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We’re adding even more to our Summer soundtrack with the start of @bangonacan gallery concerts — and you’re listening to a sample right now!
On July 18, Bang On a Can fellows and faculty can be found all throughout our campus performing innovative compositions that are informed by the art and surroundings observed during their time at #MASSMoCA. Gallery concerts will be performed some weekdays at 1:30pm and 4:30pm, and are free to attend with gallery admission.
Oh, and don’t forget to join us for The Chalet afterwards to make it a full day of musical magic 🎶
Jul 13
![We’re adding even more to our Summer soundtrack with the start of @bangonacan gallery concerts — and you’re listening to a sample right now! On July 18, Bang On a Can fellows and faculty can be found all throughout our campus performing innovative compositions that are informed by the art and surroundings observed during their time at #MASSMoCA. Gallery concerts will be performed some weekdays at 1:30pm and 4:30pm, and are free to attend with gallery admission. Oh, and don’t forget to join us for The Chalet afterwards to make it a full day of musical magic 🎶](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Join curator Alexandra Foradas in Like Magic (B4.2) this Saturday (7/13) at 2pm for a screening of short videos by artists and filmmakers addressing technologies of magic including devices, charms, rituals, and spells. Selected by Foradas, this session’s program features films centered on rituals for living (despite the odds) and dying by Noor Abed, Farah Al Qasimi (pictured), Adrian Garcia Gomez, Cannupa Hanska Luger (pictured), and The Propeller Group. Screening admission is free with your museum ticket.
Image credits:
1 & 2
We Live
Future Ancestral Technologies Entry Log
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2019
Single channel video with audio
Length (02:57)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
3
Watȟéča - Coyote
Future Ancestral Technologies
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2023
Single channel video with audio
Length (08:16)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
4 & 5
Still from Farah Al Qasimi, Um Al Naar (Mother of Fire), 2019. Courtesy of the artist.
Jul 12
![Join curator Alexandra Foradas in Like Magic (B4.2) this Saturday (7/13) at 2pm for a screening of short videos by artists and filmmakers addressing technologies of magic including devices, charms, rituals, and spells. Selected by Foradas, this session’s program features films centered on rituals for living (despite the odds) and dying by Noor Abed, Farah Al Qasimi (pictured), Adrian Garcia Gomez, Cannupa Hanska Luger (pictured), and The Propeller Group. Screening admission is free with your museum ticket. Image credits: 1 & 2
We Live
Future Ancestral Technologies Entry Log
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2019
Single channel video with audio
Length (02:57)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York 3
Watȟéča - Coyote
Future Ancestral Technologies
Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2023
Single channel video with audio
Length (08:16)
Courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York 4 & 5
Still from Farah Al Qasimi, Um Al Naar (Mother of Fire), 2019. Courtesy of the artist.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Add some color to your weekend plans and join us on Saturday, July 13, in @redevstoremassmoca — from 10am to 1pm— for a presentation and discussion of @fritzhorstman `s newly published book "Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments". After the presentation, guests will be guided to the Sol LeWitt galleries for a hands-on workshop led by the author.
Ticket purchases include gallery admission and a copy of the book! Head over to the link in our bio to reserve your spot today.
Jul 12
![Add some color to your weekend plans and join us on Saturday, July 13, in @redevstoremassmoca — from 10am to 1pm— for a presentation and discussion of @fritzhorstman 's newly published book "Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments". After the presentation, guests will be guided to the Sol LeWitt galleries for a hands-on workshop led by the author. Ticket purchases include gallery admission and a copy of the book! Head over to the link in our bio to reserve your spot today.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Comedian Dulcé Sloan will be taking over MASS MoCA on Friday, July 19th with a signing of her book "Hello Friends!" in the R&D store from 5-6 and a show in the Hunter Center at 8!
Most recently a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah, she has been hailed by Variety, Rolling Stone, and Time Out LA as a Top Comedian To Watch. She has also been honored as the NBC Stand Up Showcase Winner, a Montreal Just For Laughs New Face, and as a Comedian to Watch on “The Steve Harvey Show”.
Learn more about Dulcé and grab a ticket at the link in our bio!
Jul 11
![Comedian Dulcé Sloan will be taking over MASS MoCA on Friday, July 19th with a signing of her book "Hello Friends!" in the R&D store from 5-6 and a show in the Hunter Center at 8! Most recently a correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah, she has been hailed by Variety, Rolling Stone, and Time Out LA as a Top Comedian To Watch. She has also been honored as the NBC Stand Up Showcase Winner, a Montreal Just For Laughs New Face, and as a Comedian to Watch on “The Steve Harvey Show”. Learn more about Dulcé and grab a ticket at the link in our bio!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Keep your calendars open on Thursday nights—our Summer Chalet events are back starting July 11! Take in the museum views and hang with your favorite crew while North Adams Floating Tower music collective provides the tunes.
Don`t forget to check out
@redevstoremassmoca `s author talk series beforehand—they have quite the summer lineup!
The Chalet starts at 6pm and is free for all. See you there! 🍻
Jul 10
![Keep your calendars open on Thursday nights—our Summer Chalet events are back starting July 11! Take in the museum views and hang with your favorite crew while North Adams Floating Tower music collective provides the tunes. Don't forget to check out
@redevstoremassmoca 's author talk series beforehand—they have quite the summer lineup! The Chalet starts at 6pm and is free for all. See you there! 🍻](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Summer is in full bloom at MASS MoCA thanks to Carly Glovinski`s (@cglovinski) "Almanac," on view now in the Hunter Hallway! In this hundred foot-long work, Glovinski draws inspiration from the flowers that blossom throughout New England (including in her own garden!) from April through September. This work celebrates flowers as ceremonial markers of time and place, and invites a viewer to witness the changing of the seasons alongside it.
Do you recognize any of these flowers from your garden?
📷@salt_box_films
Jul 9
![Summer is in full bloom at MASS MoCA thanks to Carly Glovinski's (@cglovinski) "Almanac," on view now in the Hunter Hallway! In this hundred foot-long work, Glovinski draws inspiration from the flowers that blossom throughout New England (including in her own garden!) from April through September. This work celebrates flowers as ceremonial markers of time and place, and invites a viewer to witness the changing of the seasons alongside it. Do you recognize any of these flowers from your garden? 📷@salt_box_films](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Seun Kuti will lead his father Fela`s legendary Afrobeat band Egypt 80 on the Hunter Center stage on July 12 at 8pm!
Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Fela Kuti, pioneering Afrobeat (the mix of West African genres and American funk and jazz that exploded out of Nigeria in the 60s and 70s) musician. At age nine, Seun began opening Fela’s shows, singing a select group of songs with Egypt 80 before his dad took the stage. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. After Fela passed away in 1997, Seun, in fulfillment of his father’s wishes, assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80; he has run it ever since, preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy.
Make sure you wear your dancing shoes, because Kuti`s infectious energy is sure to have you on your feet all night long! Tickets available at the link in our bio.
Jul 7
![Seun Kuti will lead his father Fela's legendary Afrobeat band Egypt 80 on the Hunter Center stage on July 12 at 8pm! Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Fela Kuti, pioneering Afrobeat (the mix of West African genres and American funk and jazz that exploded out of Nigeria in the 60s and 70s) musician. At age nine, Seun began opening Fela’s shows, singing a select group of songs with Egypt 80 before his dad took the stage. As a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12. After Fela passed away in 1997, Seun, in fulfillment of his father’s wishes, assumed the mantle as head of Egypt 80; he has run it ever since, preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy. Make sure you wear your dancing shoes, because Kuti's infectious energy is sure to have you on your feet all night long! Tickets available at the link in our bio.](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Throughout the past eight months, on the day of each new moon, @graceannclark `s "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" has offered our visitors an extra source of comfort and healing as they navigate through our galleries and any life obstacles that they may be facing.
Mirroring elements of a healing well, this dark, chapel-like environment presents an opportunity for participants to sit with their experiences and reflect on how best to heal from them —allowing space for transformation and growth to transpire.
"In a new light (Healing Dirt)" will be available to visitors today, July 5—consider adding this experience to your healing journey.
🎥 @salt_box_films
Jul 5
![Throughout the past eight months, on the day of each new moon, @graceannclark 's "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" has offered our visitors an extra source of comfort and healing as they navigate through our galleries and any life obstacles that they may be facing. Mirroring elements of a healing well, this dark, chapel-like environment presents an opportunity for participants to sit with their experiences and reflect on how best to heal from them —allowing space for transformation and growth to transpire. "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" will be available to visitors today, July 5—consider adding this experience to your healing journey. 🎥 @salt_box_films](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
MASS MoCA will be open all week! You can beat the heat in our galleries, enjoy the sunshine on Joe`s Field with the family, or fly to the moon and back in one of Laurie Anderson`s virtual reality experiences -- all on one sprawling campus. See you soon!
Jul 3
![MASS MoCA will be open all week! You can beat the heat in our galleries, enjoy the sunshine on Joe's Field with the family, or fly to the moon and back in one of Laurie Anderson's virtual reality experiences -- all on one sprawling campus. See you soon!](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
#ThePlasticBagStore, created by @robin_frohardt , has been on view at MASS MoCA for nearly two months now—yeah, we can’t believe it either—and we’re sharing some images from a few of our “Most Valued Customers” to celebrate this milestone!
Utilizing a mix of puppetry, humor, film, and craft, the immersive experience offers unique insight into the man-made crisis of plastic pollution. This tongue-in-cheek approach presents a new outlook to the viewer and an opportunity to shift perspectives— it makes for some great photo opps too!
Share your own images using #ThePlasticBagStore and you too can become a “Most Valued Customer”.
Presented in Association with: @wtfestival
Produced by: @pomegranatearts
Jul 3
![#ThePlasticBagStore, created by @robin_frohardt , has been on view at MASS MoCA for nearly two months now—yeah, we can’t believe it either—and we’re sharing some images from a few of our “Most Valued Customers” to celebrate this milestone! Utilizing a mix of puppetry, humor, film, and craft, the immersive experience offers unique insight into the man-made crisis of plastic pollution. This tongue-in-cheek approach presents a new outlook to the viewer and an opportunity to shift perspectives— it makes for some great photo opps too! Share your own images using #ThePlasticBagStore and you too can become a “Most Valued Customer”. Presented in Association with: @wtfestival
Produced by: @pomegranatearts](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Solid Sound might be over, but that doesn’t mean that Wilco’s impact has left our campus! Since 2019, MASS MoCA has curated selections from a private collection of music photography. This year, we handed the selection process over to the members of Wilco, who have chosen 35 images featuring iconic performers such as Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Steve Wonder, and The Supremes.
Check out their picks in the exhibition Musicians on Musicians, on view now in B6!
📸Doug Mason
Jul 2
![Solid Sound might be over, but that doesn’t mean that Wilco’s impact has left our campus! Since 2019, MASS MoCA has curated selections from a private collection of music photography. This year, we handed the selection process over to the members of Wilco, who have chosen 35 images featuring iconic performers such as Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Steve Wonder, and The Supremes. Check out their picks in the exhibition Musicians on Musicians, on view now in B6! 📸Doug Mason](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
That’s a wrap on Solid Sound 2024! Thanks for joining us here at MASS MoCA for a weekend of music, art, food, and dinosaurs (?). Whether it was your first or eighth Solid Sound, we hope you experienced something that inspired you in a new way over the last three days.
We’d love to hear your favorite Solid Sound moment from the weekend!
📸 Doug Mason
Jul 1
![That’s a wrap on Solid Sound 2024! Thanks for joining us here at MASS MoCA for a weekend of music, art, food, and dinosaurs (?). Whether it was your first or eighth Solid Sound, we hope you experienced something that inspired you in a new way over the last three days. We’d love to hear your favorite Solid Sound moment from the weekend! 📸 Doug Mason](https://massmoca.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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