ART EXHIBITS AND OPENINGS AROUND THE REGION THIS WEEK

The Printed Art Motif

Opening reception 5-7 p.m. Friday La Grua Center, 32 Water St., Stonington Several area artists exhibit contemporary printmaking pieces that play with color, forms and shapes. Suggested donation for those attending the opening reception is $5. The show runs through March 28. The center’s hours vary, so call (860) 535-2300. Awakenings: From the Darkness to the Light Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, 7 Canal St., Westerly The show features work in wood by Dan Marantz and photographs by Ardie Harrison. It runs through March 27. Hours 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (401) 596-2221.

MUSEUMS

Ten/Forty: Collecting American Art — Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme; exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of Jeffrey Andersen’s tenure as director of the museum, and the 10th anniversary of curator Amy Kurtz Lansing; through May 29; 10 a.m.5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. and 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 434-5542. 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. 225th Anniversary of the U.S. Customs 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; photographs of jazz icons; through May 29; also, “Dark Water, Deep Treasures,” with 21 paintings from the private collection of Robert D. Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic; also on view is “Beyond Three Hundred Fathoms: Life at the Extremes,” with 25 high-def photographs taken by the Ocean Exploration Trust’s robotic underwater vehicles; those two exhibits run through May 15; “Time and Again,” works by New London artist Michael Peery, runs through April 24; 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. 72nd Annual Connecticut Artists

Juried Exhibition — Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich Free Academy, 108 Crescent St., Norwich; almost 300 works were submitted by more than 150 artists for this juried exhibition; through March 18; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 1-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.; (860) 887-2506.

GALLERIES

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 Fri.; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 1-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.; (860) 439-2787.

Open All Ports — Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St., New London; part of Connecticut College’s 15th Symposium for Arts & Technology, this exhibit explores connections and clashes between natural, cultural, economic and moral systems of open ports; through March 12; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri. and Sat, noon-3 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-8001.

40th Student Exhibition — 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; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; (860) 434-3571. 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 1880-2009” by renowned American artists from Winslow Homer to Fred Wilson, ranging in date from 1880–2009; through April 9; 11 a.m.5 p.m. daily; (860) 536-7601.

The Human Form — Spectrum Gallery, 61 Main St., Centerbrook; paintings, sculpture, drawing and photography depicting the beauty and agility of 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; 11 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.