Carrboro

• “Are we friends?” Photography by Joanna Welborn & Mark Pettit.  – Jan 3-30. Center Gallery, The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2737, www.artscenterlive.org.
• Earth Drawings and Soft Sculpture by Jyoti Duwadi – Jan 3-30. East End Gallery, The ArtsCenter. 300-G E Main St. 929-2737, www.artscenterlive.org.
• Works by Sondra Dorn – Through Jan 30. Nested. 118-B E Main St. 338-8023.
• Paintings by Lynne Clarke, featuring portraits and still lifes – Through Jan 31. The Beehive Salon. 102 E Weaver St. 932-4483, thebeehive-salon.com.
• “Under the Big Blue Sky” by self-taught artist Valerie Tan – Century Center. 100 N Greensboro St. 918-7385, townofcarrboro.com/rp/cc.htm.
• Photographs by Natasha Johnson – Carrboro Town Hall. 301 W Main St. 942-8451, townofcarrboro.com.
• Acrylics by Douglas Clark, focusing on landscapes and automotive – Through Jan 31. DeWitt Law. 118 E Main St. 338-8200, dewitt-law.com.
• Paintings by Deborah Russell – Through Feb 1. Fleet Feet Gallery. 406 W Main St. 942-3102.
• “Watercolor Reflections” by Kathleen Gwinnett – Through Jan 31. NC Crafts Gallery. 212 W Main St. 942-4048.
• Paintings by David Sovero and mixed media by Duncan Morgan – Through Jan 31. Open Eye Café. 101 S Greensboro St. 968-9410.

Chapel Hill

• “Sumi-e, Chinese Brush Painting” by Jinxiu Alice Zhao & Charlie Dillingham – Through Feb 28. Totten Center, North Carolina Botanical Gardens. Call 962-0522.
• “Picturing the World,” Carolina’s celebrated photojournalists – Through Apr 6. Ackland Art Museum. S Columbia St at Franklin St. 966-5736.

• “Theme and Variation,” print sequences from ornament to abstraction – Through Feb 24. Ackland Art Museum. S Columbia St at Franklin St. 966-5736.
• “Shapes, Colors, Dots and Pop” by Roy Lichtenstein – Animation and Fine Art, University Mall. 968-8008.
• Impressionist Art Show – Oils on Canvas by Vieni Sue Pawloski. Through Feb. Dead Mule Club. 303 W Franklin St. Open daily from 4pm-2am. 240-4084.

Hillsborough

• “Winter Blues,” a show of work by members of the Hillsborough Gallery of Arts – Opening reception Fri, Jan 25, 6-9pm. Through Feb 3. Hillsborough Gallery of Arts. 121 N Churton St, 1-D. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. 732-5001, www.hillsboroughgallery.com.

Pittsboro

• Photography by ChathamArts Gallery member photographers and the Chatham Camera Club – Through Jan 31. Tue-Sat, 11am-5pm. ChathamArts Gallery. 115 Hillsboro St. 542-4144, chathamarts.org.
• “Darkness – Nurtured & Dreamed” – Works by various artists. Through Jan 31. Thu, 2-6pm, Fri & Sat, 10am-6pm. The Joyful Jewel Studio & Gallery. 45 West St. 545-6836.