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SUMMARY:MASS MoCA From Home
DESCRIPTION:Can’t make it here in person? Join us on January 23 as we open the digital doors into our galleries and onto our stages with the launch of an online hub for all (virtual) things MASS MoCA. Explore the Sol LeWitt galleries with an all-new interactive 3D tour\, tune in to community pop-up performances (available to watch for only a limited time as we kick things off!)\, get your creative juices flowing with classic ArtBar specials\, and experience MASS MoCA in a way that’s almost as good as being here.\n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/mass-moca-from-home/
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260620T113000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
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SUMMARY:Family StorytimeJune 20\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Families with children up to age 6 are invited to join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a storytime and related exploration in the galleries. Each storytime features a different children’s book about contemporary art\, creativity\, and/or the themes of the exhibitions on view. Meet in Kidspace at the designated time\, and a brief gallery walk-through and discussion of the art will follow.\nThis month’s Family Storytime theme is Alison Pebworth: Cultural Apothecary. \nFree to attend and space is limited. RSVP to reserve your spot. \nPlease note that caregivers should stay with their children at all times. Older siblings are welcome to attend. At this time we cannot accommodate large groups in storytime. To arrange a group visit to the museum and discuss educational components that could be included please contact studentgroups@massmoca.org. \nUpcoming Dates and Selected Exhibitions:\nSaturday\, July 18: TBA\nSaturday\, August 15: TBA\nSaturday\, September 19: TBA \nThis program is presented in partnership with the North Adams Public Library. \nPhoto: Liz McCarthy \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/family-storytime-4/
LOCATION:Kidspace
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Kidspace,Public Program,Winter/Spring 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T180000
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SUMMARY:Foundling Fathers Meg Elison\, co-presented at the North Adams Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Join MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store and the North Adams Public Library for a reading\, conversation\, and book-signing with Meg Elison on her latest book\, Foundling Fathers\nThis co-presentation takes place at our neighboring North Adams Public Library (74 Church St.\, North Adams\, MA)\, not at MASS MoCA. \nJoin MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store and the North Adams Public Library for a free reading\, conversation\, and book-signing with Meg Elison\, whose just-released Foundling Fathers (Tachyon Publications) seamlessly combines science fiction and history with sharp\, witty commentary\, proving why she is one of speculative fiction’s most exciting voices. \nThe trouble starts when a curious young man finds a smartphone in his privy. The problem is\, it’s supposed to be the year 1750. \nThe Antediluvian Society — a shadowy cabal of right-wing billionaires — is fed up with a country they cannot fully control or understand. So they have done what any reasonable American patriots would do: clone the Founding Fathers and raise them in secrecy. The plan\, unbeknownst to the boys\, is for them to restore America to its “original glory.” \nCan’t make the event? Pre-order a copy of Foundling Fathers and we’ll get it signed for you. \nMeg Elison is the author of The Book of the Unnamed Midwife\, winner of the 2014 Philip K. Dick Award. Her young adult novel\, Find Layla\, was named one of Vanity Fair’s best books of the year. Her collection\, Big Girl\, contains the Locus Award-winning novelette The Pill. Elison has published in outlets including Uncanny\, Fangoria\, Nightmare\, Clarkesworld\, and Fantasy & Science Fiction. As an essayist and satirist\, she has published nonfiction in McSweeney’s\, Electric Literature\, Reactor\, and Psychopomp. Elison is a high school dropout and a graduate of UC Berkeley. She has been a Clayton B. Ofstad endowed distinguished writer-in-residence\, as well as a Fred and Lola Case Writer. Elison is married to the cartoonist Colin Lidston\, and they live in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/meg-elison-foundling-fathers-co-presented-at-the-north-adams-public-library/
LOCATION:North Adams Public Library\, 74 Church St
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Calendar Page,Featured,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260625T190000
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SUMMARY:Open Studios at MASS MoCA
DESCRIPTION:Get to know the current Studios at MASS MoCA artists-in-residence over snacks and conversation.\nMark your calendars for this season’s Open Studios at MASS MoCA and get to know the current artists-in-residence over snacks and conversation! Each event will take place in Building 13 and Building 34. As always\, this event is free and open to all. \nDirections to the Studios: \nB13: When you park in the main visitor lot at MASS MoCA\, Building 13 is right in front of you. You’ll see Gary Lichtenstein Editions on the first floor. Enter through the side door (on the end of the building farthest from Rt. 2) and take the stairs or elevator to the second floor. \nB34: Located across from Bright Ideas Brewery in the front entrance courtyard of MASS MoCA’s campus\, next door to Bigg Daddy’s. When looking out from Bright Ideas\, just head straight and then to the left up the ramp to the Studios entrance (black door). \nAbout the Studios at MASS MoCA: \nSince 2015\, the Studios at MASS MoCA residency program has hosted over 1\,000 artists and writers at all career stages\, income levels\, and geographic locations on its North Adams campus surrounded by the beautiful Berkshire mountains. The residency program runs year-round\, hosts up to 10 artists at a time for stays of 2 or 4 weeks\, and primarily seeks applications from visual artists (painters\, sculptors\, installation artists\, photographers\, video/new media artists\, fiber artists\, printmakers\, etc.) and writers in all literary disciplines. Artists from any nationality are encouraged to apply. Learn more. \nThe Studios at MASS MoCA’s 2025-26 Season has been made possible in part by the Leonard & Ruth Horwich Family Foundation\, the Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation\, the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust\, and an anonymous donor. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/open-studios-at-mass-moca-23/
LOCATION:B13 & B34\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Featured,Summer 2026,The Studios at MASS MoCA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T235900
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SUMMARY:50 Years of PUNKThe Research & Development Store
DESCRIPTION:The Research & Development Store launches an expanded gallery and event space with 50 Years of PUNK\, honoring the groundbreaking legacy of PUNK Magazine. 50 Years of PUNK celebrates not only the publication’s enduring cultural impact\, but also the artists\, photographers\, and musicians who helped shape one of the most influential creative movements of the 20th century.\nThe collection of works is organized by Ki Smith Gallery and features art and photographs by Roberta Bayley\, R. Crumb\, Shepard Fairey\, Danny Fields\, Bob Gruen\, and Chris Stein\, and special contributions from Brian Eno\, Debbie Harry\, David Byrne\, Mark Mothersbaugh\, Joan Jett\, and many more. \nAt the heart of 50 Years of PUNK is a suite of eleven signed and numbered silk screens produced by Gary Lichtenstein Editions. These works reimagine and revive original stills from PUNK Magazine\, transforming the publication’s playful\, subversive art and photography into bold\, large-scale\, and collectible fine art screen prints. \nJanuary 1976 saw the first issues of PUNK Magazine Issue #1 sold at the burgeoning downtown NYC club CBGB. When Rough Trade (U.K. Indie Label & Record Shop) imported thousands of copies of PUNK Magazine Issue #3 to England\, it guaranteed attention for the Ramones’ legendary first UK performance (July 1976 at the Roundhouse) and the co-mingling of the U.S. and U.K. punk scenes. This underground zine would help define a generation and transform a downtown New York art and music scene into a global punk movement. \n50 Years of PUNK invites audiences to revisit — and rediscover — the rebellious energy\, humor\, and artistic innovation that made PUNK Magazine a defining force in contemporary culture. \nShop 50 Years of PUNK at The Research & Development Store here. \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation.Major support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, Mellon Foundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust.Support is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n50 Years of Punk was organized by Ki Smith Gallery with special thanks to founding editor of Punk\, John Holmstrom. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/50-years-of-punk/
LOCATION:The Research & Development Store
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Exhibition,Featured,Public Program,Research & Development,Summer 2026,Upcoming Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260628T170000
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SUMMARY:Wilco's Solid Sound 2026 – SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Spanning three days and four stages\, Solid Sound features music by Wilco and its members’ side projects alongside a diverse lineup of enduring favorites and emerging voices. It also features a full comedy lineup\, family fun for all ages\, local food\, craft beer\, camping\, naturalist activities\, and more.\nFriday night’s set from Wilco will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience\, with Billy Bragg joining the band to perform songs from the album Mermaid Avenue.\nThis year’s lineup also features The Breeders\, Gang of Four\, a solo set from Bragg\, S.G. Goodman\, L’Rain\, Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band\, Sharp Pins\, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis\, Hannah Cohen\, and much more.\nAdditionally\, Solid Sound 2026 will feature John Hodgman’s Comedy Cabaret (which will include comedians Jo Firestone\, Demi Adejuyigbe\, and Jordan Klepper)\, poster silk screening demos with Ghost-Town\, a screening of a new film about Bob James from Mikael Jorgensen and accompanying Q&A\, yoga\, nature hikes\, and more to be announced. \n \nFestival is rain or shine. \nWhere to Stay\nWe can’t wait to welcome you to Solid Sound 2026! Camping (both tent & RV) and college dorm rooms are all available now. Learn more about Solid Sound 2026 lodging here. \nCourtesy Code\nBy purchasing a ticket to join MASS MoCA’s visitors\, staff\, and artists on the museum campus\, you agree to treat your fellow guests with respect and follow our Courtesy Code. \nMake a Plan\nFor more information on what to expect and what to bring\, check out the Solid Sound website. \nHourly Schedules: \n   \nPlease note: MASS MoCA member discounts do not apply to Solid Sound Festival purchases. Members do receive waived fees on their purchase. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/wilcos-solid-sound-2026/
LOCATION:MASS MoCA\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Festival,Performance
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SUMMARY:To Hell with Poverty! A Class Act: Inside the Gang of FourJon King
DESCRIPTION:Join Jon King in conversation about his memoir To Hell with Poverty! chronicling his misadventures in the legendary post-punk band Gang of Four\n“One of postpunk’s most influential bands.” – The New York Times\, on Gang of Four \nMASS MoCA’s R&D Store presents a Solid Sound Book Talk for To Hell with Poverty! (Akashic Books) which documents Jon King’s story from a south London slum and working-class background to international success as core musician\, lyricist\, writer\, and producer in the legendary post-punk/funk band Gang of Four. \nKing’s memoir takes the reader on an episodic journey full of raucous adventures from his childhood and teenage years\, to the height of Gang of Four’s success in the seventies and eighties. \nThrown off Top of the Pops\, truncheoned by police at an anti-Nazi rally\, coming of age in the heart of the Leeds music scene and the UK post-punk movement\, mingling with Hells Angels and other undesirables\, supported by bands like R.E.M. and playing with the likes of the Police\, Iggy Pop\, and the Buzzcocks — King’s time with Gang of Four is rich with jaw-dropping stories. Evocative\, fast-paced\, and witty\, To Hell with Poverty! is a music memoir for the ages. \nCan’t make the event? Pre-order a copy of To Hell with Poverty! and we’ll get it signed for you. \nJon King is an English musician\, songwriter\, and Grammy-nominated art director in the post-punk band Gang of Four. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/jon-king-to-hell-with-poverty-a-class-act-inside-the-gang-of-four/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T170000
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SUMMARY:David Katzenstein & David RicciTwo Photographers in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join photographers David Katzenstein and David Ricci in conversation on their newly released photo book projects: Katzenstein’s Brownie (Hirmer Publishers) and Ricci’s Hunter Gatherer (MW Editions).\nBrownie is a collection of photographs created by photographer David Katzenstein over ten years\, 1979-1989. With this series\, Katzenstein pays homage to the original line of Brownie cameras that began in 1900. For the series\, he used the successor to the famous Kodak Brownie\, the Dualflex\, which was first introduced in 1947. The result is a colorful\, personal\, and sensitive view of the world. \nDescribed by one critic as “hot\, lush and specific\,” the series begins in New York City\, eventually traveling the globe to explore both distant places and the use of the Kodak Duaflex camera. Throughout the project\, Katzenstein’s goal was to embrace the camera’s limitations as a means of pushing the boundaries of composition\, juxtaposing foreground and background while heightening the use of color. \nThe inanimate tableaux of the American resale marketplace gives power to collectible objects in David Ricci’s Hunter Gatherer (MW Editions). Ricci spent seven years traveling across the U.S. making photographs at antique malls and fairs\, curio shops\, thrift stores\, and other sites where consumer goods from the past are sold. The images in Hunter Gatherer expose the hidden underbelly of American resale shops and cast a light on the country’s historical biases and stereotypes\, weaving together a tapestry of racism\, objectification\, beauty standards\, Christianity\, and consumerism. \nRicci photographed these objects\, displays and scenes as he found them. Some are humorous — a Catholic nun figurine praying over a Batman Pez dispenser — but the juxtapositions of blatantly racist objects including lawn jockeys\, Black mammy figurines\, and tomahawk-wielding Native Americans with anodyne items like lamps and bicycles call attention to the darker aspects of present-day America as well as its history. Though no people appear in the images\, depictions of human figures suggest thoughts\, dialogues and narratives that transform lifeless scenes into animated tableaux. \nCan’t make the event? Pre-order a copy of Brownie and/or Hunter Gatherer and we’ll get it signed for you. \nNew York-based photographer David Katzenstein travels the world on his lifelong artistic journey as a visual chronicler of humanity. Using subject\, light\, and composition to create visual dynamism\, he invites viewers to be in the moment with him. Katzenstein is the managing editor of the Barkley L. Hendricks Photography Archive. To date\, he has published three monographs: Ritual\, Distant Journeys\, and Brownie\, all published by Hirmer. \nDavid Ricci is a self-taught American photographer whose work explores human relationships with the environment and physical objects\, historical documents\, and social mirror. His monograph EDGE (2022) received the Foreword INDIES gold award in photography. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo exhibitions and are held in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Fogg Museum at Harvard University; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Hyde Collection; Danforth Museum; and Smith College Museum of Art. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/two-photographers-david-katzenstein-david-ricci/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T180000
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SUMMARY:The Chalet
DESCRIPTION:With riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet.\nYou know summer is in full swing when The Chalet at MASS MoCA returns! Spend the evening in our beloved beer garden that features live music and “The Chalet\,” a bar created by artist Dean Baldwin for the 2013 group exhibition Oh\, Canada. \nWith riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet — in the midst of the museum\, to the hum of local music\, under the Berkshire stars. Free and open to all. \nFull Chalet schedule (lineup coming soon):  \nThursday\, July 9\, 6pm\nThursday\, July 16\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 6\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 13\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 20\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 27\, 6pm\nThursday\, September 3\, 6pm \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/the-chalet/
LOCATION:Courtyard D
CATEGORIES:Concert,Performance,Performing Arts,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T170000
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SUMMARY:Member Preview: Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When)
DESCRIPTION:Members are invited to preview Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When) on Friday\, July 10 from 3–5pm. Join the artist\, curator Evan Garza\, and our community to celebrate this new commission with a champagne toast at 3pm. The exhibition is on view to the public beginning July 11. \n  \nDaniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When) \nChilean-born and Boston-based artist Daniela Rivera creates a newly commissioned exhibition Hacia Cuando (To When)\, featuring a large\, inclined platform floor comprised of handmade tiles fabricated in pre-Hispanic fresco traditions\, an installation which operates simultaneously as painting\, sculpture\, and sonic device. The exhibition focuses on the migration of histories\, materials\, cultural objects\, narratives\, practices\, and myths by addressing political\, art historical\, and material histories. Through her reinvigoration of craft tradition\, Rivera aims to question history and address the historical\, cultural\, and colonial narratives present in these materials and their varied places of origin.  \n  \nDaniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When) has been supported by a grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Artist’s Resource Trust. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/member-preview-daniela-rivera-hacia-cuando-to-when/
LOCATION:B4.3\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
CATEGORIES:Members Event,Membership,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:Gallery Visits with Anaїs DuplanIn Session
DESCRIPTION:Join writer Anaїs Duplan for a multi-session\, seminar-style series in our galleries to explore the concepts of privilege and power in contemporary art through reading short texts\, writing in response to exhibitions\, and discussion.\nThis series focuses on exhibitions by Black\, Indigenous\, and people of color (BIPOC) identifying artists at MASS MoCA\, who explore the concepts of privilege and power in some form. Duplan poses the question: “Power is a big part of political and artistic discourse but can feel very abstract; what does it mean?” Each session will help to understand and assess how power manifests in each exhibition. \nParticipants can register for a single event or the entire series. Registration includes admission to the event and exhibition galleries\, and copies of two books. \nBook titles to explore for this series include:\nEmergent Strategy\, adrienne maree brown\nHomo Sacer\, Giorgio Agamben \nJuly 11\, 2026: Zora J Murff: RACE/HUSTLE\nRSVP HERE \nAbout the Artist:\nAnaïs Duplan is a trans* poet\, curator\, and artist. He is the author of the book I NEED MUSIC (Action Books\, 2021)\, a book of essays; Blackspace: On the Poetics of an Afrofuture (Black Ocean\, 2020)\, a full-length poetry collection; Take This Stallion (Brooklyn Arts Press\, 2016); and a chapbook\, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus (Monster House Press\, 2017). He is a professor of postcolonial literature at Bennington College\, and has taught poetry at The New School\, Columbia University\, and Sarah Lawrence College\, among others. \nAs an independent curator\, he has facilitated curatorial projects in Chicago\, Boston\, Santa Fe\, and Reykjavík. He was a 2017-2019 joint Public Programs fellow at the Museum of Modern Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem\, and in 2021 received a Marian Goodman fellowship from Independent Curators International for his research on Black experimental documentary. \nDuplan is the recipient of the 2021 QUEER|ART|PRIZE for Recent Work\, and a 2022 Whiting Award in Nonfiction. He was also awarded a Black Visionaries Award by Instagram and the Brooklyn Museum in 2022. In 2016\, he founded the Center for Afrofuturist Studies\, an artist residency program for artists of color\, based at Iowa City’s artist-run organization\, Public Space One. \nPhoto: Elias Williams \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/in-session-gallery-visits-with-ana%d1%97s-duplan/
LOCATION:Meet in MASS MoCA Lobby\, B10
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Exhibition Program,Public Program,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:Head of HouseholdOliver Munday
DESCRIPTION:Join Oliver Munday as he discusses his book Head of Household\, a short story collection reckoning with fatherhood\n“Munday has a gift for making the sad dad more than just a trope. Clear\, bittersweet tales of masculinity come undone.”\n— Kirkus \nFrom stories about a father who shows up hung over to chaperone his daughter’s kindergarten bowling trip\, to another who rediscovers his love of graffiti\, and a father who pays for his legal fees and apartment through his OnlyFans earnings\, Head of Household (Simon & Schuster) is a short story collection that reckons with divorce\, financial anxiety\, and sexuality to create a collage of the beleaguered father\, a man on the front lines of a masculinity in crisis — stories of men salvaging the shreds of their identities while staging puppet shows and pretending to be ponies for their children. \nCan’t make the event? Pre-order a copy of Head of Household and we’ll get it signed for you. \nOliver Munday is a graphic designer and the author of Don’t Sleep: The Urgent Messages of Oliver Munday. His writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Atlantic\, The Believer\, The Sewanee Review\, and LitHub. He lives in New York City. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/oliver-munday-head-of-household/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T180000
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SUMMARY:The Chalet
DESCRIPTION:With riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet.\nYou know summer is in full swing when The Chalet at MASS MoCA returns! Spend the evening in our beloved beer garden that features live music and “The Chalet\,” a bar created by artist Dean Baldwin for the 2013 group exhibition Oh\, Canada. \nWith riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet — in the midst of the museum\, to the hum of local music\, under the Berkshire stars. Free and open to all. \nFull Chalet schedule (lineup coming soon): \nThursday\, July 9\, 6pm\nThursday\, July 16\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 6\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 13\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 20\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 27\, 6pm\nThursday\, September 3\, 6pm \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/the-chalet-2/
LOCATION:Courtyard D
CATEGORIES:Concert,Performance,Performing Arts,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T110000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260408T155046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260412T164607Z
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SUMMARY:North Adams Public Library Art Workshops
DESCRIPTION:This co-presentation takes place at our neighboring North Adams Public Library (74 Church St.\, North Adams\, MA)\, not at MASS MoCA.\nJoin MASS MoCA Museum Educators for free art workshops at the North Adams Public Library. Designed for children 12 years and younger\, the workshops will include a storytime and art-making project related to one of the exhibitions on display at the museum. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/north-adams-public-library-workshops-2/
LOCATION:North Adams Public Library\, 74 Church St
CATEGORIES:Public Program,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T113000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260410T142133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260410T142542Z
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SUMMARY:Family StorytimeJuly 18\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Families with children up to age 6 are invited to join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a storytime and related exploration in the galleries. Each storytime features a different children’s book about contemporary art\, creativity\, and/or the themes of the exhibitions on view. Meet in Kidspace at the designated time\, and a brief gallery walk-through and discussion of the art will follow.\nThis month’s Family Storytime theme is James Turrell \nFree to attend and space is limited. RSVP to reserve your spot. \nPlease note that caregivers should stay with their children at all times. Older siblings are welcome to attend. At this time we cannot accommodate large groups in storytime. To arrange a group visit to the museum and discuss educational components that could be included please contact studentgroups@massmoca.org. \nUpcoming Dates and Selected Exhibitions:\nSaturday\, August 15 – Technologies of Relation\nSaturday\, September 19 – MASS MoCA History & Buildings \nThis program is presented in partnership with the North Adams Public Library. \nPhoto: Liz McCarthy \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/family-storytimejuly-18-2026/
LOCATION:Kidspace
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Kidspace,Public Program,Winter/Spring 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T130000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260408T155058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T153859Z
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SUMMARY:Members Picnic
DESCRIPTION:Members are invited to join MASS MoCA staff for a summer picnic.\nExperience MASS MoCA from a new perspective\, hang out with new and old friends\, and enjoy a picnic lunch with us provided by our partners at Guido’s Fresh Marketplace. \nMeet in the lobby at the Membership Desk to be guided to our picnic location which will be announced the day before the program via email. \nBring your own picnic blanket or chair! \nMake it a whole day at MASS MoCA and attend Hold These Truths: Lara Downes and Friends in the Hunter Center at 7pm. Tickets available here. \nRegister using the ticket link or email members@masmoca.org. \nNot yet a member? Become one here. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/members-picnic/
LOCATION:Courtyard C\, MASS MoCA\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Members Event,Membership,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T190000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260408T155025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T181037Z
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SUMMARY:HOLD THESE TRUTHS: Lara Downes and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Pianist Lara Downes presents a poignant and probing concert that marks America’s 250th anniversary by celebrating the power of music to express the core essence of our founding promise featuring Theo Bleckmann\, 9 Horses (Joseph Brent\, Sara Caswell\, and Andrew Ryan)\, and Vuyo Sotashe.\nWith this nuanced exploration through the American musical landscape\, Downes captures the soundtrack of our history — the music that has brought light in our darkness and comfort in our times of sorrow\, our anthems of revolution and resistance\, and the songs that bring persistent hope\, in every era\, for the promise of brighter days to come. From traditional songs that pre-date the nation’s founding to new works that define the sound of the American future\, this music traces our roots and our journeys\, connects us at our crossroads\, and centers us on common ground\, offering a clear and open-hearted reminder that we the people are the holders of our truth\, the stewards of our past\, builders of our present\, and designers of our future. \nThis concert features work generated via Lara Downes’ The Declaration Project\, which has been in residence at MASS MoCA as part of a national year-long journey engaging with people of all ages in urban and rural communities to reflect on our collective vision and intention for the American future. Learn more. \nThis program is supported in part by the Endeavor Foundation. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/hold-these-truths-lara-downes-and-friends/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Concert,Summer 2026,Upcoming Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T200000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260310T161114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T172704Z
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SUMMARY:Lucy Dacus
DESCRIPTION:With Smidley\nHaving cultivated a devoted following both on her own and as a third of the GRAMMY award winning boygenius\, Lucy Dacus has proven herself to be one of indie music’s most magnetic forces. Returning to MASS MoCA for the first time since her crowd-favorite performance at Courtney Barnett’s Here and There Festival in 2022\, Dacus will bring her signature brand of heartfelt\, guitar-driven rock to Courtyard D for the kind of intimate outdoor concert that only she can deliver.\n \nAbout the artist:  \nLucy Dacus is a musician from Virginia\, regarded as “one of the best songwriters of her generation” (Rolling Stone). She has released four full-length albums under her name: 2016’s No Burden\, 2018’s Historian\, 2021’s Home Video\, and 2025’s Forever Is A Feeling. In 2023\, Dacus spent a career-defining year with boygenius\, her band with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker. boygenius’ album\, the record\, garnered widespread acclaim and saw the trio take home three GRAMMY Awards. \nHer most recent record\, Forever Is A Feeling\, was lauded by Variety as “the most romantic record you might hear” and reached #1 spots on both the Billboard Rock Album Chart and the Billboard Folk/Americana Album Chart. Dacus also cemented her reputation as a powerful live act following the release of Forever Is A Feeling\, performing around the globe on her most expansive tour to date and selling out legendary venues like Radio City\, Red Rocks and the O2 Academy Brixton in London. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/lucy-dacus/
LOCATION:Courtyard D
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Concert,Featured,Performing Arts,Upcoming Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T190000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260514T195826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T195919Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Wafa Ghnaim
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for a conversation with Artist Wafa Ghnaim about her process of Tatreez and the tradition of repairing garments with embroidery. In this program we will discuss notions of community gathering over repair in relation to Jimena Sarno’s exhibition Rhapsody. \nTatreez is an Arabic word that means embroidery. The communities of the eastern Mediterranean\, including Palestine\, Syria\, Jordan\, and Lebanon historically mended\, repaired\, and recycled their traditional clothing to extend the life of their embroidered heirlooms across generations. These communities often left repairs colorfully visible\, making them both decorative and functional\, as well as playing with texture\, line\, shape\, and color of the garment. \nWafa Ghnaim is an art and dress historian\, fashion researcher\, embroiderer\, educator\, and the founder of the Tatreez Institute\, specializing in Palestinian embroidery\, dress\, and adornment. She is the author of Tatreez & Tea (2016) and THOBNA (2023)\, with research published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, and the National Gallery of Singapore. A former instructor at the Smithsonian and Research Scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, she now continues her preservation work as a Mellon Foundation Research Fellow at the Museum of the Palestinian People\, and a commissioned designer for Victoria & Albert Museum’s Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine. \n\n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/in-conversation-wafa-ghnaim/
LOCATION:The Research & Development Store
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Public Program,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T190000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260611T212710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T212710Z
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SUMMARY:Rhapsody Repair Workshop with Wafa Ghnaim
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin us for a Textile Repair Workshop and contribute to Jimena Sarno’s installation Life in the Forest. Learn more about the exhibition here. \nThis two-day workshop introduces tatreez — traditional embroidery from the eastern Mediterranean — as a form of visible\, structural mending. Participants explore how Palestinian\, Syrian\, Jordanian\, and Lebanese embroidery practices have historically combined decoration with repair\, emphasizing reuse\, improvisation\, and sustainability. Through hands-on instruction\, students learn foundational stitches\, create an embroidered patch using a traditional Palestinian motif and waste canvas\, and apply it to a textile in need of repair. \nThe workshop focuses on high-contrast\, hand-sewn visible mending inspired by nineteenth- and twentieth-century regional practices\, celebrating expressive\, colorful\, imperfect\, and durable outcomes. By the end of the class\, participants will complete a visible mend and gain skills to continue repairing garments independently while engaging respectfully with living cultural traditions. \n  \nRegistration for this workshop is a two step process. First\, please fill out a registration form here: \nClick here to access the application form. \n  \nAfter we assess the garment or textile that you would like to repair through the application form\, MASS MoCA and the instructor (Wafa Ghnaim) will determine if the repair is doable with this instructor during the allotted time frame. If so\, the applicant will be invited to register. The workshop is limited to 15 participants. \nThis workshop is featured as part of Jimena Sarno’s exhibition\, Rhapsody. Participants have the opportunity to add objects to the exhibition as part of Sarno’s installation: Life in the Forest\, which is gradually built with the accumulation of objects restored in these repair workshops. After the run of the show\, you will be required to pick up your repaired objects. \nThis workshop centers tatreez as it has been historically practiced on garments from Palestine\, Syria\, Jordan\, and Lebanon. Priority will be given to participants seeking to repair or work on garments connected to their own cultural\, family\, or regional heritage. Applicants proposing other repair projects are welcome and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. \nParticipants are asked to review the Tatreez Institute’s Community Guidelines prior to applying. The guidelines address questions of cultural appropriation\, citation\, and heritage preservation. \n\n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/rhapsody-repair-workshop-with-wafa-ghnaim/
LOCATION:B4.2
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Public Program,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T200000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260408T155122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T203843Z
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT – Robby Hoffman
DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand\, tickets are no longer available for this performance. \nRobby Hoffman is an Emmy-winning writer\, Emmy-nominated actor\, and comedian whose work spans stand-up\, television\, and podcasting.\nIn 2025\, she was named one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch\,” and her debut Netflix stand-up special\, Robby Hoffman: WAKE UP\, directed by John Mulaney\, premiered globally. Upon announcement of their collaboration\, Mulaney boasted\, “No one has owned a stage like her since James Brown.” \nIn 2025 Hoffman starred opposite Michelle Williams in FX’s critically acclaimed limited series Dying for Sex. She currently appears on Season 4 of HBO’s Hacks\, for which she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series\, and which is now in production on Season 5. She is also set for a major role in the upcoming HBO series Rooster from Steve Carell and Bill Lawrence. Hoffman is currently developing Unentitled for HBO\, a new series she is writing\, executive producing\, and set to star in. \nBorn in Brooklyn and raised in a large Hasidic Jewish family before moving to Montreal\, The New York Times describes Robby as a “bulldozing stand-up\,” comparing her to Larry David\, noting her “mountain-out-of-a-molehill kvetching\, but her hilarious rage makes her sound like a modern lesbian Andrew Dice Clay.” The New York Times also praised her Patreon podcast Too Far as “an addictive listen.” Robby Hoffman has been hailed as “the future of comedy” by The Daily Beast\, “an original comic talent” by The Wall Street Journal\, and a “delightful oddball” by The Hollywood Reporter\, while Decider wrote that “to witness her performance is to see someone who stands out so distinctly from her contemporaries.” \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/robby-hoffman/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Summer 2026,Upcoming Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260726T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260726T120000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260408T155133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T134234Z
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SUMMARY:Transported: The Everyday Magic of Musical DaydreamsElizabeth Margulis
DESCRIPTION:In Transported (Liveright)\, acclaimed music cognition researcher Elizabeth Margulis explores the phenomenon of musical daydreams\n“A fascinating exploration of the mysterious and important connection between music and daydreams\, and a deeply enjoyable path toward understanding what imbues music with its undeniable power.” -Béla Fleck \nIn Transported (Liveright)\, acclaimed music cognition researcher Elizabeth Margulis explores the phenomenon of musical daydreams — the vivid\, spontaneous\, emotionally charged images\, stories\, and memories we lapse into while listening to music — and argues that these everyday reveries offer a powerful and underappreciated window into how we think\, feel\, and connect. \nCombining cutting-edge neuroscience\, psychology\, ethnography\, and revelations from her own teaching and pathbreaking research\, Margulis shows not only that musical imaginings are widespread and meaningful — but also that daydreams that seem deeply personal are often widely shared. \nAt a time when attention is perpetually under siege\, Transported makes a powerful case for music as one of the last spaces where the mind is still free to wander — and reminds us that these wanderings are more meaningful and more important to our individual and collective well-being than we’ve ever realized. \nCan’t make the event? Pre-order a copy of Transported and we’ll get your book signed for you. \nElizabeth Margulis is professor of music and director of the Music Cognition Lab at Princeton University. Her book On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind won the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory. She lives in Princeton\, New Jersey. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/elizabeth-margulis-transported-the-everyday-magic-of-musical-daydreams/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260730T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T220000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
CREATED:20260331T000325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T173554Z
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SUMMARY:Bang on a Can:  LOUD Weekend 2026
DESCRIPTION:Over 70 pioneering musicians from around the world come together to give shape to new sounds during this three-day\, super-mix of experimental music.\nLOUD Weekend Tickets On Sale Now\nGeneral Admission Advance 3-Day Pass $169 (week of: $199)\nPreferred Seating 3-Day Pass $269 \nBang on a Can LOUD Weekend features three days of immersive music experiences set within the context of MASS MoCA’s vast galleries\, performing arts stages and outdoor spaces nestled among the Berkshires mountains. LOUD Weekend is the culminating event of the twenty-fourth annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA\, a three-week artist residency for innovative composers and performers selected from an international roster of artists. \nFor three weeks leading up to the LOUD Weekend finale\, Bang on a Can fellows and faculty let loose throughout the galleries. Join us for these beloved gallery concerts (often at 1:30pm and 4:30pm) to experience music from some of today’s most innovative new minds. \n \nLOUD Weekend 2026 includes: (additional artists and more details to be announced) \n\n\n\nBang on a Can All-Stars perform a brand new arrangement of the iconic Philip Glass album Glassworks\, in its entirety\, PLUS a new live arrangement of Terry Riley’s inspirational A Rainbow in Curved Air\, a piece that significantly impacted the development of minimalism\, ambient music\, jazz fusion\, progressive rock\, and more.\nEver-inventive and virtuosic guitarist Yasmin Williams.\nPowerhouse pianist Conrad Tao performing Frederic Rzewski and more.\nEliza Bagg and Mantra Percussion premiere Annie Gosfield’s one-act chamber opera Emma – exploring the radical vision\, ideals\, and enduring legacy of Emma Goldman\, one of the most legendary and influential social activists in US history.\nMorton Feldman’s mind-altering\, meditative Piano and String Quartet.\nThe US premiere of Michael Gordon’s 8\, performed by an all-star cast of eight festival cellists with special guests. \nComposer/Alto Saxophonist Darius Jones conducts his large ensemble work WAR\, exploring the sonic palette of sustained intensity. \nThe inimitable poetic jazz combination of Brandon López & Fred Moten. \nExperimental Percussion/Synth duo NOMON (sisters Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) – an endless blend of percussion\, drum machine\, and synthesizers\,  touching on fragments of memories from their lives in Tokyo\, Oakland and now New York\, where they both currently reside. \nArt-pop songstress Lisel (Eliza Bagg).\nLongtime Bang on a Can collaborator Karl Larson plays the world premiere of Scott Wollschleger‘s Ghost Song\, for solo piano. \nConcert celebrations of music by Martin Bresnick\, Raven Chacon\, David Lang\, Ken Thomson\, Shelley Washington\, Julia Wolfe\, and more. \nSteve Martland Band Tribute! – we are resurrecting the iconoclastic Martland Big Band in a unique tribute to the ground-breaking British composer.\nWORLD PREMIERES by the 2026 summer festival composition fellows.\nPerformances by David Byrd-Marrow\, Vicky Chow\, David Cossin\, Arlen Hlusko\, Riley Palmer\, Nick Photinos\, Todd Reynolds\, Maya Stone\, Ken Thomson\, plus fellows from the 2026 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbout Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival\nThe Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is a three-week artist residency running July 12 – August 1\, 2026. This joyful\, collaborative program includes daily rehearsals and seminars\, performances in the museum galleries\, world music and improvisation workshops\, technology and music entrepreneurship seminars\, and concerts and events in the community. The Bang on a Can Summer Festival has been described as “utterly transformative” and “life-changing\,” and it’s a place where musicians generate powerful connections with new life-long collaborators\, friends\, and colleagues. Over these three weeks\, every corner of MASS MoCA’s galleries and outdoor spaces come alive with performances\, workshops\, and seminars focused on adventurous new music — culminating in LOUD Weekend July 30 – August 1\, 2026. Learn more. \nResidency performances in the galleries are included with museum admission. Separate tickets required for LOUD Weekend. \nMake a Plan \n\n\n\nAll seating is general admission. All festival passes include museum admission.\nLOUD Weekend programming is fluid and subject to change. Final schedules with location will be available closer to the performance dates. Events are limited capacity and first-come\, first-served for Advance ticket holders/tickets do not guarantee admission to gallery or B-10 concerts.\nAll events at MASS MoCA aim to be accessible to all audiences. Please contact boxoffice@massmoca.org if you would like to inquire about accessibility needs and services.\nBy purchasing a ticket to join MASS MoCA’s visitors\, staff\, and artists on the museum campus\, you agree to follow a Courtesy Code\, detailed here.\nPerformers subject to change.\nAll sales are final; no refunds or exchanges.\n\n\n\n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/bang-on-a-can-loud-weekend-2026/
LOCATION:MASS MoCA\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Bang on a Can,Bang on a Can,Festival,Performance,Performing Arts,Summer 2026,Upcoming Performance
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260802
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SUMMARY:Arielle Twist: CHOPPED
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a sound installation and audio takeover of Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT by Halifax-based Two-Spirit Cree transfemme artist Arielle Twist.\nCommissioned by MASS MoCA in conjunction with Gibson’s exhibition and produced by Patrick ‘Reachout’ Coll\, CHOPPED is a sound work informed by notions of erasure\, disembodiment\, hauntings\, and the power of absence and ancestral presence. Twist conceived the sound installation in the wake of increasing discrimination and violence suffered by trans and gender nonconforming people\, particularly in America. CHOPPED is both a manifesto and a prayer\, authored and performed by Twist and a small number of trans collaborators. In the absence of her physical presence\, Twist offers viewers the power of her voice\, her spirit\, and a braided lock of her hair.  \nAbout the Artist:  \nArielle Twist’s (George Gordon First Nation and Sipekne’katik First Nation\, Cree) interdisciplinary practice blends poetics and visual modes of creation to explore the realities and legacy of Indigenous and Trans* life and grief. Exploring and experimenting through mediums such as textiles\, painting\, performance\, literature\, and language\, Twist is reconnecting with the legacy of Indigenous Trans matriarchy and womanhood. Recent exhibitions include Indigenous Joys\, Neutral Ground\, Saskatchewan\, and Time As A Relative\, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art\, Kelowna\, British Columbia. Twist has received awards from the Writers’ Trust of Canada\, Indigenous Voices Awards\, and Arts Nova Scotia for her debut poetry collection Disintegrate/Dissociate (2019\, Arsenal Pulp Press).  \nPrograms associated with Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT  are supported in part by the Henry Luce Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Endeavor Foundation. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/arielle-twist-chopped/
LOCATION:Building 5
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Public Program,Summer 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T021122
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SUMMARY:Camp MASS MoCA
DESCRIPTION:Young people entering grades 2–9 are invited to Camp MASS MoCA. We are hosting both middle school age camps (grades 6–9) and camps for grades 2–5. Participants explore the expansive campus and world-class art exhibitions\, meet exhibiting artists\, and create original works of their own.\nWeek 1: August 3–7\, 2026 \nCardboard Everything!\nAugust 3-7\, 2026\nGrades 2–5\nCamp Teaching Artist: David Waxman \nSign up here \nCardboard is a versatile and abundant material. It can be used to easily make large-scale works of art to fill space and make an environmental impact through recycling. Repurposing is an essential element of MASS MoCA’s philosophy\, operations\, and architecture. This camp will explore the merits and fun of creating collaborative and sustainable art. \nThe week will kick off with instruction in cardboard crafting techniques and tours of the MASS MoCA campus and workshops. Campers may create wearables\, vehicles\, everyday objects\, instruments\, creatures\, sculptures\, and sets out of cardboard. Project design will be camper-driven with instructor support. There will be room for individual exploration as well as a culminating group installation. \nLet’s push the limits of your imagination and build an immersive installation together! \nSkateparks\, Arts\, and Advocacy\nAugust 3-7\, 2026\nGrades 6–9\nCamp Teaching Artists: Skate Haven \nSign up here \nSkateparks\, Arts\, and Advocacy is a 5-day summer program in partnership with Skate Haven. The program explores skateboarding as an art practice that considers how that art can be used to make positive change in our communities.  \nStudents will examine skateboarding as both a physical and visual medium\, and think critically about how the medium functions. Students will engage with themes of balance\, perseverance\, self-development\, community\, competition\, and commerce. \nFinally\, students will learn about civic engagement by learning how to advocate for skate spaces in their community. \nWeek 2: August 10–14  \nFrom Roots to Rallies: Celebrating home\, identity\, and connection through collaborative art\, movement\, and play\nAugust 10-14\, 2026\nGrades 2–6\nCamp Teaching Artists: Helen Tocci and Donna Costello \nSign up here \nAt Camp MASS MoCA\, we will engage with the joy and spirit of the natural world that surrounds us and lives within us. Inspired by Amanda Lovelee’s immersive environmental art project  Homecoming we will use movement\, partner acrobatics\, spoken word\, and visual art design to explore ideas of home\, identity\, and migration\,  creating messages of connection and hope. We ask: what are our roots? What do we leave behind and what do we return to? Campers will collaborate to devise a public sharing that may look like an immersive performance\, a pep rally\, a party\, a social action… or maybe all of the above?! \nAssociated Exhibition: Amanda Lovelee\, Homecoming \nFrom the Air: Animation and projection\nAugust 10-14\, 2026\nGrades 6–9\nCamp Teaching Artists: Shayna Strype with Nick Diamant \nSign up here \nIn this weeklong workshop\, participants will explore animation\, projection\, and performance. Using an animation technique called pixelation\, students will animate each other frame by frame in real space\, turning themselves into animated characters and the architecture of MASS MoCA into living animation sets. Inspired by Laurie Anderson’s current exhibition\, participants will project their animation and film experiments onto unexpected surfaces\, including sculptures they create themselves. The workshop will culminate in an installation for families and museum visitors\, where students will present a collaborative piece blending film\, sculpture\, and animation. \nAssociated Exhibiting Artist: Laurie Anderson \nWeek 3: August 17–21 \nWeaving Utopia: A rhapsody of theater\, stories\, and collective action\nAugust 17-21\, 2026\nGrades 2–5\nCamp Teaching Artists: Helen Tocci and Donna Costello\n \nSign up here \nLet’s create a world built on connection\, repair\, and care! Inspired by Jimena Sarno’s Rhapsody\, campers will explore the creative tools of words\, sound\, movement\, and craft traditions. Through assembling stories\, social dances\, sound design\, and visual artifacts\, campers will weave ideas into action and bring their collective vision to life. The week culminates in an interactive installation where these creative sparks ignite! Pop-up performances\, community collaborations\, and improvisatory happenings will find a home amongst the art and architecture of MASS MoCA. \nAssociated Exhibition: Jimena Sarno\, Rhapsody \nCamp: Connected – Stories\, tools\, and the ways we belong\nAugust 17-21\, 2026\nGrades 6–9\nCamp Teaching Artists: Shannon and Abby Rebelo from BIC Works \nSign up here \nCamp: Connected — Stories\, tools\, and the ways we belong is a one-week creative summer camp for middle school students who are curious about people\, ideas\, and how we connect. Through art\, conversation\, hands-on making\, and an inspiring exhibition experience\, campers explore how humans have used tools and stories to build community — from the earliest inventions to the world they live in today. This is not a tech camp focused on screens or coding\, but a people-centered experience that invites reflection\, creativity\, and imagination. Campers share ideas\, ask big questions\, create original work\, and envision kinder\, more caring ways to connect with others — building confidence\, empathy\, and a deeper sense of belonging along the way. \nAssociated Exhibition: Technologies of Relation \nHours\n9am to 3pm\, Monday to Friday \nMeals\nMASS MoCA provides a daily healthy snack for campers (included in registration fee). Campers should bring their own lunch or purchase boxed lunches from Lickety Split for an additional fee. Information on boxed lunches is sent the week before camp. \nCancellation policy\nThrough June 30 – 50% refund\nAfter June 30 – no refund \nContact\n413.664.4481 or campmm@massmoca.org \nCost\n$450 non-members\n10% discount for MASS MoCA members\nNot yet a member? Become one here. \nScholarships\nOne full scholarship per camp is available for students from North Adams Public Schools\, North Berkshire School Union\, Hoosac Valley Public Schools\, and Pittsfield Public Schools. We will also consider requests from homeschool students. To apply for a scholarship\, please email campmm@massmoca.org with your child’s name\, age\, school\, camp week(s) preference\, and contact information by April 30 to enter the scholarship lottery. We will follow up to request simple documentation on your family’s annual income and family size to determine eligibility. To ensure your spot in camp regardless of receiving a scholarship\, register and you will receive a refund if selected. \nWaitlist\nIf the week your camper wants to join is full\, please email campmm@massmoca.org with the subject line “Waitlist Request.” Please identify the number of spots you would like to hold\, names of your campers\, your email and phone number\, and we will notify you in the case that a spot opens up. Camp MASS MoCA cannot guarantee admission to campers on the waitlist. \nSupport for Camp MASS MoCA is provided by the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust and the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Arts Build Community Initiative. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/camp-mass-moca-2026/
LOCATION:MASS MoCA\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Public Program,Winter/Spring 2026
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SUMMARY:The Chalet
DESCRIPTION:With riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet.\nYou know summer is in full swing when The Chalet at MASS MoCA returns! Spend the evening in our beloved beer garden that features live music and “The Chalet\,” a bar created by artist Dean Baldwin for the 2013 group exhibition Oh\, Canada. \nWith riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet — in the midst of the museum\, to the hum of local music\, under the Berkshire stars. Free and open to all. \nFull Chalet schedule (lineup coming soon): \nThursday\, July 9\, 6pm\nThursday\, July 16\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 6\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 13\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 20\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 27\, 6pm\nThursday\, September 3\, 6pm \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/the-chalet-3/
LOCATION:Courtyard D
CATEGORIES:Concert,Performance,Performing Arts,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY: FreshGrass Presents |  Big Thief Somersault Slide 360 Tour
DESCRIPTION:Big Thief\, who first played MASS MoCA after the release of their stunning 2016 debut record Masterpiece\, make their triumphant return a decade later with a concert in Joe’s Field that promises to be among the most electrifying shows of the summer. Formed in Brooklyn and led by beguiling singer-guitarist-songwriter Adrianne Lenker\, they have become one of the defining indie-folk bands of their generation.\nBig Thief has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket sold will go towards safeguarding people experiencing homelessness and ending the cycle of homelessness and poverty. \n \nAbout the Artists:\nOver the last decade\, Big Thief has proven themselves to be one of the most exciting live bands of their generation. Composed of songwriter Adrianne Lenker\, guitarist Buck Meek\, and drummer James Krivchenia\, their creative output is seemingly limitless\, sprawling across five critically-acclaimed albums. \nAbout FreshGrass Foundation:\nThe FreshGrass Foundation\, producers of FreshGrass Presents and FreshGrass Festivals\, supports artists by cultivating their creativity and sharing their creations with the world. FreshGrass Foundation\, a 501(c)(3)\, is an award-winning\, nonprofit organization focused on sustainable solutions for the artistic community. We partner with world-class institutions to bring innovative performing arts experiences to life. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/freshgrass-presents-big-thief-somersault-slide-360-tour/
LOCATION:Joe’s Field
CATEGORIES:Concert,Performance,Performing Arts,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:Member Picnic & Outdoor Art Tour
DESCRIPTION:MASS MoCA members are invited to a tour of our beloved outdoor exhibitions to learn about the art on display outside the museum’s walls on this one-hour tour featuring sculptural\, sound\, and installation works.\nAfter the tour\, enjoy a picnic lunch with us provided by our partners at Guido’s Fresh Marketplace. Bring your own picnic blanket or chair! \n  \nRegister using the ticket link or email members@masmoca.org. \nNot yet a member? Become one here. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/member-picnic-outdoor-art-tour/
LOCATION:Courtyard C\, MASS MoCA\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Members Event,Membership,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book ClubBen Passmore
DESCRIPTION:This edition of the Graphic Novel Book Club centers the boisterous\, darkly funny\, and sobering march through Black militant history by political cartoonist Ben Passmore.\nIn the past 40 years\, comics have gone from an underground\, alternative\, and niche concern to being used as a tool for learning in primary schools across the country and critiqued in universities the world over. Many of us first experience “reading” images in the sequential format of graphic novels before ever entering a museum. \nJoin our quarterly book club centered around the art of the graphic novel where we’ll be discussing Ben Passmore’s Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. \nIt’s the summer of 2020\, and downtown Philly is in flames. “You’re not out in the streets with everyone else?” Ronnie asks his ambivalent son\, Ben\, shambling in with arms full of used books: the works of Malcom X\, Robert F. Williams\, Assata and Sanyika Shakur\, among others. “Black liberation is your fight\, too.” \nSo begins Black Arms to Hold You Up (Pantheon)\, a boisterous\, darkly funny\, and sobering march through Black militant history by political cartoonist Ben Passmore. From Robert Charles’ shoot-out with the police in 1900\, to the Black Power movement in the 1960s\, to the Los Angeles and George Floyd uprisings of the 1990s and 2020\, readers will tumble through more than a century of armed resistance against the racist state alongside Ben — and meet firsthand the mothers and fathers of the movement whose stories were as tragic as they were heroic. Deeply researched\, vibrantly drawn\, and bracingly introspective\, Black Arms to Hold You Up dares to find the answer. \nThis casual book club and roundtable is facilitated by MASS MoCA Curatorial Exchange Initiative (CEI) Curator Terence Washington. He and Passmore will discuss the book\, which is featured in the exhibition Zora J Murff: RACE/HUSTLE. \nCan’t make the event? Pre-order a copy of Black Arms to Hold You Up and we’ll get your book signed for you. \nBEN PASSMORE is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole\, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell\, collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS\, and has contributed to The Nib and The New York Times. Black Arms to Hold You Up was named a New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2025 and a NY Public Library Best Book of 2025. He lives in Philadelphia. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-ben-passmore/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Talk,Research & Development,Summer 2026
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SUMMARY:The Chalet
DESCRIPTION:With riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet.\nYou know summer is in full swing when The Chalet at MASS MoCA returns! Spend the evening in our beloved beer garden that features live music and “The Chalet\,” a bar created by artist Dean Baldwin for the 2013 group exhibition Oh\, Canada. \nWith riverside regulars and friendly new faces\, summer’s most magical memories happen at The Chalet — in the midst of the museum\, to the hum of local music\, under the Berkshire stars. Free and open to all. \nFull Chalet schedule (lineup coming soon): \nThursday\, July 9\, 6pm\nThursday\, July 16\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 6\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 13\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 20\, 6pm\nThursday\, August 27\, 6pm\nThursday\, September 3\, 6pm \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/the-chalet-4/
LOCATION:Courtyard D
CATEGORIES:Concert,Performance,Performing Arts,Summer 2026
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