OPENINGS ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS THIS WEEK

Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Friday Essex Art Association, 10 North Main St., Essed A juried show utilizing a variety of inspirations unique to each artist. Runs through Aug. 17. Hours 1-5 p.m. Wed.Sun.; (860) 767-8996.

Birds, Bugs and Their Flowers

Opening reception 6:30-9 p.m. Friday Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook A summer show featuring the flora and fauna of the season in a variety of media. Runs through Sept. 15; noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 7670742.

The Fence Show Painters

Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme St., Old Lyme An annual outdoor show held in conjunction with the Old Lyme Midsummer Festival, featuring more than 20 painters. (860) 621-4424.

MUSEUMS

Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in

Contemporary Art — Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Sept. 8; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; (860) 434-5542.

Discovering New Beauty — Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 State St., New London; through Aug. 3; also “Robert Rauschenberg: Ruminations” through Aug. 11, “Brought to Light: European Paintings from the Collection” through summer 2020; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-2545. Members and Elected Artists Exhibition

— Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St., Mystic; through Aug. 17; also “Selections from Soderberg Unfurled” through Aug. 17; hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 5367601.

Streamlined: From Hull to Home — Collins Gallery, Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic; through Aug. 25; also “Plein Air Painters” in the Maritime Gallery through Sept. 22; hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 572-5331.

GALLERIES

The Watercolors of Mary Jane and Jon

Peterson — Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook; through Wednesday; (860) 395-3184.

Passing Through — Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, 14 Railroad Ave., Westerly; through Sunday; hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 596-2221.

The Art of Healing — Foundry 66 Cowork Space, 66 Franklin St., Norwich; through Aug. 4 at this location; hours vary, call ahead; culturesect.org. Connecticut Artists Group Exhibition — Hygienic Art, 79 Bank St., New London; through Aug. 3; also “The Eyes Have It” through Aug. 3; hours noon-7 p.m. Tues.Fri., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun; (860) 443-8001.

Stonington Artists Show — La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington; through Aug. 31; hours vary, call ahead; $5 suggested donation; (860) 535-2300.

Noank Artists Show — Latham Chester Store, 108 Main St., Noank; through Sept. 2; hours 1-4 p.m. Wed.-Sun.; 536-4559.

Senior Studio Exhibition — Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Aug. 16; hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; (860) 434-5232. Waterworks: A Marine Art Show — Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme; also the Hudson Valley Art Association 86th Annual Juried Exhibition; both through Aug. 2; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun.; 434-7802. The Smooth and the Striated — Melanie Carr Gallery, 1 North Main St. #10, Essex; through Aug. 25; hours 1-4 p.m. Fri.-Sun.; (860) 830-6949. Acrylics by David Corbett — Mystic and Noank Library, 40 Library St., Mystic; through Sunday; (860) 536-7721.

Abstracts — The Red House Cultural Arts Center, 22 Darling Road, Salem; through Oct. 13; hours 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thurs.-Sun.; (860) 608-6526. Being Without Being — Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, 1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton; through Aug. 11; hours noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.