ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS THIS WEEK
OPENINGS
Westerly: 350 Years — Time Travel Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, 14 Railroad Ave., Westerly Featuring photography by Lisle Ann Jackson and Ed Porter. Runs through Sept. 1. Hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 596-2221 Art at the Airport Summer Exhibit Opens Friday Groton-New London Airport, 155 Tower Ave., Groton Artwork by graphic artist and illustrator Rita Rivera, sponsored by the Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition. Runs through Sept. 30. Hours 7 a.m.-6 p.m. daily; (860) 448-5135.
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 Saturday; 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
Converge — Essex Art Association, 10 North Main St., Essex; through Aug. 17; hours 1-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun.; (860) 7678996.
The Art of Healing — Foundry 66 Cowork Space, 66 Franklin St., Norwich; through Sunday at this location; hours vary, call ahead; culturesect.org.
Connecticut Artists Group Exhibition — Hygienic Art, 79 Bank St., New London; through Saturday; also “The Eyes Have It” through Saturday; 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 Friday; 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. Artists’ Views of Mystic and Surrounding Towns — Mystic and Noank Library, 40 Library St., through Aug. 31; hours 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Wed., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat.; (860) 5367721. 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. Birds, Bugs and Their Flowers — Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook; through Sept. 15; hours noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 7670742.