Mystic Museum of Art is currently featuring two exhibitions, both of which remain on view through March 9.

"Hommage À …" is the theme of MMoA’s annual open juried show, encompassing a broad range of media around the common thread of paying tribute or honoring subject matter that has been important to the artist. Participating artists have been challenged to create new work dedicated to the fine artists, authors, musicians, scientists, and icons who have influenced their lives and artistic interests and aesthetics.

"Incipient Speciation" is a solo exhibition of the works of New Haven sculptor Gar Waterman, comprised of semi-abstract representations of germinating seeds carved from both stone and wood. Waterman describes speciation as the process by which new species evolve, and incipient speciation as the ability of new species to interbreed before their gene pools become too disparate. The works on display are a reflection of this concept, combining the flora Waterman knew from his childhood in Maine and New Jersey with species native to Tahiti, where he spent a year while his father filmed a documentary for National Geographic.

The museum at 9 Water St., Mystic, is open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Call (860) 536-7601 or visit www.mysticmuseumofart.org.