ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS AROUND THE REGION THIS WEEK

72nd Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition

Opening reception 1-3 p.m. Sunday Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy, 108 Crescent St., Norwich Almost 300 works were submitted by more than 150 artists for this juried exhibition. Winners will be announced at the reception. Through March 18. Hours 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 1-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.; (860) 887-2506.

40th Student Exhibition

Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Friday Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St., Old Lyme Annual show displaying works from students majoring in drawing, illustration, painting and sculpture. Through April 2. Hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; (860) 434-3571. Photo- Op: A Mix of Eclectic Local Photographers Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Wednesday Hoxie Gallery, Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly A group show of works by selected local photographers. Through Feb. 27. Hours 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.Wed., 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. Thurs. and Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.; (401) 596-2877. Visiting Artists Show featuring Connecticut College Art Students Opens Wednesday with a reception 5-8 p.m. Friday Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, 7 Canal St., Westerly Gallery celebrates the work of young artists with an exhibition reflecting the way emerging artists use visual information to express themselves. Through Feb. 28. Hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 596-2221.

MUSEUMS

Holiday Train Show Exhibit — Con

necticut River Museum, 67 Main St., Essex; family-friendly annual exhibit by Steve Cryan showcasing more trains, new scenery and other surprises in the fully operational 26-foot model train layout; through Feb. 20; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except Mon.; $9, $6 kids; (860) 767-8269.

Fifty Years Making the Past

Present — The Indian and Colonial Research Center, Route 27, 39 Main St., Old Mystic; Commonalities, a photo exhibit selected from the museum’s collection of historical images; no closing date; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; free admission; (860) 536-9771; www.indianandcolonial.org.

225th Anniversary of the U.S. Cus

toms Service — Custom House Maritime Museum, 150 Bank St., New London; traveling show by the National Retired Customs Officers Foundation augmented by local archival materials; through April 1; 1-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sun.; (860) 447-2501.

Herman Leonard: Jazz Memories

— Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London; series of photographs of jazz icons; through May 29; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-2545. Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest

for Longitude — Mystic Seaport, 17 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic; exhibition on loan from the National Maritime Museum in London explores the race to determine longitude at sea; through March 28; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 572-0711.

GALLERIES

For the Love of Alexey — Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Branford House, Avery Point campus, Shennecossett Road, Groton; the show commemorating von Schlippe’s 100th birthday will be a farewell display of his paintings before they are permanently returned to his family in Germany; through Feb. 21 with a reception/celebration from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 19; 12:30-4:30 p.m. Fri. and noon-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.; (860) 405-9052.

Journey of Transformation — C.D. Mallory Building, Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic; works from Dalvero Academy artists focusing on the 38th voyage of the Charles W. Morgan as it relates to whaling; through Dec. 31; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily; mysticseaport.org.

Artist Exhibition — Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Ave., New London; 15th Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology; through March 4; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 1-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.; (860) 439-2787.

Christa DeVega — Fiddleheads Natural Food Co-op, 13 Broad St., New London; nature and scenic photographs; through Feb. 29; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; (860) 701-9123.

Pamela Erickson — Gallery 31•47, 45 Main St., Chester; mixed media sculpture work; also on view, abstract paintings by Matson Vollers and the latest found object assemblages and sculptures from William Vollers; through Feb. 28; (860) 3224259.

Painted Prayers — La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington; sacred thangka paintings (artistic objects of devotion for Tibetan Buddhists) by Lama Tsondru Sangpo; through Feb. 29; call for hours; (860) 5352300. 24th Annual Associate Artist Exhibition and Wonders of Winter — Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through Feb. 26; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. and by appointment; (860) 434-7802. Maritime Miniatures by Maritime

Masters — Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave.; through April 3; (860) 572-5388.

Black & White Show — Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St., Mystic; annual juried show; through Feb. 29; also, “Drawn from a Private Collection: Works on Paper from 18802009,” by renowned American artists from Winslow Homer to Fred Wilson; through April 9; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 536-7601.

Photographs of the Arboretum — Right Path Organic Café, 140 State St., New London; series of the same sites throughout the seasons within the Connecticut College Arboretum, photographed sequentially by Mark Mathew Braunstein; through Feb. 29; (860) 437-9700.

The Human form — Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook; paintings, sculpture, drawing and photography depicting the human body; through March 13; 11:30 a.m.6 p.m. Wed.-Fri., 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat. and 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 767-0742.

Think Big, Start Small — Studio 80+Sculpture Grounds, 80-1 Lyme St., Old Lyme; through March 31; a.m.-5 p.m. daily; (860) 434-5957. Model of Coast Guard Cutter Courier — U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Ave., New London; display of a model of the Cold War-era Coast Guard cutter Courier, which served as a radio-relay station for the federal government’s “Voice of America” broadcast program; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. the first and third Saturday of each month.