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SOLD OUT – Chuwi
Sunday, October 12, 8pm Club B10
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Bring your friends and family to MASS MoCA on November 1 to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the Mexican holiday of remembrance for those who have passed.
Enjoy free admission to Vincent Valdez’s exhibition "Just a Dream...," add your own ofrenda (offering) to a community altar under the glow of Spencer Finch’s "Cosmic Latte," and dance to live music by local Berkshire County musicians.
Learn more at the link in our bio — see you there!
📸 : Greg Nesbit
Oct 8
Calling all students — MASS MoCA is now accepting submissions for our upcoming student paper call, part of the "Contemporary Nature: Tending the Garden" symposium.
This public symposium poses questions for our ecological future: How do we tend the garden into co-becoming with the earth and all that it embodies? How can artists help us understand the immanence between nature and humanity?
Artists, scholars, and students convene to share their experience on what co-becoming means to them in their art, gardening, and land stewardship practices. Presenters include Pallavi Sen and Sarah Workneh, Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman, Amanda Lovelee and Jessica Gersony, and Camila Marambio and Christy Gast.
Student paper submissions are due by November 1, 2025 — learn more and apply at the link in our bio.
Artwork by: Pallavi Sen
Oct 7
Sarah Crowner’s striking 10×20-foot tile mural, "Wall (Hot Blue Terra Cotta)" — originally created for her 2016 MASS MoCA exhibition "Beetle in the Leaves" — now guides visitors in and out of the museum’s gallery spaces.
Installed in a repeating herringbone pattern, the terra cotta tiles were designed by Crowner and hand-glazed in Mexico for a raised platform previously exhibited in New York. Reframing floor as painting, the work connects to its surroundings through abstract pattern and texture, mirroring the geometries of MASS MoCA’s historic mill architecture.
Want to dive deeper into Crowner’s practice? Head to the link in our bio to purchase "Sarah Crowner: Serpentear" at @redevstoremassmoca — a comprehensive publication spanning over a decade of her work.
Oct 6
Beginning October 25, join writer Anaïs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries exploring themes of privilege and power in contemporary art.
Through short readings, writing exercises, and group discussion, participants will engage directly with exhibitions by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) artists on view at MASS MoCA, each of which explores power and privilege in different ways.
Register for a single session or the full series — save your spot and learn more at the link in our bio.
📸 : Liz McCarthy and Elias Williams
Oct 5
Two additional works by Laurie Anderson, "All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky" and "Citizens" (2021), are now on view in MASS MoCA’s B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building.
"All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky" is a portrait of Anderson’s beloved dog Lolabelle, influenced by "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," in which themes of love, death, dreaming, and illusion are explored.
In "Citizens" (2021), nineteen small clay figures — modeled after Anderson`s friends — serve as surfaces for video projections of those same friends sharpening knives. The rhythmic sound, which initially resembles ice skating, is both musical and unsettling.
“There’s something eerie about a group performing the same action outside the harmony of an orchestra.” Anderson remarked in a 2022 interview with The Brooklyn Rail.
Plan your visit today to experience these compelling works.
Oct 4
“This is our moment to run … so we’re running. We’ll be running—and hopefully you catch us!” says Lorén Aldarondo, lead singer of Chuwi, in an interview with @harpersbazaarus.
Whether they’re on stage with Bad Bunny, performing on NPR Tiny Desk, or in MASS MoCA’s Club B10, Chuwi is ready to make you dance with their infectious energy, heartfelt lyrics, and magnetic live performances.
Don’t miss the chance to see the skyrocketing quartet on October 12 up in Club B10 — 🎟️ in bio!
Oct 2
MASS MoCA and Hen House Studios are proud to announce the formation of a new collaborative record label, MASS MoCA Records!
Combining the museum’s international reach and entrusted relationships with performing artists and the expertise of Harlan Steinberger of Hen House Studios, MASS MoCA Records is designed as an alternative to the current commercial model for how independent music is heard, developed, and shared.
Artists selected for the new label will be an extension of the museum’s curatorial ethos and the label will not have a scheduled application process. Launched as a three-year pilot, a limited number of albums will be released each year and produced at various recording studios in the Berkshires and throughout the world.
The first band to sign with MASS MoCA Records is The Kasambwe Brothers, a multi-generational band who has been making music together for almost 40 years and are grounded in the rich, musical heritage of Malawi, Africa. Through an initial collaboration between the museum and Hen House Studios in 2024, The Kasambwe Brothers traveled from Malawi to the United States for the first time to be in residence at MASS MoCA, which included an unforgettable live performance and time at Studio 9 in North Adams to record their first full-length album with Steinberger.
The first three songs from their self-titled album to be released on October 24 are out now and available at the link in our bio!
Cover painting by Clement Kammwamba
Oct 1
“My love for the history, the long line of history of artists who have devoted their lifetimes to pencil and paper, oil painting on canvas... I’m so highly in love to this day with the skill and the craft that’s involved.” — Vincent Valdez
In his practice, Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings — the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema — with contemporary subject matter, focusing on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century.
On October 25, we invite you to engage with Valdez’s work through a Drop-In Drawing session in his exhibition, “Just a Dream...” Shaped by his large-scale, representational paintings, this session offers a quiet space to reflect, observe, and create alongside fellow visitors.
Sep 30
The next installment of MASS MoCA’s contemporary jazz series brings pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa to Club B10 on October 4, joined by harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret.
Join us for an electrifying night of Cuban tradition — weaving folkloric, popular, and classical sounds — all fueled by fearless improvisation.
Snag your tickets at the link in our bio!
Sep 27
5120x1080 — MASS MoCA style✨
🎥: @salt_box_films
Sep 26
Dancing + jamming + all things local + contemporary art = FreshGrass 2025! Thanks for leaving it all out on the field at yet another weekend of FreshGrass magic!
Take a look back at some of the best of this year’s fest here, and follow along for updates about the next!
🎥✂️: @greatskymedia
Sep 25
Happy first day of fall! We`re looking forward to a season of changing leaves and slow gallery wanders to take in the scenery alongside our exhibitions. Enjoy these photos from falls past and we`ll see you all season long 🍂
Sep 22
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