Neighborhood Portrait, Sands Gallery, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. (609) 924-8777; www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. (wv)

Changing Exhibits, ongoing, dining room, University Medical Center at Princeton, 253 Witherspoon Street. (888) 742-7496; www.princetonhcs.org. (wv)

Eric Schultz, Found Sculpture, Nov 9-Dec 11, , The Gallery at Chapin School, 4101 Princeton Pike, Princeton. Reception Nov 11, 5 - 7 pm (609) 924-2449; www.chapinschool.org/Internet/Gallery.

Connect: Contemporary Art, thru Nov 12, 11 am-3 pm, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Gallery hours: Tue, 9 am-3 pm, 6-8 pm; Wed, 9 am-3 pm, 6-pm; Thu, 11 am-3 pm. www.mccc.edu/gallery

Native Son: Works Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Paul Robeson, thru Nov 13, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. (609) 924-8777; www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. (wv)

Intended Consequences, Jonathan Torgovnik photos, thru Nov 13, Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Woodrow Wilson School, Washington Road, Princeton University campus. (609) 258-2943; www.wws.princeton.edu. (wv)

Jane Cohen oil paintings, Nov 14-Jan 9, Queenstown Gallery Hopewell 24 West Broad Street Hopewell. Opening reception Nov 14 5:30-8 pm. (609) 466-0817; www.thequeenstowngallery.com. (wv)

Rider the First 99 Years exhibit, thru Nov 15, The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. Sponsored by  the Trenton Museum Society and curated by  Rider University. Lecture by Dr. Walter Brower and Robert Congleton October 25, 2 pm. (609) 989-3632; www.ellarslie.org.

Rider: The First 99 Years, thru Nov 15, 12-12 pm, The Trenton City Museum-Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton.

Getting to Know Your Digital Camera, Nov 15, 2-4 pm, Ewing Branch Library, 61 Scotch Road, Ewing. Free

Tuesday Night Knitting Club, Nov 17, 7-8 pm, Barnes and Noble at Princeton Market Fair, 3535 US Rt. 1 S., Princeton. Free

Early Renaissance Painting 1420 – 1490 slide lecture with Mel Leipzig, Nov 17, 12 noon, Communications Building, CM 107, MCCC, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. 570-3729; www.mccc.edu.

Architectural drawings and overview of the new West Windsor arts center with executive director, Eduardo Garcia, Nov 18, 7:30 pm, West Windsor Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction. Seeking volunteers. 919-1982; www.westwindsorarts.org.

Connecting Through The Arts Networking Event, Nov 18, 5-7 pm, Roma Bank Building at 2300 Route 33, Robbinsville. Hosted by Robbinsville Chapter of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. Segal Commercial Real Estate and Richardson Commercial Real Estate in partnership with the Arts and Business Council of Greater Trenton. 689-9960 x21

George Belcher: Paintings from a Digital Age, thru Nov 20 The Silva Gallery of Art, The Pennington School, 112 West Delaware Avenue, Pennington. 737-8069 ext. 400; www.pennington.org.

A-Team exhibit, Nov 21-Jan 2, ArtWorks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. Reception Nov 21, 6-9 pm. Trenton Area Soup Kitchen artists. (609) 394-9436; www.artworkstrenton.org.  (wv)

YWCA Princeton Crafters' Marketplace, Nov 21-22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., John Witherspoon Middle School, 217 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Benefits the Pearl Bates Scholarship fund. (609) 497-2100; www.ywcaprinceton.org. (wv)

Reconnect: Contemporary Art, Nov 24-Dec 17, 11 am-3 pm, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor.

Yasmin Hernandez paintings, thru Nov 30, Anne Reid Gallery, Princeton Day School, The Great Road, Princeton. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 am-5 pm (609) 924-6700; www.pds.org. (wv)

Distortions: multiple ways of exercising hostility by Mexico City Artists Gilberto Esparza, Marcela Armas, Tania Candiani, Gerardo García de la Garza, Iván Abreu, Mario de Vega, Ale de la Puente, and Iván Puig, curated by Distortions: Contemporary Media Art from Mexico, thru Dec 2, 1-3 pm, The College of New Jersey-The College Art Gallery, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing. Repeats: Daily, through: ember, 2009

Karla Jasso and Ricardo Miranda, thru Dec 2, (closed Nov 25-29) ), The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, 2000 Pennington Avenue, Ewing. (609) 771-2198; www.tcnj.edu/~tcag/. (wv)

Forming the Figure, Barbara Grossman and Charles Cajori, paintings and drawings, thru Dec 6, Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center, 2083 Lawrenceville Road. GalleryTalk, Nov 12, 7 pm. Hours: Tue-Thur 11 am-7 pm; Sun 12-4 pm. Closed Nov 26-28; Dec 18-Jan 27. (609) 895-5588; www.rider.edu/888_1371.htm

Eric Schultz, found object sculptures, thru Dec 11, The Gallery at Chapin, Chapin School, 4101 Princeton Pike, Princeton. Reception Nov 11, 5-7 pm. (609) 924-7206; www.chapinschool.org. (wv)

Art You Can Touch, thru Dec 27, 12-4 pm, Straube Center, Route 31 at West Franklin Avenue, Pennington.

Fine Art Show, thru Dec 29, 12-4 pm, Straube Center Buildings 100 & I-108, 1 Straube Center Boulevard, Pennington.

Rex Goreleigh: Revisited in Princeton, thru Jan 18, Historical Society of Princeton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street. (609) 921-6748, www.princetonhistory.org. (wv)

Emmet Gowin photos, thru Feb 21, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton University campus. Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait Gallery Talk with Joel Smith, Curator of Photography, Nov 13, 12:30 pm, & Nov 15, 3 pm. Hours are Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-10 pm;  Sun, 1-5 pm. Tours Sat-Sun,t 2 pm. 258-3788; www.artmuseum.princeton.edu.

 

Grounds For Sculpture

Faculty Art Exhibition: The Art of Teaching, thru Nov 28, 12-5 pm.

The Contemporary Artwork of Jacobo de la Serna, thru Jan 10, 12-5 pm.

Sculpture by Albert Paley, thru Jan 10, 12-5 pm.

Outstanding Student Achievement Awards in Contemporary Sculpture Annual Exhibition, thru Jan 10, 12-5 pm.

Grounds For Sculpture, 18 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton. 586-0919; www.groundsforsculpture.org.

 

New Jersey State Museum

71 Fragments of a Dream, Maria Lau photos, thru Jan 3, Mezzanine Galleries

Transcendent Toshiko Takaezu ceramics, thru May 30, 2nd Floor Cityside Gallery

Statesmen, Indians, Soldiers, Missionaries and Travelers: The Development of an Ethnographic Collection, thru May 30, 2nd Floor Cityside Gallery

New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton. (609) 394.5310; www.nj.gov/state/museum

 

Peddie School

Succession: Photographs from 2004-2006, by Jonathan Wayne, thru Nov 8 Mariboe Gallery

Student Fall Art Exhibition, Nov 11, 6:30-8 pm, Mariboe Gallery.

Student Fall Music Concert, Nov 12, 7:30 pm.

Peddie School, Ward Avenue, Hightstown. (609) 490.7500; www.peddie.org. (wv)

 

Princeton University

Art Museum

Highlights Tour, weekends, 2 pm.

Gallery Talks: Art and Life in Africa with Chika Okeke-Agulu with Holly W. Ross, independent scholar and co-curator, Nov 6, 12:30 pm, Nov 8, 3 pm

Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait, thru Jan 10.

Life Objects: Rites of Passage in African Art, thru Jan 24.

Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait, thru Feb 20.

Princeton University Art Museum, McCormick Hall, Princeton University Campus. Hours: Tue-Wed, Fri-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Thu 10 am-10 pm; Sun 1-5 pm (609) 258-3788; www.artmuseum.princeton.edu. (wv)

Library

Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors "Rivers of America" Series with Morley Melden, Nov 15 , 2:30 pm,  Firestone Library, West Classroom, One Washington Road, Princeton University campus.

Liberty and the American Revolution: Selections from the Collection of Sid Lapidus, thru Jan 3, Firestone Library Gallery

Treasures from the Archives, thru Jan 29, Mudd Manuscript Library.

Imagerie populaire: 19th and 20th Century French Illustrated Broadsides from the Cotsen Children's Library, thru Jan 30, Milberg Gallery.

Princeton University Library, One Washington Road, Princeton. (609) 258-3184; www.princeton.edu/~rbsc. (wv)

Lucas Gallery

Video Class Exhibition, Nov 11-13. Reception Nov 10, 6-8 pm.

Undergrad Paintings, Nov 18-Dec 4. Reception Nov 17, 6-8 pm.

Lucas Gallery, Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts, 185 Nassau Street, Princeton. Hours Mon-Fri, 10 am-4:30 pm. (609) 258-1500; www.princeton.edu/arts. (wv)