Museums - Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St., Attleboro. Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 508-222-2644 or www.attleboroartsmuseum.org. HISTORIC AMERICAN POSTERS: 1942 - 1945, from the private collection of Toby and David London, through March 19; FLOWER SHOW: "FLOWER POWER," April 2 - 5; MASS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN SPOTLIGHT EXHIBITION, April 17 through May 15; THE RENAISSANCE - INSTALLATION ART featuring innovative recycled objects, May 27 through June 11, awards reception May 28; 6:30 p.m.

Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton. Hours: Mon., Tue., Thu.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $8 adults, $5 seniors and students. Free for members and children under 12. Free admission every Wed. 5-9 p.m. 508-588-6000, www.fullermuseum.org. CRAFT IN AMERICA-EXPANDING TRADITIONS, through March 25, only East coast exhibition and final stop.

Decordova Art Museum, 51 Sandy Point Rd., Lincoln. Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $9/adults, $6/seniors, students, children 6-12. 781-259-8355 or www.decordova.org. FACE TO FACE: PORTRAITS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Oct. 4 through Sept. 9, 2009.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston. Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Admission: $12/adults, $10/seniors, $5/students. 617-278-5156 or www.gardnermuseum.org. JOURNEYS EAST: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia, through May 31.

Museum of Fine Arts, Huntington Ave., Boston. Sat. - Tues. 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wed. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. $15/adults, $13/seniors, students, free/members. Call 617-369-3447 or visit www.mfa.org. AND SO TO BED: INDIAN BED CURTAINS FROM A STATELY ENGLISH HOME, through June 21; PHOTOGRAPHIC FIGURES, through May 10; TITIAN, TINTORETTO, VERONESE: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, March 15, $25. New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. whalingmuseum.org. CLASSIC WHALING PRINTS, through 2009, includes two prints mentioned in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."

New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St., Lowell. Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sun. noon to 4 p.m. $5 adults, $4 students, seniors, members are free. nequiltmuseum.org or 978-452-4207. FABRIC CONNECTION: Seven Swiss Contemporary Quilts Artists, through April 18; URSULA KERN LECTURE, April 18, "Colon in design: between playing and hard work."

Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St., Salem. Open Tues. through Sun., Mon. holidays from 10 s.m. to 5 p.m. $15 adults, $13 seniors, $11 students, free residents of Salem and youth under 16. 866-745-1876 or pem.org. MAHJONG, through May 17, contemporary Chinese art; FISH, SILK, TEA, BAMBOO: Cultivating an Image of China, March 14 through 2011.

RISD Museum, 224 Benefit St., Providence. Tues. through Sun., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $8/adults, $5/seniors, $2/ages 5-18, $3/college students with valid ID, Free/Museum members, Brown and RISD students, children under 5. Free-For-All Saturdays: last Saturday of every month free admission to the Museum and activities. 401-454-6500 or www.risdmuseum.org. BEDAZZLED, through March 29 at the Fleet Library at RISD; SARTORIAL SANCTUARY: Clothing and Tradition in the Eastern Islamic World, through April 26; PULLED UP: Carl Ostendarp, through Aug. 23; FACULTY BIENNIAL, through March 15; YOUSUF KARSH: Portraits of Artists, through Aug. 23; SITINGS 2009, through May 31

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 415 South St., Waltham. 781-736-3434 or www.brandeis.edu/rose. HANS HOFMANN: Circa 1950, through April 5.

Rotch-Jones-Duff Garden Museum, 396 County St., NewBedford. 508-997-1401 or www.rjdmuseum.org.

Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org. Wed.-Fri., Sun. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $10 adults, $8 seniors and students with college ID, free for kids under 17, members, free Sat. mornings 10 a.m. to noon. HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY DELIGHTS: Alive in colorful display, through June 9; ACTIONS PEAK, features 67-foot interior wall mural, next projections are March 19, April 6; YOUNG ART MONTH RECEPTION, through April 3; BEYOND: Visions of Planetary Landscapes, opening March 28 through May 24.

Special exhibit

Love Makes A Family, March 26, 7 p.m., First Universalist Society in Franklin, 262 Chestnut St., Franklin. On display from 6 to 10 p.m. Museum-quality traveling exhibit including photos and interviews with families that have lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender members. The documentary, "For the Bible Tells Me So," will be viewed at 7 p.m. about the contemporary face of an old conflict between Christian fundamentalists and gay and lesbian people. www.fusf.org or 508-528-5348.

Arts and Craft Fair CraftBoston, March 27, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., March 28, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 29, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd., Boston. Contemporary art, craft, and design. $15, $12 seniors and SAC members, free for children 12 and under. www.craftboston.org.

Craft and Vendor Fair, May 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., South Attleboro Council, 304 Highland Ave., South Attleboro. South Attleboro Knights of Columbus Council. Benefits Knights of Columbus charities. $30 per table. For more information or to sign up as a craftor/vendor, call Marge Caouette 508-761-5646 or email acaouette@comcast.net

Galleries

Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts, Wheaton College, Norton. Gallery hours Mon. through Sat. 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. www.wheatoncollege.edu/arts. DOROTHEA ROCKBURNE: Astronomy Drawings, March 18 through April 16, opening reception March 18, 2 p.m.; MAKING IT MODERN: Wheaton College and the International Style, March 18 through April 16, opening reception March 18, 2 p.m.; SENIOR STUDIO ART MAJORS EXHIBITION, April 22 to May 8, opening reception April 22, 7 p.m.

Adams Gallery, Sargent Hall, Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston. Hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Free. suffolk.edu/adamsgallery.com. ON EQUAL TERMS: Women in Construction 30 years and still organizing, through March 17.

Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant St., Providence. Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs., noon to 9 p.m., Saturday by appointment. 401-456-9765 or www.ric.edu/bannister. WILLIAM MARTIN AND KRISJOHN HORVAT: Focus on sculpture, through March 26.

Blackstone River Theatre Art Gallery, 549 Broad St., Cumberland, RI. Opened two hours before and during scheduled events. 401-725-9272. WHEN THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES: Modern Blues Performed with passion, through March 28.

Cantor Art Gallery, O'Kane Hall, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester. Mon. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat. 2 to 5 p.m. Free. 508-793-3356 or visit holycross.edu/cantorartgallery. THREE EXHIBITIONS ON BOOKS, through March 31.

Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University, 315 Harborside Blvd., Providence. 401-598-2805. DRIPPING WITH COLOR: The Art of the Fruit Crate Label, through May.

CVPA Campus Gallery, 285 Old Westport Rd., North Dartmouth. Mon. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment. Use parking lot 7A. 508-999-8010. AFRICAN WOMEN IN PICTURES, through March 12.

Dauphinee Gallery, Hunakai Studio School of Fine Arts, 106A Mechanic St., Foxboro. 508-543-5665. FAUNA, through April 27.

David Winton Bell Gallery, List Arts Center, Brown University, 64 Cottage St., Providence. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sat., Sun. 1-4 p.m. 401-863-2932 or www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/.

Gallery at Second Stage Studio, 1 Angell Rd., Cumberland, RI. Open every Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment. 401-334-4800. ART OF CHRISTINE HATFIELD, March 1 through 31, artists reception March 8, 1 to 4 p.m.. graduate of Tri-County Regional Vocational High School in Franklin.

Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Jackson Arts Center, Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree St., Fall River. Hours are Mon., Wed., and Sat., from 1 to 4 p.m., Tues., Thurs., and Fri., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. bristolcc.edu/gallery or 508-678-2811 x 2631. FALL RIVER: AS I SEE IT,through April 1, by students who participate in the Boys and Girls Club.

Hope Gallery, 435 Hope St., Bristol, RI. Open Thurs. through Sat. noon to 5 p.m., Mon. through Wed. by appointment. 401-396-9117 or hopegalleryfineartfinecraft.com. SPIRIT OF LOVE, through April 24.

Jane's Frames, 11 East Central St., Franklin. Open Tues. to Fri., 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., except Thurs., 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Sunday except by appointment. 508-528-3256. SPRING BRINGS NEW HOPE, opening gala March 19, 5 to 8 p.m., runs March 19 through April 2.

Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center, 963 Washington St., Canton. Hours: Fri.-Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $4/non-member adults, $3/non-member children and seniors. 781-821-8853 or massaudubon.org/visualarts.

Moose Hill Gallery, Nature Center, 293 Moose Hill St., Sharon. Open daily 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also 25 miles of hiking trails on 2,000 acres of diverse habitat. 781-784-5691.

Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St., Fall River. Wed. through Sat., noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment. ncfta.org.

Next Door Gallery, 250 North Main St., Mansfield. 508-339-1234.

The Preservation Framer, 16 North Washington St., North Attleboro. 508-809-3224.

Rhode Island Audubon Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol, RI. Oct.-April, Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun., noon to 5 p.m. $6 adults, $4 children 4-12, $5 seniors 65+, free children under 4. 401-245-7500.

Rhode Island Watercolor Society, J. C. Potter Casino (Boat House), Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Boulevard, Pawtucket. Tues. through Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun. 1 to 5 p.m. www.riws.org or 401-726-1876. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, through March 15; THREE PERSON SHOW: Recent works or Marietta Cleasby, Ray Annino, and Lavonne Suwalski, through March 26.

University Art Gallery at UMass Dartmouth, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase St., downtown New Bedford. Park in the nearby Zeiterion Garage. Open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 508-999-8555. THE GEORGE AND HELEN SPELVIN FOLK ART COLLECTION, through March 12

Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Art Center, Bridgewater State College, 40 School St., Bridgewater. Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 508-531-1359 or www.bridgew.edu/art/gallery.