ART OPENINGS AND EXHIBITS

MUSEUMS

Fun & Games? Leo Jensen’s Pop Art — The Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme; features the work of Pop Artist Leo Jensen (1926–2019); runs through May 19; held in conjunction with “Art in Play” at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum; hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. through March; after that, the site is open till 5 p.m. on all of those days; (860) 434-5542.

Beatrice Cuming: Connecticut Precisionist — Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London; Cuming (American 1903-1974) was an important and under-recognized Connecticut woman artist working in an era of tremendous change; she worked in New London for much of her career and celebrated modernity in her dynamic depictions of urban life in the 1930s-’50s; runs through May 26; also, “Art in Play” features the work of Pop Artist Leo Jensen (1926–2019); a companion exhibition to show at the Florence Griswold Museum; runs through April 14; “Norma Morgan in Context” focuses on Morgan (1928–2017), a visionary African American artist from New Haven who approached landscape with a sense of awe and a reverence towards nature; runs through April 7; artworks by students from area schools on view in the museum’s Lehman Auditorium; Winthrop and C.B. Jennings elementary schools through March 31; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.; (860) 443-2545.

Women of Mystic — Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St., Mystic; this exhibition features the work of Mystic art colony’s creative and irrepressible women artists; runs through June 2; hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Sun. through end of March; hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily starting in April; (860) 536-7601, mysticmuseumofart.org.

Alexis Rockman: Oceanus — Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic; the show features 10 large-scale watercolors and an 8-by-24-foot panoramic painting, all commissioned by the Museum to become part of the permanent collection; also, “Spineless: A Glass Menagerie of Blaschka Marine Invertebrates,” a major exhibition featuring selections from the 19th-century Blaschka Glass Invertebrates collection at The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and from other institutions, runs through Sept. 2024; “Sea as Muse and Fish & Forrest: Through the Lens of a Commercial Fishermom” features silver objects and wood carvings inspired by the sea; runs through spring 2024; (860) 572-0711; mysticseaport.org.

OTHER VENUES

Patrick Regan Art Exhibit — The Golden Owl, 19 Golden St., New London; showcasing Regan’s beer label illustrations for Tox Brewing Company; noon-8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat, noon-5 p.m. Sun, through April 28; free; (860) 924-2695. Guy Daigle Art Exhibit — Hoxie Gallery, Westerly Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly; drawings, painting and mixed media; through today; open during library hours 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri., and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.; westerlylibrary.org.

Inside Narrative and Storytelling — Hygienic Art Gallery, 79 Bank St., New London; works by Gallery One CT artists conveying the idea of journeys through paintings, printmaking, collage, watercolors and photography; through April 20; also, “Stoimen Stoilov Redux,” a retrospective collection of works by noted Bulgarian artist whose ties to the local community originated through his friendship with the late poet William Meredith; through April 30; hours noon-7 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun.; hygienic.org.

An Exhibition in Four Acts — The Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme St., Old Lyme; this exhibition showcases the assorted styles of its artists; through April 11; hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. or by appointment; (860) 434-7802.

No Bodies: Clothing as Disruptor — Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford; this exhibition curated by Alva Greenberg features works from more than 25 artists; the altered and uninhabited clothing in the exhibition disrupts automatic responses by playing with perceptions of materiality, cultural identity, relationships, political beliefs, and portraiture itself; runs through April 20; hours 2-9 p.m. daily; (860) 232-1106, realartways.org.

A Church With Heart In The Heart Of The City — Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery, New London; a celebration of a beloved landmark and the community featuring images of First Congregational Church; runs through Friday; hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed.-Fri. and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat.; studio33gallery.com.