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Step Show: The Musical Co-Presented with Jacob’s Pillow
Saturday, December 9, 8pm
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Maxine Lyle
Step Show: The Musical Co-Presented with Jacob’s Pillow
Saturday, December 9, 8pm Hunter Center
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This is the final weekend to visit Anne Samat: Love, on view through December 3. In her solo Kidspace exhibition, Samat, a Malaysian artist from Kuala Lumpur, adorns traditional Southeast Asian Pua Kumbu weavings with humble household goods from 99 cent stores and thrift shops to construct totemic figurative sculptures. Brightly colored and heavily detailed, each one resonates as an avatar of a family member or friend. Samat’s work is dedicated to the feeling of love — found in personal relationships, in past generations that paved the way for her, and in potential feelings that could exist among strangers. The centerpiece of the installation — a larger-than-life size figure with outstretched arms made to feel like one is entering a hug — was created specifically for MASS MoCA. Plan your visit at the link in bio.
#MASSMoCA #AnneSamat
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📷 Courtesy of the Artist and MARC STRAUS, New York
© Anne Samat
This is the final weekend to visit Anne Samat: Love, on view through December 3. In her solo Kidspace exhibition, Samat, a Malaysian artist from Kuala Lumpur, adorns traditional Southeast Asian Pua Kumbu weavings with humble household goods from 99 cent stores and thrift shops to construct totemic figurative sculptures. Brightly colored and heavily detailed, each one resonates as an avatar of a family member or friend. Samat’s work is dedicated to the feeling of love — found in personal relationships, in past generations that paved the way for her, and in potential feelings that could exist among strangers. The centerpiece of the installation — a larger-than-life size figure with outstretched arms made to feel like one is entering a hug — was created specifically for MASS MoCA. Plan your visit at the link in bio.
#MASSMoCA #AnneSamat
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📷 Courtesy of the Artist and MARC STRAUS, New York
© Anne Samat
Looking ahead to sunny days with a #TBT to 2010 and the first @solidsoundfest! Early-bird tickets may have been snatched up, but 2024 festival tickets (June 28–30) are still available for purchase at the link in bio.
#massmoca #wilco #solidsound #throwbackthursday
(📷 `s: @austinnelsonphoto + @charles_harris_photo)
Looking ahead to sunny days with a #TBT to 2010 and the first @solidsoundfest! Early-bird tickets may have been snatched up, but 2024 festival tickets (June 28–30) are still available for purchase at the link in bio.
#massmoca #wilco #solidsound #throwbackthursday
(📷 `s: @austinnelsonphoto + @charles_harris_photo)
Spend the last day of the month, and chance in 2023 (!), with our @assets4artists artists-in-residence at November 30`s Open Studios! These ongoing, free events are your opportunity to get to know the artists at work in the Studios at MASS MoCA — conversation and snacks are on us. While you`re planning your visit, meet recent artist-in-residence Julius Cavira (julius.cavira), who joined us earlier this fall.
Julius Cavira is an American FilipinX multidisciplinary conceptual artist/writer/ comedian who has earned degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA) and the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA).
Cavira is a three-tour veteran in the US Army and served in AmeriCorps, Camphill, YMCA. He has been featured in magazines, published as a guest columnist, and blogs. Cavira’s conceptual work is cathartic as well as ubiquitous in society.
His work delves into activism, volunteering, military, disabled, elderly, and more. Current topics include his perspectives on BIPOC, Stop Asian Hate, war, religion, therapy, stock exchange, and suicide.
Learn about more of the Assets for Artists artists-in-residence at the link in our bio!
First headshot by Luiza Folegatti @luizafolegatti
Spend the last day of the month, and chance in 2023 (!), with our @assets4artists artists-in-residence at November 30`s Open Studios! These ongoing, free events are your opportunity to get to know the artists at work in the Studios at MASS MoCA — conversation and snacks are on us. While you`re planning your visit, meet recent artist-in-residence Julius Cavira (julius.cavira), who joined us earlier this fall.
Julius Cavira is an American FilipinX multidisciplinary conceptual artist/writer/ comedian who has earned degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA) and the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA).
Cavira is a three-tour veteran in the US Army and served in AmeriCorps, Camphill, YMCA. He has been featured in magazines, published as a guest columnist, and blogs. Cavira’s conceptual work is cathartic as well as ubiquitous in society.
His work delves into activism, volunteering, military, disabled, elderly, and more. Current topics include his perspectives on BIPOC, Stop Asian Hate, war, religion, therapy, stock exchange, and suicide.
Learn about more of the Assets for Artists artists-in-residence at the link in our bio!
First headshot by Luiza Folegatti @luizafolegatti
Maxine Lyle’s new work STEP SHOW: THE MUSICAL is a two-act theatrical production that showcases African American step dance and its role in Black college life. On Saturday, December 9, be among the first to see the stage presentation of this in-progress work, co-presented with @JacobsPillow. Capping the artist`s two-week #MASSMoCA residency, STEP SHOW was initially developed on our creative campus in 2021.
Infusing body percussion with hip-hop, R&B, and soul, this intergenerational coming-of-age story takes a riveting ride through the world of step dance and its imprint on Black culture. Tickets ($15, $10 for students) are available at the link in our bio, along with video in the artist`s own words from early in the piece`s development. We look forward to concluding our fall season with this captivating production next weekend.
Maxine Lyle’s new work STEP SHOW: THE MUSICAL is a two-act theatrical production that showcases African American step dance and its role in Black college life. On Saturday, December 9, be among the first to see the stage presentation of this in-progress work, co-presented with @JacobsPillow. Capping the artist`s two-week #MASSMoCA residency, STEP SHOW was initially developed on our creative campus in 2021.
Infusing body percussion with hip-hop, R&B, and soul, this intergenerational coming-of-age story takes a riveting ride through the world of step dance and its imprint on Black culture. Tickets ($15, $10 for students) are available at the link in our bio, along with video in the artist`s own words from early in the piece`s development. We look forward to concluding our fall season with this captivating production next weekend.
🚨 Update, 12/3: Sunday’s concert will no longer take place, please visit our site for a statement from the artist.
We`ve been waiting all season to hear singer-songwriter Stephen Sanchez take to MASS MoCA`s Hunter Center this Sunday, December 3, with support from Stephen Day — and tickets are still available at the link in bio 🎟️. With his signature dusty baritone, Stephen Sanchez tunes into longing and love with the acuity of a tried-and-tested troubadour. Head to our site to hear his sound, and we`ll see you here, soon 🎸 🎶 🎤
🚨 Update, 12/3: Sunday’s concert will no longer take place, please visit our site for a statement from the artist.
We`ve been waiting all season to hear singer-songwriter Stephen Sanchez take to MASS MoCA`s Hunter Center this Sunday, December 3, with support from Stephen Day — and tickets are still available at the link in bio 🎟️. With his signature dusty baritone, Stephen Sanchez tunes into longing and love with the acuity of a tried-and-tested troubadour. Head to our site to hear his sound, and we`ll see you here, soon 🎸 🎶 🎤
MASS MoCA’s @assets4artists program has a gift for you this #GivingTuesday: a brand-new video featuring some amazing artists talking about their transformative experience at the Studios at MASS MoCA, and a peek behind the scenes.
We are grateful to all the artists who generously shared their insights on how the time, space, and staff at MASS MoCA have impacted their creative practice. Follow @assets4artists and learn more about the 2024 goal to increase the number of free 2-week and 4-week residency fellowships at the Studios to more than 90 artists and writers, provide capacity-building grants to more than 80 artists across southern New England, and offer free artist-led professional development workshops to more than 500 artists in the year ahead.
(🎥: @greatskymedia + @salt_box_films)
MASS MoCA’s @assets4artists program has a gift for you this #GivingTuesday: a brand-new video featuring some amazing artists talking about their transformative experience at the Studios at MASS MoCA, and a peek behind the scenes.
We are grateful to all the artists who generously shared their insights on how the time, space, and staff at MASS MoCA have impacted their creative practice. Follow @assets4artists and learn more about the 2024 goal to increase the number of free 2-week and 4-week residency fellowships at the Studios to more than 90 artists and writers, provide capacity-building grants to more than 80 artists across southern New England, and offer free artist-led professional development workshops to more than 500 artists in the year ahead.
(🎥: @greatskymedia + @salt_box_films)
In Jarvis Rockwell: Us, figures from the artist’s massive collection of toys and figurines interact and organize themselves on glass panels, soaring over visitors’ heads in the building`s historic light well. Learn more about the installation, and Rockwell`s history of work at MASS MoCA, at the link in our bio.
November 27 may be the last chance to experience Us here in the B6: Robert W. Wilson Building, but we look forward to visiting the collection again once it "walks" to nearby @hoteldownstreet soon.
In Jarvis Rockwell: Us, figures from the artist’s massive collection of toys and figurines interact and organize themselves on glass panels, soaring over visitors’ heads in the building`s historic light well. Learn more about the installation, and Rockwell`s history of work at MASS MoCA, at the link in our bio.
November 27 may be the last chance to experience Us here in the B6: Robert W. Wilson Building, but we look forward to visiting the collection again once it "walks" to nearby @hoteldownstreet soon.
"Helen Molesworth is not afraid to say what’s on her mind." – @voguemagazine
On Wednesday, November 29, join MASS MoCA Chief Curator Denise Markonish for a book talk & signing with Helen Molesworth as we celebrate the release of Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art (Phaidon, 2023), now available in the MASS MoCA Research & Development Store.
Over the past three decades, the singular vision of this "beloved provocateur" (Vogue) has established her as a dynamic and influential voice in the art world. This generously illustrated reader — the first ever collection of her writings — presents 24 essays from the past 30 years, gathered from exhibition catalogues and art publications such as @Artforum, @documentjournal, @friezeofficial, and October (@mitpress).
The volume opens with a new essay that lays out Molesworth’s belief in art’s unique capacity for merging knowledge and feeling. It also includes new critical and reflective commentary on her past writing. Don`t miss this free conversation in Club B10 Wednesday — RSVP recommended.
Photo: Brigitte Lacombe
"Helen Molesworth is not afraid to say what’s on her mind." – @voguemagazine
On Wednesday, November 29, join MASS MoCA Chief Curator Denise Markonish for a book talk & signing with Helen Molesworth as we celebrate the release of Open Questions: Thirty Years of Writing about Art (Phaidon, 2023), now available in the MASS MoCA Research & Development Store.
Over the past three decades, the singular vision of this "beloved provocateur" (Vogue) has established her as a dynamic and influential voice in the art world. This generously illustrated reader — the first ever collection of her writings — presents 24 essays from the past 30 years, gathered from exhibition catalogues and art publications such as @Artforum, @documentjournal, @friezeofficial, and October (@mitpress).
The volume opens with a new essay that lays out Molesworth’s belief in art’s unique capacity for merging knowledge and feeling. It also includes new critical and reflective commentary on her past writing. Don`t miss this free conversation in Club B10 Wednesday — RSVP recommended.
Photo: Brigitte Lacombe
MASS MoCA will be closed on Thursday, November 23, returning to our fall/winter hours (10am–5pm) on Friday. Whether you`re catching our newest exhibitions or taking in a concert or program, we can`t wait to see you back at MASS MoCA this season. We are open Wednesdays–Mondays, 10am–5pm, closed Tuesdays and Thanksgiving Day — visit our website at the link in bio for a complete list of holiday hours.
Visiting this weekend? Be sure to catch Anselm Kiefer before it hibernates for the season on November 27 (returning in spring!), along with other shows that are newly on view or leaving soon.
Photo: Arthur Evans, courtesy of the Hall Art Foundation, © Anselm Kiefer
MASS MoCA will be closed on Thursday, November 23, returning to our fall/winter hours (10am–5pm) on Friday. Whether you`re catching our newest exhibitions or taking in a concert or program, we can`t wait to see you back at MASS MoCA this season. We are open Wednesdays–Mondays, 10am–5pm, closed Tuesdays and Thanksgiving Day — visit our website at the link in bio for a complete list of holiday hours.
Visiting this weekend? Be sure to catch Anselm Kiefer before it hibernates for the season on November 27 (returning in spring!), along with other shows that are newly on view or leaving soon.
Photo: Arthur Evans, courtesy of the Hall Art Foundation, © Anselm Kiefer
On view now, the exhibition Like Magic brings together artists who employ technologies of magic to resist systems that attempt to surveil and control people’s lives and stories, often because of their race, ability, sexuality, gender identity, indigeneity, or immigration status. Simone Bailey, Raven Chacon, Grace Clark, Johanna Hedva, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Cate O’Connell-Richards, Rose Salane, Petra Szilagyi, Tourmaline, and Nate Young use healing earth, witches’ brooms, AI, divination, and more to imagine care-full and joy-full futures into being despite the peril promised by the past and present.
Learn more at massmoca.org/like-magic or the link in our bio.
(🎥&✂️: @luis____salazar, 🎬 &🎥: @salt_box_films)
On view now, the exhibition Like Magic brings together artists who employ technologies of magic to resist systems that attempt to surveil and control people’s lives and stories, often because of their race, ability, sexuality, gender identity, indigeneity, or immigration status. Simone Bailey, Raven Chacon, Grace Clark, Johanna Hedva, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Cate O’Connell-Richards, Rose Salane, Petra Szilagyi, Tourmaline, and Nate Young use healing earth, witches’ brooms, AI, divination, and more to imagine care-full and joy-full futures into being despite the peril promised by the past and present.
Learn more at massmoca.org/like-magic or the link in our bio.
(🎥&✂️: @luis____salazar, 🎬 &🎥: @salt_box_films)
Winter/spring 2024 program tickets are on sale now! With new exhibitions, concerts, screenings, artist workshops, and family fun coming your way in the new year, MASS MoCA is starting 2024 with a bang. Make your plans at the link in our bio.
Winter/spring 2024 program tickets are on sale now! With new exhibitions, concerts, screenings, artist workshops, and family fun coming your way in the new year, MASS MoCA is starting 2024 with a bang. Make your plans at the link in our bio.
Experience the work of artist, composer, and musician Jason Moran in multiple ways this weekend — in the galleries and on stage in concert with his trio The Bandwagon.
On stage in the Hunter Center Friday, November 17, Jason Moran and his trailblazing trio The Bandwagon perform live in concert. Before the show, experience Jason Moran Black Stars: Writing in the Dark, which brings together his works on paper and two sculptures from his STAGED series. Drawing on the photographs and documentation preserved through Black jazz musicians’ archives, as well as oral history interviews, Moran creates installations modeled on spaces that shaped jazz in the 20th century. Then join us Saturday, November 18 for short pop-ups in the gallery with The Bandwagon, featuring conversation with the artist and curator, at 1 & 3pm.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more, and we will see you in the galleries soon! 🎶
Experience the work of artist, composer, and musician Jason Moran in multiple ways this weekend — in the galleries and on stage in concert with his trio The Bandwagon.
On stage in the Hunter Center Friday, November 17, Jason Moran and his trailblazing trio The Bandwagon perform live in concert. Before the show, experience Jason Moran Black Stars: Writing in the Dark, which brings together his works on paper and two sculptures from his STAGED series. Drawing on the photographs and documentation preserved through Black jazz musicians’ archives, as well as oral history interviews, Moran creates installations modeled on spaces that shaped jazz in the 20th century. Then join us Saturday, November 18 for short pop-ups in the gallery with The Bandwagon, featuring conversation with the artist and curator, at 1 & 3pm.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more, and we will see you in the galleries soon! 🎶
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