The Stockton Art Gallery in Galloway reopened Sept. 6 with two new exhibitions that will run until Nov. 13.

In the lower gallery, view “Preaching to the Birds: Contemporary Painting from Georgia, Romania, and the Eastern-European Diaspora.” Drawing on folk traditions and mythical subjects of eastern Europe and the Middle East, these densely patterned paintings show the influence of medieval and mystical imagery in former Eastern-bloc nations.

The exhibition includes work from the Linda and Roy Jankowski collection of Georgian art, including paintings by Sergo…