Summer is fleeting, and it seems to go faster after the 4th of July. But don’t worry since there’s art to be enjoyed and receptions to go to.

The Arts League of Lowell has new exhibits in its two galleries located at 307 Market St. in downtown Lowell. They are “Considering the Third Dimension,” on exhibit through Aug. 30, with a reception on Saturday, July 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the larger ALL Gallery, and “A Few of My Favorite Things,” on through July 26, with a reception on Saturday, July 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the smaller Greenwald Gallery. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Visit www.artsleagueoflowell.org for info and details.

There is also an opening reception on Saturday for “Observations Abroad,” photos by Michael Francis Dailey at the Hive on Paige Street. Visit https://hivepublicmarket.org for details.

In Ogunquit

Heading north for vacation? The Ogunquit Museum of American Art invites all to join them at the historic Leavitt Theatre, 259 Main St., on Monday, July 15, for a lecture by Grace Yasumura. Doors open at 5 p.m., with the program beginning at 5:30. Snacks, dinner and full bar service will be available for purchase at the Leavitt.

Yasumura co-curated the 2024-2025 exhibition “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

She will speak about the show, which examined the intertwined histories of sculpture and race in the United States, and brought together 82 works created between 1792 and 2023.

Ranging from palm-sized coins to monumental statues, and created in diverse media such as clay, feathers, shoes, rhinestones and hair, these sculptures invite nuanced and complex conversations about the enduring power of sculpture as a potent tool in the making and unmaking of race and racism in the United States.

Visit https://tinyurl.com/mr2pd964 for info and tickets.

GALLERY NOTES

MONET AT THE MFA — The Museum of Fine Arts Boston boasts one of the largest collections of the celebrated Impressionist painter Claude Monet’s work outside France. Gallery 252 is dedicated to Monet, providing an immersive experience of his work from the MFA’s holdings and select loans from private collectors.

Visitors can engage with how Monet saw and captured the world — from watery reflections to his famed series paintings from the 1890s and beyond, and his innovative perspectives in landscape. The beauty and magic of nature come to life through his nuanced visions of light and atmosphere. Monet returned time and again to his favorite motifs and locations, which often depict familiar sites near where he lived. Curving roads, grain stacks and poplar trees feature throughout his long career, in early plein-air compositions like “Entrance to the Village at Verteuil in Winter” (1879) and in “Grain stack” (Sunset) (1891). Visit www.mfa.org for info and hours.

Nancye Tuttle’s email address is nancyedt@verizon.net.