Opening reception in Brandon, at the Compass Music and Arts Center, 333 Jones Dr., Sunday August 7th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Castleton artist Tom Merwin established the group known as “Artists of the Forty-Seven Main Street Group,” comprised of individuals with various challenges, offering them the use of his studio to paint. The group’s exhibit, “The Effects of Birdsong on Shifting Strata: Paintings and Poems,” will be on display from Aug. 5-27.