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
Join local painter Julia Dixon for a family portrait workshop in celebration of Vincent Valdez’s exhibition Just a Dream… Drawing inspiration from the many diverse portraits on display in the exhibition, participants will first visit the galleries to learn how artists use different techniques and styles to tell stories about people. Then, they will create a […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Exhibits, Family Friendly
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.
With a streak of brazenness and her abrasive and likeable at the same time signature style, stand-up comedian Maddie Wiener made her Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon debut in fall 2024. Since then, she’s been recognized as a New Face at the Just for Laughs Festival and has filmed stand-up sets for Comedy Central and Don’t Tell […]
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Political philosopher Joy James speaks with Lucius Outlaw, a philosopher concerned with matters of social and political life. Together with Zora J Murff and Terence Washington, they inform and discuss Murff’s artistic examination of the overarching structures that shape Black Americans’ desires and aspirations for the things that only appear to be liberatory. This subject […]
Belong Berkshires, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibits, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
MASS MoCA is pleased to present Zora J Murff: RACE/HUSTLE, curated by Terence Washington and the next exhibition to premiere as part of MASS MoCA’s Curatorial Exchange Initiative. RACE/HUSTLE aims to demonstrate, through photographs, collages, and, for the first time, installation works, that the pursuit of liberation is, in part, a struggle against a desire for what merely […]
Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibits
Short-sighted is a new dance work by pioneering choreographer Deborah Hay and performed by three of Hay’s long-standing dancers. A trio that plays with humor and precision, each performer offers a unique and deep understanding of Hay’s work across four decades. Hay’s singular, revolutionary approach to choreography and the practice of performance has been influential to the […]
Performing Arts & Entertainment
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.
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