The opening reception of the art exhibit “ALTERED: Exploring the Work of Patrick Andrews” will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, in the Art Speaks Gallery at the Bay School Community Arts Center, Main Street, Mathews. The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The show will run through Feb. 20. Andrews’s art consists of as many repurposed objects as possible, and his work with metal ranges from the whimsical to the traditional. He uses patinas and cut shapes to explore surface, scale and space in a way that alters his materials into works of poetic beauty. ...