Dramatic license

Detail from “Puppet Master,’’ by B. Lynch, in her show “Little Dramas,’’ at the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Mass., through Jan. 11.

The museum says:

“Lynch has been working on this series for 13 years, and throughout, current events have shaped the way her creations develop and relate to one another. Her figures are darkly humorous, and slightly disarming, as using puppets to tell a story creates detachment in the viewer.  The Reds exist in a fixed space, while her Grays hover in a somewhat vague past or future dystopia.  These puppets are not meant to look realistic, they are playful and often a bit ridiculous; consequently, they ease the delivery of a difficult yet urgent contemporary message.’’

Seasonal anonymity

Torrance York, “Untitled 5365” ( archival pigment print), by Connecticut-based photographer Torrance York, at the Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Mass.

In Garden in the Woods, operated by the New England Wild Flower Society. It features the largest landscaped collection of native wildflowers in New England.

'Wonderscapes' in Framingham

“Hide and Seek” (full-room installation), by Adria Arch, in the Danforth Art Museum's (Framingham, Mass.) group exhibit, “Wonderscapes,’’ March 20-June 12

— Photo by Will Howcroft

The museum’s director, Jessica Roscio, says of the show:

“Using circles, organic forms, and undefined borders, five multi-media artists working across media create their own wonderscapes. They use the tactile nature of their materials to convey hazy, stream-of-consciousness, otherworldly dreamscapes based in reality but largely products of the mind. In focusing on elemental forms, each of these artists crafts their own narratives about time and space and the ways in which we visualize, cope, and move through our own ‘wonderscapes.’’’

In his brown study

 

"Under the Chandelier'' (gouache on paper), by KARL ZERBE, at the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Mass.