Runs through Jan. 13. Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-2545. Maritime Miniatures by Maritime Masters Opens Saturday Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum, 47 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic More than 100 small paintings by some top Maritime Gallery artists. Meet some of the artists at the opening 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Runs through Dec. 31. Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 5725388. Holiday show and sale The Cooley Gallery Opening reception 5-7 p.m. tonight 25 Lyme St., Old Lyme Historic and contemporary art in all sizes, including newly discovered paintings by Old Lyme colony artists Louis Cohen, William S. Robinson, Wilson Irvine and Charles Ebert. Runs through Jan. 6. Hours noon-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. and noon4 p.m. Sun. Near and Far, A Journey in Light and Color Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Friday Marquee Gallery, 74 State St., New London A solo show by Joan Heffernan. Runs through Dec. 1. Hours 1-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; (860) 428-4903. Holiday Train Show Connecticut River Museum, Essex By train artist Steve Cryan. Runs through Feb. 18. Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; (860) 767-8269. Points of Departure Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Saturday Melanie Carr Gallery, 1 North Main St. #10, Essex New work by Elizabeth Gourlay, Pat Smith and Dina Varano. Through Dec. 31; 1-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; (860) 830-6949. Florence Pénault Pottery Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Saturday Lori Warner Gallery, 21 Main St., Chester A permanent functional ceramics exhibition by Guilford resident Florence Pénault. Hours 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; (860) 322-4265. Myths, Fairy Tales and Fantasies Opening reception 6:30-9 p.m. Friday Spectrum Gallery, Main St., Centerbrook R uns through Jan. 13. Hours noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.; 767-0742.

MUSEUMS Paper Trail: American Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors — Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Jan. 29; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 434-5542. American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times — Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London; through Feb. 24; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-2545. International Marine Art Exhibition — Maritime Gallery, Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic; through Dec. 31; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. “Brought to Light: Ellis Ruley in Norwich” — Slater Museum, 108 Crescent St., Norwich; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 1-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; (860) 887-2506.

GALLERIES

Giftable Art — Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, 14 Railroad Ave.; through Dec. 2; hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 596-2221.

Faculty Exhibition 2018 — Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London; through Nov. 30; also “Four Hundred Miles of the Connecticut River” in Shain Library through Nov. 25; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri, 1-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun., closed Nov. 22-24. STE[A]M Art Show — CURE Innovation Commons, 93 Shennecossett Road, Groton; through Jan. 12; hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; (203) 913-8008.

Night and Day — Finer Line Gallery, 48 West Main St., Mystic; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.; 536-8339. Bela Lyon Pratt: Sculptor of Monument

— Groton-New London Airport, 155 Tower Ave., Groton; through Nov. 25; hours 7 a.m.-6 p.m. daily; culturesect.org. Women Photographers of Connecticut

— La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington; through Dec. 31; hours vary, call ahead; (860) 535-2300. A Village Love Affair — Richard W. Woolworth Library & Research Center, 40 Palmer St., Stonington; through November 2019; hours 1-5 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat.; (860) 535-8445. Hopes for the Past, Memories of the Future — Three Rivers Community College, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich; through Nov. 23; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

Mary Diniz Photography — Hoxie Gallery, Westerly Library, 44 Broad St.; through Nov. 30; hours 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.; (401) 596-2877.