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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Bi-Weekly Newsletter: February 29, 2024
Arts and Entertainment
March 5, 2024
From: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary ArtDaymé Arocena
Saturday, March 9, 8pm
Be blown away by the talents of jazz singer Daymé Arocena, who brings her "propulsive Cuban folk-pop" (The Guardian) to the Hunter Center next weekend. Frequently compared to figures such as Celia Cruz, Aretha Franklin, La Lupe, and Ella Fitzgerald, Arocena draws inspiration from the intertwining musical legacies of her native Cuba. As she recently told The New York Times, "You have to flow with the music you want to make.” Catch the results live on stage right here at MASS MoCA.
Ten Transcendental Etudes
Friday & Saturday,
March 1 & 2, 8pm
Catch a work-in-progress sharing of Bennington College's Nicholas Brooke's latest piece. The culmination of Brooke's Ten Transcendental Etudes is an evening-length piece for 6 performers that melds sampling, sound design, and physical theater, and looks at how songs dominate how we talk about each other.
Student price: Just $15.
Registration Opens Tomorrow
Camp MASS MoCA
August 5–30, 2024
General On Sale: starts TOMORROW, March 1, at noon
Young people entering grades 2–6 are invited to Camp MASS MoCA. Participants explore the expansive campus and world-class art exhibitions and create original works of their own. The MASS MoCA Member Pre-Sale is going on now. (Not yet a member? Become one here.) Sign up early as space is limited!
Like Magic Gallery Programs
Join us this month for two programs taking place in Like Magic's exhibition galleries, both taking place during museum hours (10am–5pm) and free with admission.
Grace Clark's In a new light (Healing Dirt) Activation
Sunday, March 10
On the day of each new moon - believed by many to be a time of rebirth - visitors to Grace Clark’s In a new light (Healing Dirt) in Like Magic are invited to enter the chapel-like room and apply charcoal earth to parts of their body in need of healing, harnessing the magic of belief in change.
Plan Your MASS MoCA May
Announcing The Plastic Bag Store
A Tragicomic Ode to the Foreverness of Plastic by Artist Robin Frohardt
Created by artist Robin Frohardt, this immersive, multimedia experience melds installation art, theater, film, and a whole lot of humor to spark critical reflection on our culture of consumption and convenience. Presented by MASS MoCA in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival, this immersive experience opens May 9.
Step inside The Plastic Bag Store a vibrant, tongue-in-cheek "supermarket" - and explore a darkly funny and often tender story about the enduring effects of single-use plastics.
Advance tickets, priced at $25, are required. Discounts are available for MASS MoCA Members, kids ages 6–16, and Williamstown Theatre Festival donors.
25th Anniversary Events
Gala
Friday, May 24
Join us for an unforgettable evening to celebrate MASS MoCA’s 25th Anniversary. We will honor the extraordinary ingenuity, vision, and committed support of the diverse community of people and partner organizations who have made this audacious experiment a resounding success; and lay the foundation for MASS MoCA’s future as a creative campus with a regional, national, and global impact.
Community Celebration
Saturday, May 25
Save the date! Come celebrate MASS MoCA’s 25th Anniversary on Saturday, May 25, with free museum admission, live performances, and family activities throughout the day. Be the first to experience the upcoming exhibition Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad and join Kristy Edmunds, Director, and Joseph Thompson, Founding Director, in conversation, moderated by vocalist and performance artist Helga Davis.
Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad
On view beginning May 25
This sprawling and wryly funny exhibition invites us on a journey across borders, through time, and between legend and history, encouraging us to reconsider - and perhaps rewrite - the narratives around identity, difference, and power reflected and recounted in the tales we tell ourselves.
Thank You, MASS MoCA Members!
Member Appreciation Month
March 1-31
Member Appreciation Month is here throughout March 2024, and we want to thank our members by offering discounts, tours, raffles & deals all month long. Not yet a member? Become one here.
FreshGrass Savings Are Going Fast
FreshGrass North Adams
Prices Increase TONIGHT at Midnight!
"Where else can you spend a weekend listening to neo-trad bluegrass, hiking the Appalachian Trail, and wandering through a 19th-century electrical factory filled with paintings by Sol LeWitt?" - Acoustic Guitar
These are the last few hours to buy your ticket to a weekend like no other at the lowest price available. FreshGrass North Adams promises world premiere music, a robust music workshop schedule, dumplings, craft beer, and good friends. Tonight at midnight prices go up — so do yourself a favor and lock this one in. See you in September!
North Adams Artists - Let Your Voice be Heard!
North Adams Artist Census
Through March 20
MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists launches its third North Adams Artist Census of artists and creatives who are part of the artist community in North Adams. Are you a North Adams-based artist? Help us learn about YOU and the creative community of North Adams by taking a 10-minute anonymous survey by March 20.