“Shapes of Rhythm,” works by Jennie Harvey, and “Entropy”: Harvey’s abstract paintings feature dreamy imagery inspired by the natural world, while the juried show, “Entropy,” invited artists to find joy in the disintegration of order, opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, through April 25, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave., free; cottonwoodcenterforthearts.com.

“Next Generation”: The new show features the work of up-and-coming artists in the Pikes Peak region – the 20 and 30-somethings doing college majors and minors in design, studio art and art education, opening reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, through April 27, Commonwheel Artists Gallery, 102 Cañon Ave., Manitou Springs, free; commonwheel.com.

“Signs of Spring”: Oil and watercolor painter Kim York never met a landscape or wild creature she didn’t love, and her work reflects it. Patty Kingsbaker, a Creede artist, begins her whimsical, richly colored pieces with acrylic paints on canvas, then layers on pieces of paper. The opening reception is 5-8 p.m. Friday, through April, Gallery 113, 125 1/2 N. Tejon St., free; gallery113cos.com.

– Works by Diane Calkins and Rhonda Cearlock: Calkins, a jewelry designer, creates wearable art with Argentium sterling silver and semi-precious gem stones, while Cearlock makes earthy-looking, vibrant, textured clay wall sculptures, opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday, through April, Hunter-Wolff Gallery, 2510 W. Colorado Ave., free; hunterwolffgallery.com/events.cfm.

– Works by Dave Hamann, Laurel Justice and Erin Gillespie: The show will feature Hamann’s portraits of Old West figures in “Waiting for Their Stories to Be Told”; “Cloud Dancer: Pantone and the Poetry of Thin Places,” a collaboration between Justice and Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Ashley Cornelius; and paintings by Gillespie, free opening reception 4-9 p.m. Friday, through April, Surface Gallery, 2752 W. Colorado Ave.; surfacegallerycos.com.