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)

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!

The Kasambwe Brothers are wrapping up their MASS MoCA residency in Studio 9, recording their first studio album in collaboration with @henhousestudios !

Check out these behind the scenes photos (taken by Joe Aidonidis and Ryan Harper) of their time on campus and stay tuned for updates on the album’s release!

Today, in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, we’re highlighting Tourmaline’s celebration of trans pasts, presents, and futures “Atlantic Is a Sea of Bones,” commissioned by Visual Aids and currently on view in Like Magic.

In the film, legendary performer Egyptt LaBeija gazes from a rooftop over the Chelsea Piers — a place that was simultaneously a place of connection for Black and trans people like herself throughout the ‘80s and a site of historical atrocities as a port during the transatlantic slave trade a century earlier.

Over a synth-based score by Geo Wyex that sounds like the clinking of stage jewelry, LaBeija then communes with a younger version of herself. The two dance around each other in an intergenerational swirl, connecting the fraught pasts and presents that LaBeija carries in her body in a kaleidoscope of color and connection.

The film closes with LaBeija extending her arm upwards over the same rooftop that opens it. Inserting her body into the skyline of the city that shaped her and that she shaped in return, LaBeija cements her legacy in it, providing a beacon of hope for those like her to come.

(Stills from "Atlantic Is a Sea of Bones," on view in Like Magic)

Come warm up at MASS MoCA this winter!

We`re so excited to announce a season of programming that exemplifies the interdisciplinary spirit of our museum and includes performance activations of Jeffrey Gibson’s B5 commission "POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT," a 25-year survey of work by Vincent Valdez, an evening with vanguard cultural critic Fran Lebowitz, concerts by Ani DiFranco, slowdive, and Angélica Garcia, and a community Free Day featuring immersive art encounters and conversations with local and visiting writers.

Visit the link in our bio to see the full roster of events coming to MASS MoCA this season!

Our friends at The FreshGrass Foundation have started a new podcast series in collaboration with Studio 9 at The Porches Inn, right across the street! Check out their interview with MoCA director Kristy Edmunds at the link in our bio!

We’re still basking in the glow of ANOHNI’s performance at the opening celebration of Jeffrey Gibson’s B5 exhibition POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT!

Gibson created the garment that ANOHNI is pictured performing in, embodying the collaborative spirit of the exhibition and animating his larger-than-life works.

Today we’re recognizing Veterans Day with a journey to 2005, where Dave Cole’s “The Knitting Machine” was standing tall in Courtyard A.

Comprised of two excavators specially fitted with massive 20′ knitting needles, “The Knitting Machine” produced an oversized American flag — a flag which could be seen as both a celebratory gesture of pride and a commentary on America’s role in world affairs.

Thank you to the courageous veterans who have fought for our freedom to explore these ideas and opinions — we salute you.

The days may be getting darker, but the brightness from Spencer Finch’s “Cosmic Latte” is making up for it!

Bringing the starry night inside the museum, Finch’s light-based work, “Cosmic Latte” features over 150 specially fabricated LED fixtures suspended from the ceiling over an expanse of the 80-foot long gallery.

Spend some time soaking up this exhibition as we approach the winter season!