Del-Bourree Bach, Raw Bar, acrylic on panel, 30" x 42".

There's still one week left to see Copley Masters Show at Copley Society of Art, on view through November 7. Copley Masters Show is a showcase of works from the most talented artists at Copley Society of Art. The "Copley Masters" are those who have a certain number of awards from the society over the years. Most of the works in this year's masters show are oil paintings, though there's also bronze sculpture and photography as well as watercolor, acrylic and encaustic paintings featured in the show as well. Copley Masters Show is a part of Copley Society of Art's anniversary, celebrating 140 years of history. Viewers are invited to see the work of Copley Society of Art's most skilled artists and be a part of the society's ongoing history. Copley Society of Art is located at 158 Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts and is open Tuesday–Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. and Monday by appointment. For more information, visit copleysociety.org/copley-masters-show.

Munio Makuuchi. American, 1934–2000. Neo Camp ala Ron Brown, ca. 1986–1989, etching, drypoint, scraping, and burnishing on warm white Arches paper, purchased with the Elizabeth Halsey Dock, class of 1933, Fund. © The Estate of Munio Makuuchi.

Smith College Museum of Art is showing Defiant Vision: Prints & Poetry by Munio Makuuchi through December 8. Munio Makuuchi, born Howard Takahashi, was a Japanese-American artist and poet born in 1934. He and his family were imprisoned in Minidoka Relocation Center, an internment camp, for three years during World War II, and this experience was a catalyst for his artistic vision. He was highly educated in the arts, earning an MFA in painting and studying printmaking with established artists Wendell Black and Mauricio Lasansky. Despite his MFA, printmaking was the medium that captured his attention, specifically drypoint, a technique in which the image is scratched into a metal plate with a sharp tool before being inked and printed. Makuuchi's poems, meanwhile, sprung from a single poetry class. His poems are short and dreamlike, detailing his past, his fears of nuclear disaster and his love for his family and nature. Though his poems have been featured in various anthologies over the years, Defiant Vision is the first museum exhibition to focus solely on his work. The exhibit hopes to contextualize and draw attention to Makuuchi's work, giving him the recognition that he and his art deserve. Smith College Museum of Art is located at 20 Elm Street at Bedford Terrace in Northampton, Massachusetts and is open Tuesday–Saturday 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00–4:00 p.m. For more information, please visit scma.smith.edu/art/defiant-vision.

Enrique Chagoya, Everyone is an Alienígeno, 2018, courtesy of Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado, photo credit: Bud Shark.

Center for Contemporary Printmaking has two shows on view through November 10, From the Head and the Heart and Printmakers Open Forum: Exchange Portfolio 2019 "Sanctuary". From the Head and the Heart is a group show with works expressing a wide range of political and social topics. The pieces are recent creations representing each artist's views on various issues, including, immigration, gun control, LGBTQ+ rights and others. The featured artists are Jamaal Barber, April Bey, Enrique Chagoya, Alex Dodge, Stella Ebner, Karen Fiorito, Annalise Gratovich, Nina Jordan, Emily Lombardo, Fernando Martí, Roger Peet, Margaret Roleke, Lara Schnitger, Demetri Stefan, Swoon and Meg Turner. Printmakers Open Forum: Exchange Portfolio 2019 "Sanctuary" is also a group exhibition, presented as a portfolio created by Printmakers Open Forum meant to represent the current state of printmaking as of June 2019. Director and curator Shelley Thorstensen explains that the new technology of the art scene has put printmaking at a "cross hairs," introducing a complicating factor to the medium and inviting artists to prove their skill. The featured artists come from 14 different states as well as Canada and Sweden, and range in age from 23 to 83. Some are emerging talents while others are well-established, but every featured artist each individually provided help over the years to Printmakers Open Forum. The theme of this forum is "sanctuary" in reference to the feeling printmakers have while immersed in their work in a shop. Both From the Head and the Heart and Printmakers Open Forum: Exchange Portfolio 2019 "Sanctuary" display the work of artists aiming to share something personal with the viewer, whether that be the viewpoint of an issue they're passionate about or the way they feel when they can sink into their creative zone. Center for Contemporary Printmaking is located at Mathews Park at 299 West Avenue in Norwalk, Connecticut and is open Tuesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00–5:00 p.m. For more information, please visit contemprints.org/from-the-head-and-the-heart and contemprints.org/printmakers-open-forum.

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