Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St, Waterbury. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 12-5 pm. Call 203-753-0381.

Through Sept 29, “They Found Their Way: Generations of Jewish Life in Waterbury,” family memories & personal scrapbooks gathered by members of Jewish Oral History Project offers look at 150 years of settlement by Jews in Waterbury & how building of synagogues, businesses & communities helped shaped neighborhoods & city today; July 11, “Layers of Identity in the North End,” 7 pm, free discussion led by historian Ruth Glasser & including residents of local neighborhoods will concern the multi-ethnic community in northern Waterbury which has been home since 19th C to Italians, Polish, Africans, Jews, etc; July 14, Jewish Road Rally, free, begins 1 pm (from B’nai Shalom parking lot, 135 Roseland Ave), find sites associated w/ people, places & all things Jewish in Waterbury via scavenger hunt by car leading to mystery destination, 2-person team minimum.

Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St at York, New Haven. Hours: Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1-6 pm. Masterpiece Tours of Permanent Collection every Sat 1:30 pm, Sun 3 pm. Call 203-432-0600.

Through July 30, “Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth, Aerial Photographs,” 90 aerial photos by the American artist (b 1941) w/ subjects ranging from ICBM missle sites to golf courses under construction, all dealing w/ the way humans have changed the surface of the planet; July 16, gallery talk, 2 pm, led by Russell Lord; July 18, “Lessons Learned: A Student’s Perspective on Emmet Gowin,” noon, by grad student Jena Sher.

Through July 30, “Robert Adams: What We Bought, The New World, and Lewis Baltz: Park City, Contemporary Photographs,” major portfolios of 2 American artists incl 193 shots by Adams (b 1937) presenting the development of Denver, Colo., and 102 shots by Baltz (b 1945) presenting similar views of Salt Lake City & Park City, Utah.

Through July 30, “Looking At America,” contemporary works in variety of media that address American landscape incl pcs by Burt Barr, Uta Barth, Rackstraw Downes, Yvonne Jacquette, Tony Tasset, et al.

Through Sept 1, “Art For All Seasons: Asian Art at Yale, part II” selection of works in variety of media covering variety of themes from permanent collection w/ emphasis on Japanese & Chinese art.

Through Sept 9, “Frankenthaler: The Woodcuts,” 23 woodcuts by Helen Frankenthaler (b 1928), who began emergence during last quarter of 20th Century of history’s oldest method of printmaking, exhibit incl numerous states & proofs.

Through Nov 10, “Nine African American Quilters,” 9 boldly colored, asymmetrically designed quilts from private collection created by women of rural Alabama circa 1973.