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MASS MoCA Workers Celebrate First Union Contract

Avatar photo by Billy Anania December 15, 2022December 16, 2022

Earlier this year, the union held a one-day strike over “lowball” wages and prolonged negotiations.

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MASS MoCA Workers Plan One-Day Strike to Protest “Lowball” Wages

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 15, 2022August 15, 2022

The union seeks a minimum wage of $20 by the end of 2024; the museum offered only $16.

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Wendy Red Star Is Teaching Children About the Crow Nation With Her Art

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick August 6, 2020November 29, 2021

“You don’t have to make things easy for them,” says Red Star about her new exhibition for children at MASS MoCA.

Posted inArt

The Measureless James Turrell

by Barry Nemett March 7, 2020March 7, 2020

Like memory, Turrell‘s work exists outside of space and time and sound.

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Cauleen Smith on Spirituality, Staging, and Having Enough

by Olivia Gauthier October 3, 2019October 4, 2019

Discussing her solo show at MASS MoCA, the interdisciplinary artist explained, “When I’m talking about ‘We Already Have What We Need,’ what I’m really trying to talk about is our anxiety as human beings about how to live.”

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The Wild World of Trenton Doyle Hancock

by Christopher Marcisz April 25, 2019

Hancock’s is a world with its own creation myths and conflicts — colorful and fun, but with serious undertones.

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How MASS MoCA Transformed a Struggling Mill Town Into an Art Hub

Avatar photo by Beatrice Loayza March 11, 2019March 20, 2019

Worlds collide in a new Meryl Streep-narrated documentary that traces the evolution of Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. 

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Liz Glynn’s Comforting Vision of a Dystopian Future

by Christopher Marcisz August 27, 2018

Liz Glynn’s exhibit at Mass MoCA serves as a reminder of the value in our present moment, as we engage in the work without the distractions of the outside world.

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Tripping Across the Lines Between Physical and Virtual Reality with Laurie Anderson

by Heather Kapplow May 17, 2018June 5, 2018

Spending time in Laurie Anderson’s “The Chalkroom” reminded me of Terry Gilliam’s film, Time Bandits, where what seems like an endless landscape is revealed to be a mirror when someone breaks it.

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Stop Treating the Berkshire Museum as a Sacred Space for Masterpieces

by Christopher Marcisz April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Locals like me don’t visit the Berkshire Museum to look at famous paintings. Why did 40 artworks become the center of a national controversy?

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Testing Human Perception with Uncannily Kinetic Body Parts

by Elena Goukassian November 30, 2017March 11, 2018

Elizabeth King experiments with human perception in her installation of mannequin-like sculptures at MASS MoCA.

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Found Object Sculptures that Spell Out an Urgent Environmental Message

Avatar photo by Melissa Stern September 7, 2017September 11, 2017

At MASS MoCA, sculptures by Lonnie Holley and Dawn DeDeaux reflect the environmental and political state of the earth today.

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