Chandler Art Gallery

Main St., Randolph

•Local Artists Show thru May 5, open Thursdays, 4-6 p.m., also on weekends and by appointment (728-9878).

Gifford Art Gallery

Gifford Med. Ctr., Randolph

•Abstract paintings in acrylic urethane by Peter Benoit of Northfield, thru May 23.

Nina Gaby Studio & Gallery

16 Stone Road, Brookfield

•"MUD: Three Vermont Artists Interpret Clay," featuring work by Klara Calitri, David Martin and Nina Gaby; thru Memorial Day weekend. Open weekends and by appointment (276-3726).

BigTown Gallery

Main St., Rochester, 767-9670

•"Alice Hall: A Life in Photography," thru May 20.

Tunbridge Library

Route 110, Tunbridge

•Artwork from students in grades 7-12 from Chelsea, Tunbridge, Newton, Wellspring, South Royalton and Sharon Academy; thru May 28.

Cooler Gallery

No. Main St., White River Jct.

802-295-8008

•Two-person show featuring works by Joan Potkay and Sandy Kabler, thru May 31.

Hood Museum of Art

Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.

603-646-2808

•"Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions Within a Changing Environment," thru May 13.

•"Pilobolus Comes Home: Three Decades of Dance Photographs;" thru July 8. Free Admission.

•"Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic," thru May 20.

Restaurant Phoebe

52 State St., Montpelier.

•"Platters, Dolls and Clay Monoprints," smoked earthenware by Nina Gaby of Brookfield, thru Memorial Day. For hours, call 802-262-3500.

Studio Place Arts

201 N. Main Street, Barre

802-479-7069

•Main Floor Gallery: "Window Jazz Inventions," new paintings by James McGarrell; Second Floor Gallery: "Mail Art;" Third Floor Gallery: "The Need to Conceal," works by James Juron; thru June 16.

Montshire Museum of Science

Norwich, 802-649-2200

•"Toys: the Inside Story," includes 12 hands-on stations illustrating the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys, and lets visitors create their own toy-like combinations; thru Sept. 9.

ECHO Leahy Center

Burlington, 802-864-1848

•Live animal feedings, daily at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 & 3 p.m.; movie shorts daily at 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.

•"Tree Houses," imaginative, hands-on exhibit explores the important roles that trees play in providing homes for all sorts of animals, including people, thru May 6.