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School Break Kidspace Workshops
December 26 — January 1, 2025 Kidspace
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The Center Will Not Hold Co-Presented with Jacob’s Pillow
Saturday, February 8, 8pm Hunter Center
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#FlashbackFriday to the Opening Preview Celebration for @jeffrune ‘s “POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT” where Takiaya Reed of @divideanddissolve performed live in our B5 gallery on one of the seven stages included in the exhibition.
We’re looking forward to January 25, where musician and composer @ortwoman will perform in the same gallery as one of the 10+ events at Free Day 2025!
Check out the link in our bio to see the full Free Day schedule.
📸: Tony Luong & Greg Nesbit
Dec 20
For the last week, Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory dance company have been in residency at MASS MoCA working through new ideas in our rehearsal space!
In his own words, Kelly’s practice “identifies and magnifies opportunities where popular culture and human desire intersect…The aim is to challenge our audience to recognize their own implication in popular media: how media has trained and molded their desires, relationships, and identities.”
In addition to letting us in on this sneak peak, the Brooklyn-based company will be opening up their rehearsal to MASS MoCA members tomorrow night where they will showcase three not-to-be-missed new works in different phases of development.
Dec 18
Still searching for those last few gifts? Be sure to stop by the MASS MoCA Gift Shop and @redevstoremassmoca for any of your gifting needs this holiday season!
Check out the link in our bio for the full 2024 gift guide 🎁
Dec 15
We are so excited to be teaming up with @bigyfoods as their Community Bag Program Nonprofit Partner this month!
Whether you’re off to a big holiday bash or a low–key gathering, the reusable bags at Big Y are here to help carry your seasonal sweets, sustainably. MASS MoCA will receive a portion from every Community Bag purchased in December — helping to further support every corner of our creative campus.
Dec 14
This #ThrowbackThursday we`re taking a break from the chilly temps and warming up with a trip to Summer 2021 where @amyyoes "Fire Piece #10" was built and later destroyed — embracing the ultimate ephemerality of life.
Though it started as a "party art project", "Fire Piece #10" eventually became the kernel of an idea for Amy Yoes` current exhibition "Hot Corners" that is currently on view in Building 6 and will host a drop-in style activation during Free Day 2025 on January 25.
Photos by Will McLaughlin
Dec 12
This Saturday, December 14, join creator of "U.S. Customs Demands to Know" (pictured) Gelare Khoshgozaran and MASS MoCA curator Alexandra Foradas for a showing of Khoshgozaran`s film "MEN OF MY DREAMS" in Like Magic! The program will begin with an introduction by Khoshgozaran and Foradas at 2pm.
Dec 9
"Eluding Capture: Three Artists from Central Asia" will be off view in just under a month in our B4.3 gallery.
This exhibition features the work of three artists who explore the conditions of belonging in Central Asia through photography, textile, film, and video. Together, the artists interrogate what it means to dwell in and on the region. Their works seek pictorial, material, and metaphysical agency from colonial legacies — a search for self-definition that acknowledges the incoherency of the past.
📸: Kaelan Burkett
Dec 8
‘Tis the season for gift giving!
We asked the managers of both the MASS MoCA Gift Shop and the R&D Store to select their top 5 items for this year’s curated holiday gift guide. From seasonal ornaments to exhibition catalogues —- there’s something for everyone.
Plan your visit today to shop in-person or keep an eye on our stories for a daily product feature!
Dec 6
Are you a high schooler who would like to work in an unconventional arts space and experience all kinds of art (from visual art to theater to music to dance) while gaining work experience and making an impact on the future of contemporary art?
Applications are open to join the Spring 2025 Activator Cohort at MASS MoCA!
Throughout the course of the program, artist Alice Proujansky and story-telling institution Narrative4 will give multi-day workshops to discuss possibilities and implications of what archiving is, giving Activators insight to help them produce the Teen Invitational: a monumental exhibition that gives voice to their generations` visual artists in Berkshire County and beyond. Additionally, Activators will hone their skills as museum workers while interacting and working alongside MASS MoCA staff. This position is paid!
See the link in our bio for more information and to apply.
(Photos from the 2024 Teen Invitational)
Dec 5
We can hardly believe that @robinfrohardt `s "The Plastic Bag Store" has been off view for nearly a month — time flies here at MASS MoCA!
Today, we`re taking a moment to recognize the talented cast members that helped this immersive experience come to life and whose performances made a lasting impression on our visitors.
📷 : Doug Mason
Dec 2
“Every time you turn around, there’s something to look at.”
Jeffrey Gibson’s “POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT” has been on view for nearly a month and we are still taking in every element of this vibrant exhibition.
Here, Gibson walks us through the exhibition in our Building 5 gallery and offers some insight into the planning and execution of the exhibition — a space that Gibson views as an invitation to other Indigenous creatives to contribute to a space where difference is not only considered, it is celebrated.
🎥: @luis____salazar
Nov 26
This coming Sunday, December 1 our outdoor exhibitions close for the season, including Michael Oatman`s obsessive airstream trailer "All Utopias Fell" (pictured), Stephen Vitietllo`s audiovisual exploration "All Those Vanished Engines," and Anselm Kiefer`s monumental B15 exhibition. Don`t miss your chance to explore these immersive gems for the last time this year!
Nov 25
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Sol LeWitt A Wall Drawing Retrospective
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