Art openings and exhibits
OPENINGS
Parks and Gardens
Opens Wednesday
The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, 14 Railroad Ave., Westerly Featuring artists Gerry Matteo and Richard Inserra, special guests of the Ocean Community YMCA Garden Club; opening reception June 3; runs through June 26; hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 419-4538.
MUSEUMS
Dana Sherwood: Animal Appetites and Other Encounters in Wildness — Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme; this exhibit includes films, sculpture installations, oil and watercolor paintings created over the past 10 years that interrogate the relationship between wild nature and domestic culture, drawing on research into cross-species communication, the feminine experience, hstoric literature, and the occult; runs through Sept. 18; hours 10 a.m.5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; (860) 434-5542. Unbeatable Women: Power and Innovation in the Work of Women Photographers — Lyman Allyn
Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London; runs through June 19; also, “Picturing Mystic: Views of the Connecticut Shoreline, 1890-1950” runs through Sept. 4; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 4432545; lymanallyn.org.
More Than Hot Type — Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St., Mystic; a printmaking exhibition presented in collaboration with the Providence Art Club (PAC) of Rhode Island showcasing PAC’s group portfolio of 25 innovative prints; runs through Sun.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; 536-7601. Sea as Muse — Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic; silver objects and wood carvings inspired by the sea; runs through summer 2022; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 572-0711, mysticseaport.org.
GALLERIES
You Are Everything! — Groton-New London Airport, 155 Tower Ave., Groton; a selection of artwork from women whose artistic careers began at York Correctional Institution in Niantic; runs through June 30; hours 7 a.m.-6 p.m. daily; (860) 448-5135. I’ll Follow the Sun — La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington; a solo exhibit of the large-scale botanical works by photographer Shelley Lawrence Kirkwood; runs through June 30; hours 1-4 p.m. Wed., Fri. and Sun.; (860) 535-2300.
Expanding Visions — Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme; this juried exhibit includes work in any style that Lyme Art Association members have been exploring, from hyperrealism to abstract; the Hudson Valley Art Association’s 89th Annual National Exhibition is also on view; runs through June 2; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. and by appointment; (860) 434-7802.
Inspired — Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery, 140 Bank St., New London; a two-woman show featuring the work of local artists Amy Hunter Drago and Yujuan “Juner” Zhai; runs through July 2; hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat. or by appointment; (860) 442-6355.
Velvet Mill Artists Mixed Media Art Show — The Velvet Mill Gallery, 22 Bayview Ave., Stonington; featuring a visual art form that combines a variety of media in a single artwork; paint, paper, pencil, ink, photographs, etc. are layered and worked to create a unique image; runs through July 17; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.