Artfully mapping climate change

“From Rhode Island to South Carolina (Rand Mc-Nally’s The Great Geographical Atlas)” (1991), by Maya Lin (Maya Lin Studio, courtesy of Pace Gallery, photograph by G.R. Christmas), in the show “Maya Lin: Mappings” through Aug. 7, at the Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass.

The gallery says that Lin's art promotes awareness about climate change as we experience its effects daily. "Using a variety of materials, including steel pins, marble, and bound atlases, Lin distills complicated scientific and quantitative information into resonant objects. These artworks open a dialogue between the artist and the viewer."

On the Connecticut River in Northampton.

Ready to play offense

“Motherland” (after calendar painting by Jesudoss), (archival inkjet print), by N. Pushpamala, at the Smith College Museum of Art, in Northampton, Mass. It’s in the museum’s centennial exhibit SCMA “Then\Now\Next’’ online.

Catalyzed by imprisonment

Munio Makuuchi. “Neo Camp ala Ron Brown” ( etching, drypoint, scraping and burnishing on warm white Arches paper), by the late Munio Makuuchi, in the show “Defiant Vision: Prints & Poetry,’’ at the Smith College Museum of Art , in Northampton, Mass., through Dec. 8 This work was purchased with the Elizabeth Halsey Dock {Smith College} Class of 1933 Fund. © The Estate of Munio Makuuchi.

The museum says that Munio Makuuchi, “born Howard Takahashi, was a Japanese-American artist and poet born in 1934. {He died in 2000.} 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