“Assisi Window” by Laurie Tavino.

“Diverse Collections in Retrospect,” a collection of approximately 50 oil paintings, drawings and hand-colored photographs of landcapes and still lifes by Laurie Tavino will be on display March 4-April 4 in the Barnes-Franklin Art Gallery. Opening reception is March 4, 4-7 p.m. in the Wallace Barnes and Barbara Hackman Franklin Art Gallery. Free. Refreshments will be served.

Tavino is a former National Endowment for the Arts recipient and winner of the Tassy Walden Award for Children’s Book Illustration Portfolio (2007). She resides in Suffield and is author of “Suffield’s Old Bridge Neighborhood” (Arcadia Publishing, 2009). The Barnes-Franklin Gallery is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, email asimoes@tunxis.edu.

Date: Thursday, April 4

Time: 4:00 pm

Location: Barnes-Franklin Art Gallery