Helen Arts & Heritage Center’s upcoming show “Sights and Sounds of Summer” features work by painter Mary Ellen Rand and potter Nannette Johnson and starts with a reception at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 19. Rand, a landscape architect, was formally trained in the arts at Georgia State University. Her art for the “Sights and Sounds of Summer” exhibit features a collection of works in oils providing a vibrant, whimsical portrayal of nature.