>> New this Thursday is "Mary Swift's Washington: The Arts Scene, 1975-2000" at Flashpoint. The exhibit features work by photographer Mary Swift, managing editor and photographer-in-
residence of The Washington Review.

The 64 photos on display include portraits of key personalities in the D.C. arts scene and are organized into three major sections: "Creators," featuring images of Washington-area artists, poets, dancers and performers; "Powers," showcasing the curators, art dealers and administrators who represent decision-making power within the city; and "Memoria," reflections upon the members of the Washington arts community who are gone but whose stamp on the city remains strong. The exhibit is curated by J. W. Mahoney and Clarissa Wittenberg; the opening reception is 6-8 p.m.

>> "Introductions," an exhibit of works by recent art school graduates, also opens this Thursday at Irvine Contemporary Art. Co-curated by Eric Chase Mackay, the exhibit presents a range of work by eight young artists. The opening reception is 6-8 p.m.

>> This week includes another Art Night on the Mall. Events at the Hirshhorn include an artist talk by Randall Packer at 8 p.m. and a performance by Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers from 5:30 to 7 p.m. At the Freer/Sackler, avant-garde jazz treatments of Japanese, Afghan, Indian and Middle Eastern melodies will be performed in the Meyer Auditorium at 7 p.m. All performances are free.

>> "Art from Arlington" opens at the Arlington Arts Center today, but the opening reception is Friday, 6-9 p.m. Josephine Haden's "Rescue," one of the works featured in the exhibit, is shown at right. Also new this week at Arlington Arts Center is an exhibit of work by 13 artists who recently received MFA degrees from area schools. Objects on display range from sculpture and photography to digital prints, mixed media drawings and more.

>> Saturday features a quirky exhibit of rare and limited-edition shoes, plus original designs, at Capital City Records on U Street. The opening reception for the show is 6-10 p.m.

>> The exhibit of Bhutanese photographs by Rajesh Nair and Stuart Brafman at Kathleen Ewing Gallery in Dupont Circle closes Saturday.

>> Sunday is your last chance to see the small exhibit of 13 newly-gifted Roy Lichtenstein drawings at the National Gallery of Art. The gift was made in memory of Jane Meyerhoff, who died October 16, 2004, and who, with her husband, in 1987 promised their entire collection of late 20th-century art to the NGA.