Museums
Openings
"20TH ANNUAL OPEN JURIED PATUXENT ART LEAGUE EXHIBITION" Works by Maryland, Northern Virginia and District residents, through Jan. 2 at Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel. Open daily 10 to 5. 301-699-2255. arts.pgparks.com. Free.
"WATCH THIS! NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE ART OF THE MOVING IMAGE" On display are nine works spanning 50 years, including Cory Arcangel's Nintendo-inspired "Video Painting," Jim Campbell's "Grand Central Station #2," made from 1,728 LED lights and Kota Ezawa's three-dimensional digital animation "LYAM 3D," indefinitely at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW. Open daily 11:30 to 7. 202-633-1000. www.americanart.si.edu. Free.
EXHIBITIONS
ACADEMY ART MUSEUM "Constructed Spaces: Contemporary Color Photography," through Feb. 13. An exhibition including large-scale work by Edward Burtynsky, William Christenberry and others. Open Friday-Monday 10 to 4, Tuesday-Thursday 10 to 8. 106 South St., Easton. 410-822-2787. www.academyartmuseum.org. $3, 12 and younger free.
AIR AND SPACE/DOWNTOWN Open indefinitely: "The Golden Age of Flight." "The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age." "America by Air." "Apollo to the Moon." "Milestones of Flight." "Space Race." "Barron Hilton: Pioneers of Flight Gallery." The museum's exhibit of aviation and rocketry in the 1920s and '30s reopened with additional artifacts, such as Anne Lindbergh's telegraph key, and hands-on activities for kids. Open daily 10 to 5:30. Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. www.nasm.si.edu. Free.
