ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS

OPENINGS

Making Artists, Making Art Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Friday Chauncey Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St., Old Lyme Faculty exhibition curated by Charlotte Gray and Janis Mink. Runs through Jan. 26. Hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat; (860) 598-5143.

MUSEUMS

Holiday Train Show — Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main St., Essex; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; (860) 767-8269. Paper Trail: American Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors — Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Jan. 27; also “The Magic of Christmas” through Jan. 6; hours 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; also, “Winter Circus” through Jan. 13; also “Quiet Harmonies” through March 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; also, “Maritime Miniatures by Maritime Masters” through Dec. 31; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; 572-0711.

GALLERIES

Silver and Snow — Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, 14 Railroad Ave.; through Dec. 30; hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 5962221. William Ternes: New England Impressionist — Connecticut Cancer Foundation Art Gallery, 15 North Main St., Old Saybrook; through Jan. 5; hours 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Weds., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Fri.; (860) 388-0788. Four Hundred Miles of the Connecticut

River — Charles E. Shain Library, Connecticut College, New London; through Dec. 21. (860) 439-2740.

Holiday Show — The Cooley Gallery, 25 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Jan. 6; noon-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. and noon-4 p.m. Sun.; (860) 434-8807.

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.

Celebration — 50 Main St., Noank; through Dec. 31; hours 3-7 p.m., Thurs.Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun.; (860) 4607659. Art=Gift — Hygienic Art, 79 Bank St., New London; through Dec. 29; also “Isolate” in the Underground Gallery through Dec. 29; hours 2-7 p.m. Tues.Fri., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat., and noon-4 p.m. Sun; (860) 443-8001. Women Photographers of Connecticut

— La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington; through Dec. 31; $5 suggested donation; hours vary, call ahead; 535-2300.

Deck the Walls — Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Jan. 4. Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun.; (860) 434-7802. A Village Love Affair — Richard W. Woolworth Library & Research Center, 40 Palmer St., Stonington; through 2019; hours 1-5 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat.; 535-8445. Myths, Fairy Tales and Fantasies — Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook; through Jan. 13; hours noon-6 p.m. Mon.Sat., noon-5 Sun.; (860) 767-0472.