James Meehan presents a collection of quiet winterscapes captured on Tuesday as the rest of Lyme and Old Lyme busily dug out from snowfall not seen in years.

High school students in Lyme, Old Lyme and across the Shoreline region are invited to enter the 42nd Annual Future Choices visual arts competition.

The upcoming exhibition features five juried shows on themes ranging from abstract art to faces and figures. An opening reception will be held March 1.

Peter Steere, former chief operating officer of Yale Health and acting Florence Griswold Museum director, has been chosen to lead the museum into the future.

Senior center artists are exhibiting mixed-media work at the Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library through March, with a portion of sales supporting programs for seniors.

The curators will explore Finnish modernism and 19th-century French painting through the work of Helene Schjerfbeck and Jean-Léon Gérôme.

We’ve compiled this wintry mix of events coming up (or not) this weekend.

‘Photography and the Painted Image,’ an exhibition curated as part of a Connecticut College course last fall, will be on view at Lyman Allyn Art Museum from Jan. 17 through April 12.

Musical Masterworks said the trio of acclaimed artists brings “expressive depth” to the intimate chamber setting inside the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme.

The internationally recognized artists’ colony has announced the appointment of Sarah Weatherley as its new development director.

The group was founded in 1997 and has grown to more than 80 members who gather at Monday evening rehearsals for two spring concerts and two Christmas concerts.

The Afro-Cuban jazz celebration includes Fast on vibraphone, Jorge Fuentes on the congas, Matt Dwonszyk on bass, Amy Milan on keyboards and renowned percussionist Anthony Carrillo on the bongos, timbales and other percussion.

Artistic Director Ian Watson said performing the work on period instruments gives the music an immediacy and color that audiences rarely hear today.

George Frideric Handel composed Messiah in 1741 in just 24 days. From the joyous “For Unto Us a Child is Born” to the triumphant “Hallelujah” Chorus, the timeless masterpiece captures the wonder and reverence of the holiday season.

The Westerly Museum of American Impressionism is open with more than 150 paintings from a collection of roughly 300 works accumulated by local collectors and philanthropists Cynthia D. Sculco and Dr. Thomas P. Sculco.

Con Brio Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. Chris Shepard, will feature the music of English composer and conductor Sir John Rutter.

This holiday season, the Lyme Art Association invites the community to celebrate art and togetherness with a series of exhibitions and events for all ages.

The art center shop and gallery space at 411 Church Street in Guilford is open daily through Jan. 11 with handcrafted gifts from hundreds of independent artists and makers,

Musicians of all ages will bring holiday favorites to the Lymes’ Senior Center on Sunday for a free concert by the Old Lyme Town Band.

The concert features the Masterworks Chorus and Cappella Orchestra, with soloists Kayla Cook, soprano; Edmound Fitzpatrick, bass/baritone; Brooke Larimer, mezzo-soprano; and Tim Lind, tenor.