GOING TOWARD THE LIGHT The group show “Nimbi & Penumbrae” features 10 artists whose work examines light and shadow. Through Sunday, September 18, Thursday-Monday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., d.u.m.b.o. arts center, 30 Washington St. at Water Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, 718-694-0831, free.

SECOND JOBS Artists who work by day as art handlers and gallery assistants in Chelsea get to see their own work on display in “Night Shift,” a new group show. The exhibit includes painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installations by 23 dual-income artists. Through Tuesday, August 9, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., White Box, 525 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-714-2347, free.

OWENS IN AMERICA The exhibit “Bill Owens: America” features previously unpublished photographs from Mr. Owens’s work during the 1960s, when he captured turbulent rock concerts and political demonstrations. The show also includes photographs from his four most famous series, “Suburbia,” “Working (I do it for the money),” “Our kind of people,” and “Leisure.” Most of Mr. Owens’s work documents the lives of middle-class Americans, taken in a landscape of McDonald’s patios and cul-de-sacs. Through Saturday, September 24, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., James Cohan Gallery, 533 W. 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-714-9500, free.

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