Magnetic, haunting, and tender, Mariah Rigg’s Extinction Capital of the World is a stunning portrait of Hawai’i — and a powerful meditation on family, queer love, and community amid imperialism and environmental collapse.
Belong Berkshires, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Magnetic, haunting, and tender, Mariah Rigg’s Extinction Capital of the World is a stunning portrait of Hawai’i — and a powerful meditation on family, queer love, and community amid imperialism and environmental collapse.
Belong Berkshires, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
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. This series focuses on exhibitions by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) identifying artists at MASS MoCA, who explore the […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Practice drawing and engage with fellow visitors alongside the skillful artworks of Vincent Valdez. Stop into MASS MoCA’s Research & Development Store to check out a drawing pad and graphite pencil (included in event registration) to use in the galleries of Vincent Valdez’s Just a Dream… exhibition.
Jason Polan (1982–2020), famous for his ink sketches in the cult favorite collection Every Person in New York, also had a robust exchange of artwork through the mail with friends, fans, and pen pals (Marcel Dzama, Stefan Marx, Richard McGuire, Rich Jacobs, Alec Soth, Barry McGee, and others). These whimsical drawings and short text works […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Following the opening of his exhibition last May, Vincent Valdez returns to North Adams on November 1 for a public conversation with MASS MoCA Curator, Evan Garza, about his first career survey exhibition Just a Dream…
Arts and Culture, Exhibits, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) MASS MoCA-style. Join us for the Mexican holiday of remembrance for those who have passed away. Bring your friends and family to the museum for free admission to Vincent Valdez’s exhibition, Just a Dream… . The party continues under Spencer Finch’s Cosmic Latte, where you can contribute to an […]
Family Friendly, Festivals, Holidays
I Hope This Finds You Well is a new in-progress multidisciplinary work by artist Samora Pinderhughes that responds to the testimonials of those harmed by incarceration, policing, and detention. In moving between story and song, Samora Pinderhughes and his ensemble imagine a world that supports vulnerability — an artistic celebration of resilience and repair. I Hope […]
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Sharing an interest in artistic representations of climate change, artist Ohan Breiding and Lisa E. Bloom, author of Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics: Artists Reimagine the Arctic and Antarctic (Duke University Press, 2022), will discuss Breiding’s multimedia exhibition, Belly of a Glacier, which functions as a moving eulogy for the soon-to-be-extinct Rhône Glacier.
Exhibits, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Herb Alpert Award-winner Robin Frohardt — whose immersive, multimedia experience The Plastic Bag Store captivated audiences at MASS MoCA in 2024 — returns to the museum for a preview of Shopping Center of the Universe, a theatrical work of speculative nonfiction.
Performing Arts & Entertainment