Take in an exhibit at a local gallery | Time Out

Each year, Arts Center East dedicates an exhibit to the art of photography.

Photographers 18 and older were invited to submit their work in digital or film photography in all subjects, including nature, architecture, close-ups, small details, portraits, etc.

This exhibit’s purpose is to showcase the ways photographers view and capture the world.

• An exhibit of fiber art will be on display at Arts Center East from Feb. 5-26.

The show features fiber artists who work in textiles, wearable art, or mixed fiber.

Arts Center East is at 709 Hartford Turnpike,Vernon.

Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Admission is free. Past and present exhibit are also viewable online.

Masks are required regardless of vaccination status.

The Windsor Art Center, 40 Mechanic St., will feature works by resident studio artists at the Windsor Train Station in an exhibit running through March 5.

Artists on display at “Art from Across The Tracks: A Celebration of the ‘Studio’” are:

• Andres Chaparro, paintings inspired by jazz.

• LeaAnn Cogswell, representational sculpture of human and animal forms.

• Cathy Doocy, exploration of composition and color using the vernacular of landscape painting.

• Michelle Hawran, paintings inspired by her family’s history.

• JoeSam, mixed-media artist reflecting African-American culture.

• Adam Lenz, works on paper.

• Xarea Lockhart, runway and ready-to-wear fashion.

• Amy Hoffman, mixed media floral and landscape imagery

Gallery hours are Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Manchester Art Association

The Manchester Art Association presents its latest exhibit, “Colorful Brushwork,” at Manchester Town Hall, 42 Center St.

This exhibit features members’ works created with oils, water-based oils, alkyds, and/or acrylics.

Eastern Connecticut State University

The Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery will kick off the spring 2022 semester with the exhibit “Capturing the Ephemeral: Celebrating Theatre and Performance Media at Eastern,” running until Feb. 18. The exhibition will premiere today, Jan. 27, with an opening reception at 4 p.m.

The exhibit features works by seven faculty members from the Performing Arts Department.

• An exhibit titled “The Artist as Witness” is at the art gallery through Tuesday.

The exhibit features works from the 1930s to today by master artists, participants in the Prison Arts Program, and local college students.

Each artist produced consciously political art in response to specific events or circumstances; their work is characterized by figurative representations of people and actions.

The art gallery is in the Fine Arts Instructional Center and is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends by appointment. Admission is free.

A solo exhibition of new work by 2020 Real Art Ways award recipient Anne Wu will be at the gallery through Feb. 6.

The exhibit, titled “A Dream Walking,” comprises five vibrantly-hued sculptures that reference familiar architectural forms that evoke both a sense of place and no place at all: A railing grows from the ground, emerging upward before an abrupt end. A door opens, or closes, to nowhere in particular. A balcony hovers, the center of its base missing. A banister descends, edging towards the floor. A window cover clings to the wall, its beams extending beyond its frame.

Wu is a 2021-22 Studio Artist at Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York and winner of a Real Art award, which recognizes emerging artists living in New England, New Jersey, or New York.

Gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday, 4 to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 9 p.m.

Real Art Ways is at 56 Arbor St., Hartford.

For information, including visitor protocols, call 860-232-1006 or go to: realartways.org