MASS MoCA Winter | Spring 2017 Brochure

WINTER/ SPRING 2017 ON STAGE & IN THE GALLERIES

Friday January 20, 8pm

Saturday January 28, 8pm

RICHARD MOVE

PARSONSFIELD

XXYY

NANOOK OF THE NORTH

Work-in-Progress: Dance / p. 2

Film with Live Music / p. 2

Thursday February 2, 7:30pm

Saturday February 4, 11am–7pm

REVOLUTION IN 4 SEASONS

FREE DAY!

Documentary Film Series / p. 3

In the Galleries / p. 4

Saturday February 4, 8pm

Thursday February 9, 7:30pm

THE UNIVERSAL MELODY BRASS BAND

OVARIAN PSYCOS

Live Music / p. 4

Documentary Film Series / p. 3

Saturday February 11, 8pm

Thursday February 16, 7:30pm

SO PERCUSSION A GUN SHOW

SEVEN SONGS FOR A LONG LIFE

Live Music / p. 5

Documentary Film Series / p. 3

Saturday February 18, 8pm

Thursday February 23, 7:30pm

JO FIRESTONE

EVERYBODY KNOWS...

ELIZABETH MURRAY

Comedy / p. 5

Documentary Film Series / p. 3

Saturday February 25, 8pm

Saturday March 4, 8pm

SAM COHEN

BILL T. JONES

Live Music / p. 6

Dance in the Galleries / p. 6

IN NICK CAVE'S UNTIL

Saturday March 11, 8pm

Friday March 17, 8pm

JANKA NABAY

WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW

Live Music / p. 7

Live Music with a Flair for the Irish / p. 7

Saturday March 18, 5:30–7pm

Saturday March 25, 8pm

ELIZABETH KING TANJA HOLLANDER STEFFANI JEMISON CHRIS DOMENICK

MAVIS STAPLES

Opening Reception / p. 13 – 17

Live Music / p. 8

March 31–April 1

Friday April 7, 8pm

HIGH MUD COMEDY FESTIVAL

OKWUI OKPOKWASILI

Comedy Festival / p. 9

Dance in the Galleries / p. 10

April 7–9

Saturday April 8, 8pm

TEEN ART INVITATIONAL

MIRACLE LEGION

Exhibition / p. 17

Live Music / p. 10

Saturday April 15, 3pm

Friday April 28, 6pm

LAVA

BOOK TALK

For Kids / p. 11

Artist Talk / p. 12

Saturday May 6, 5:30–7pm

Saturday May 6, 8pm

IN THE ABSTRACT THE HALF-LIFE OF LOVE

MY BUBBA

Opening Reception / p. 16 – 17

Live Music / p. 11

AND THE BUBU GANG

IN NICK CAVE'S UNTIL

NICK CAVE

If ever there was a time to join us by becoming a member, this is it.

This winter and spring we’ll be hammer and tongs completing the installation of Building 6, our magnificent prow-shaped building which will soon house exquisite long-term installations and changing programs by James Turrell, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Louise Bourgeois, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and a fabulous participatory music room featuring the rather crazed instrumentation of Gunnar Schonbeck. There will be lots of opening events and exclusive member receptions, so we hope you will become a member, if you aren’t one already.

And there will be many great things to see and hear in the meantime, which your membership brings you for free, or at good discounts, including a series of performances in Nick Cave’s spectacular Until (with Okwui Okpokwasili, Bill T. Jones, and many others); the return of the High Mud Comedy Festival; Mavis Staples in concert; and a 3-fer hit of local music with Parsonsfield, Mark Mulcahy’s Miracle Legion reunion, and the return of one of our favorites, The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow.

And if you haven’t yet drunk deeply of Alex Da Corte: Free Roses and Explode Every Day, drink up, because we’ll be de-installing those shows early in the year, making room for three new shows, Elizabeth King: Radical Small, Tanja Hollander: Are you really my friend?, and Steffani Jemison: Plant You Now, Dig You Later, as we careen into what will be an extraordinary summer season, with double the gallery space, a new bike path, three music festivals (Wilco’s back with their Solid Sound Festival June 23–25!), and a rich array of programming and educational offerings that will make your membership all the more valuable to you, and all the more valued by us. We need and appreciate your support, and look forward to welcoming you here often.

Joseph Thompson, Director P.S. Members get to reserve space in our always-a-sellout Art Ninjas summer camps too. That starts now at massmoca.org/camp.

photo by Douglas Mason

MEMBER EVENTS IN THE GALLERIES Member Openings Saturday, March 18: Celebrate three exhibition openings with a reception to toast the artists

Coffee with Curators Monday, April 3, 10am – 12pm: Tour Elizabeth King’s Radical Small and Tanja Hollander’s Are you really my friend? with Curator Denise Markonish, followed by coffee and conversation.

RSVP required

Galleries After Dark Extended Gallery Hours, 5 – 7pm, with tours for Members February 11, before Sō Percussion March 25, before Mavis Staples March 31 + April 1, during the High Mud Comedy Festival

AT THE SHOW Meet the Music Post-show drinks, adjacent to Club B10 February 25, after Sam Cohen March 4, after Miracle Legion May 6, after My Bubba

$5 Performance Tickets January 20: Richard Move Thursdays in February: Documentary Film Series March 11: Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang April 15: LAVA

ON THE ROAD Art Omi Saturday, April 22, 11am: Tour OMI International Arts Center in Ghent, New York with Omi Curator, Nicole Hayes. RSVP required RAIN DATE SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 11AM

Sundance Film Festival January 25 – 29: Join MASS MoCA Curator of Performing Arts, Rachel Chanoff, in Park City, Utah, for select films, meals, and snow FOR OUR FOUNDER'S FORUM MEMBERS AND ABOVE

Savannah, Georgia March 24 – 31: Retreat to Savannah to explore private collections and select exhibitions. Hosted by Savannah College of Art and Design FOR OUR DIRECTOR’S ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ABOVE

For information about becoming a memberor to attend member events: members@massmoca.org or 413.664.4481 x8112

photo by Patrick McMullan

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: DANCE

CHOREOGRAPHER OF CHROMOSOMES

RICHARD MOVE XXYY

CO-PRESENTED WITH JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE

Friday, January 20, 8pm HUNTER CENTER | $5 MEMBERS | $8 STUDENTS $12 ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $22 PREFERRED

The choreographer/dancer/director and TEDGlobal Oxford Fellow Richard Move will be in residence to develop XXYY, a new collaboration with theater artist Alba Clemente and visual artist Paolo Canevari.

XXYY is a multi-sensorial, poetic, and otherworldly theatrical event exploring the chromosomal combinations that produce gender identity, reconstructing the conventional binaries of male and female.

This program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob's Pillow Dance.

This program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

photo by Douglas Mason

FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC

FRESHGRASS PRESENTS

PARSONSFIELD NANOOK OF THE NORTH Saturday, January 28, 8pm HUNTER CENTER | $12 STUDENTS | $18 ADVANCE $24 DAY OF | $30 PREFERRED

Local indie-folk heroes Parsonsfield blew minds at FreshGrass 2016 playing live to an excerpt of the iconic Robert Flaherty documentary Nanook of the North.

We’ve asked for the band to score the whole film, and they’re back to perform the world premiere.

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DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES

PORTRAITS OF POWER WOMEN MAKING AN IMPACT REVOLUTION IN 4 SEASONS Thursday, February 2, 7:30pm

CLUB B10 | $5 STUDENTS + MEMBERS | $9 GENERAL ADMISSION

In Revolution in 4 Seasons, two politically opposed young women fight to shape their lives along with the political future of Tunisia, the sole country to emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings as a functional democracy.

OVARIAN PSYCOS

Thursday, February 9, 7:30pm CLUB B10 | $5 STUDENTS + MEMBERS | $9 GENERAL ADMISSION

A new generation of women of color in East Los Angeles are redefining their identity and building community through a raucous, irreverently named bicycle crew that takes to the streets to reclaim its neighborhoods.

SEVEN SONGS FOR A LONG LIFE Thursday, February 16, 7:30pm

CLUB B10 | $5 STUDENTS + MEMBERS | $9 GENERAL ADMISSION

In this unexpectedly uplifting film, six hospice patients unlock their pasts and illuminate their dreams through song, allowing us into tender, vulnerable, and funny moments of their lives, and revealing an intimate story behind our changing relationship with death.

EVERYBODY KNOWS...ELIZABETH MURRAY Thursday, February 23, 7:30pm

CLUB B10 | $5 STUDENTS + MEMBERS | $9 GENERAL ADMISSION

A determined single mom with nothing but guts and talent, the visionary American artist Elizabeth Murray broke through notorious art world barriers to become one of the outstanding painters of our time.

CATCH THE WHOLE SERIES: BUY TICKETS FOR 3 FILMS AND GET THE 4TH FILM FREE. 3

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photo by Kaelan Burkett

IN THE GALLERIES

FREE DAY! Saturday, February 4, 11am − 7pm It's MASS MoCA's annual Free Day, when we swing open the doors for an extensive program of art-making, gallery tours, and pop-up performances. Come for elevator music (played live) and Nick Cave in the big gallery.

A schedule of activities is at massmoca.org/freeday.

Stay for The Universal Melody Brass Band at 8pm!

photo by Michael Weintrob

LIVE MUSIC

HORNS APLENTY

STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S

THE UNIVERSAL MELODY BRASS BAND Saturday, February 4, 8pm HUNTER CENTER | $10 STUDENTS | $16 ADVANCE | $22 DAY OF

Presiding over consciousness-expanding arrangements of Sly and the Family Stone, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Allen Toussaint, The Band, and more—with a wicked horn section—trumpeter and bandleader Steven Bernstein whips up a blowout Free Day concert that will alter your brain chemistry.

Join us after Free Day! Galleries open until 7pm.

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LIVE MUSIC

SECOND AMENDMENT SOUNDTRACK

SO PERCUSSION A GUN SHOW

Saturday, February 11, 8pm HUNTER CENTER | $12 STUDENTS | $18 ADVANCE $24 DAY OF | $30 PREFERRED

The innovative ensemble Sō Percussion explores America’s fraught relationship with guns in this theatrically staged concert. Taking mallets to disassembled sniper rifles and assorted drums, the musicians serve as Greek chorus, commenting instrumentally on sung and spoken texts drawn from the nightmares and nostalgia of armed experiences. Obie-winning director Ain Gordon and choreographer Emily Johnson give depth to this probing work.

Galleries open until 7pm.

photo by Mindy Tucker

Funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England state agencies.

COMEDY

PRESENTS

JO FIRESTONE WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOE PERA

Saturday, February 18, 8pm CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $16 ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED

Absurdist comedy dynamo Jo Firestone, whose offkilter talents are on display in the HBO series High Maintenance and in her writing for The Chris Gethard Show, is blazing a hilarious trail across the country, hosting over 40 different formats of live performances (e.g. NYC’s Inner Beauty Pageant and her touring show, Friends of Single People). She’s everywhere!

Club B10 alum Joe Pera opens the show.

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LIVE MUSIC

“VINTAGE, SUNNY PSYCHEDELIA.” — PITCHFORK

SAM COHEN Saturday, February 25, 8pm CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $16 ADVANCE | $22 DAY OF $28 PREFERRED

The former Apollo Sunshine and Yellowbirds frontman Sam Cohen is a dazzling guitarist (he’s lent his talents to the likes of Bob Weir and CeeLo) and a songwriter of disarming skill. Count on him and his band to bring some lazy summer afternoon vibes to a cold winter’s night.

photo by Ian Douglas

DANCE IN THE GALLERIES

UNTIL…DANCE

BILL T. JONES

CO-PRESENTED WITH JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE

Saturday, March 4, 8pm GALLERIES | $45 STUDENTS | $60 ADVANCE | $75 DAY OF

Performing in Nick Cave’s expansive installation Until, the iconic choreographer will present a new solo work created in response to the exhibition. Reception to follow this limited seating, intimate gallery performance.

This program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob's Pillow Dance.

This program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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photo by Sidney Schleiff & Oliver Citrin

LIVE MUSIC

ANCIENT RHYTHM, GOOD VIBES BASH

JANKA NABAY

AND THE BUBU GANG

Saturday, March 11, 8pm CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $16 ADVANCE | $22 DAY OF $28 PREFERRED

photo by Shervin Lainez

Claiming the holy trinity of Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, and God as his primary inspirations, the Sierra Leonean singer Janka Nabay has almost single-handedly revived the ancient tradition of Bubu, updating a form with 500-yearold roots in magic-infused folk ceremony into frenetic, hypnotic dance music with flourishes of electronica.

Limited seating, with lots of room to dance.

LIVE MUSIC

EVERYONE'S IRISH TODAY!

THE WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW

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Friday, March 17, 8pm CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $16 ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED

The five Massachusetts singer-songwriters of The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow—Greg Smith, David Tanklefsky, Billy Keane, Chris Merenda, and Tory Hanna—ring in St. Patrick's Day weekend with a celebration of brotherhood, spirits, and foot-stomping folk rock. Join us, and raise a glass.

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photo by Chris Strong

LIVE MUSIC

A LIVING LEGEND

Saturday, March 25, 8pm

MAVIS STAPLES

HUNTER CENTER | $35 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $45 DAY OF | $55 PREFERRED

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Mavis Staples is one of the great alchemists of American music, crossing genre lines like no musician since perhaps Ray Charles, and weaving her voice into the very fabric of gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip-hop. From her time in the legendary Staples Singers, to her Grammy-winning 2010 collaboration with Jeff Tweedy, You’re Not Alone, to her recently released Livin’ on a High Note, produced by M. Ward and featuring contributions by Neko Case, Justin Vernon, Ben Harper, and TuneYards, Staples is a classic artist who is as vital today as at any point in her legendary career. massmoca.org

photo by Mindy Tucker

FESTIVAL

WITH

PHOEBE ROBINSON

OF 2 DOPE QUEENS AND MANY MORE! HOSTED BY

DAVE HILL Lineup gets deeper at massmoca.org/highmud

MARCH 31 – APRIL 1

$32 STUDENT 2-DAY PASS | $42 EARLY BIRD 2-DAY PASS (THROUGH MARCH 15) | $75 PREFERRED 2-DAY PASS

photo by Peter Born

DANCE IN THE GALLERIES

UNTIL…MOVE

OKWUI OKPOKWASILI

CO-PRESENTED WITH JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE

Friday, April 7, 8pm GALLERIES | $20 STUDENTS | $30 ADVANCE | $40 DAY OF

Choreographer, writer, and actress Okwui Okpokwasili brings her kinesthetically powerful movement style to a site-specific dance within Nick Cave’s major Building 5 exhibition Until. Limited seating.

This program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob's Pillow Dance.

This program is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

photo by Kenneth Bachor

LIVE MUSIC

REUNITED!

MIRACLE LEGION Saturday, April 8, 8pm CLUB B10 | $12 STUDENTS | $18 ADVANCE $24 DAY OF | $30 PREFERRED

Before local favorite Mark Mulcahy rose to kids’ television fame with Polaris and The Adventures of Pete & Pete he fronted Miracle Legion, a band whose sublime jangly guitar rock made them college radio stalwarts from the mid ‘80s to the late ‘90s. The band got back in the saddle for a tour last summer, and will be in fine form for this special homecoming show.

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photo by Joseph Thompson

FOR KIDS

EARTH MOTHER DANCE

LAVA

A GODDESSEY Saturday, April 15, 3pm HUNTER CENTER | $5 MEMBERS | $5 KIDS 6–16 $10 ADVANCE | $12 DAY OF | FREE FOR KIDS 5 AND UNDER

photo by Johan Rosenmunthe

LAVA’s unique language of feminist dance includes towering human pyramids, acrobatic wrestling, and subtle physicality. The company’s new piece, developed at MASS MoCA, is a survival story that vaults the audience from a patriarchal present into a rainbowcolored feminist future.

LIVE MUSIC

FROM ICELAND, WITH LOVE

MY BUBBA Saturday, May 6, 8pm CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $16 ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED

The captivating nordic duo My Bubba “sounds like their generation’s Simon and Garfunkel. With just a guitar and vocals, they are mesmerizing in their softer than soft, lilting songs.” (No Depression)

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Unarmed, 2016; photo by Grace Clark

EXHIBITIONS / ARTIST TALK

NICK CAVE UNTIL

The celebrated artist's largest—and most personal—work to date.

KALEIDOSCOPIC PLAYGROUND

Cave and partner Bob Faust take over the ArtBar in Kidspace.

BOOK TALK

Friday, April 28, 6pm HUNTER CENTER | FREE FOR MEMBERS + $5 STUDENTS $5 ADVANCE | $8 DAY OF

Curator Denise Markonish faciliates a discussion with Cave; Lori E. Lightfoot, Head of Chicago's Police Board and Task Force on Police Accountability; and others confronting some of America's most confounding dilemmas: gun control, gun violence, and race relations.

ART21 SCREENING

Saturday, January 21, 11:30am CLUB B10 | FREE FOR MEMBERS + STUDENTS $5 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

Award-winning PBS contemporary art program, featuring Nick Cave, followed by a tour of Until

Nick Cave: Until was organized by MASS MoCA and co-produced by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art of Bentonville, Arkansas, and Carriageworks of Sydney, Australia.

Principal exhibition support was provided by an anonymous gift. Major exhibition support was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Jack Shainman Gallery, Marilyn and Larry Fields, BeadKraft, the Robert Lehman Foundation, and Furthermore, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

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Elizabeth King and Richard Kizu-Blair, What Happened (video still), 1991, remastered for high-definition video 2008

EXHIBITIONS

ELIZABETH KING RADICAL SMALL

Members' Opening Reception Saturday, March 18, 5:30-7pm FREE FOR MEMBERS | $10 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

In one of MASS MoCA’s largest exhibition spaces, artist Elizabeth King combines half-scale sculptures and immense stop-motion video projection for her ambitious installation examining the notion of radical smallness. Says King, “In sculpture, when you represent a body at a different size from its own, metaphor rushes in.”

Watch art happen: from March 16 to March 22, King will use the gallery as an animation studio, producing a stop-motion film of her sculptures.

Principal exhibition support provided by Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr. Major exhibition support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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TANJA HOLLANDER ARE YOU REALLY MY FRIEND?

photo by Tanja Hollander

EXHIBITIONS

Members' Opening Reception Saturday, March 18, 5:30-7pm FREE FOR MEMBERS | $10 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

In 2011, photographer Tanja Hollander began travelling the world to photograph her 626 Facebook friends.

While crossing the globe, Hollander discovers the ways in which contemporary friendship and community are defined, and how permission is granted in one’s private—yet also very public—online life. Are you really my friend? will be shown in its entirety for the first time at MASS MoCA, with an installation combining photographs, video, data visualization, a travelogue and an interactive component that asks viewers to define what a real friend means to them.

Principal exhibition support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Designtex, and Color Services, LLC. Major exhibition support provided by Joey and Ragnar Horn and Caroline Niemczyk Additional support from Joyce Bernstein and Lawrence Rosenthal

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Installation view of Sol, University of Washington, Seattle; photo courtesy of the artist

EXHIBITIONS

STEFFANI JEMISON PLANT YOU NOW, DIG YOU LATER

Members' Opening Reception Saturday, March 18, 5:30-7pm FREE FOR MEMBERS  |  $10 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

The poetry of jazz musician Louis Armstrong is among the inspirations for Steffani Jemison's enigmatic and evocative work which examines the power of language and opacity as a strategy for black resistance. In her largest solo exhibition to date, the artist premieres a major new sound work, an excerpt from her new novella, photographs, and paintings on acetate. Jemison engages alternative systems of communication including Hamptonese, the private language of artist James Hampton; and Solresol, a universal language based on the octave developed in the early 1800s.

Major exhibition support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council

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IN THE ABSTRACT

Members' Opening Reception Saturday, May 6, 5:30-7pm FREE FOR MEMBERS  |  $10 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

Sawdust-encrusted canvases, clothes and blankets strung across a gallery appearing like fields of color released from a stretcher, geometric stacks of bunk beds aglow in the pink light of colorful glass panels: the muscular works featured in In the Abstract merge the formal gestures and historical associations of abstract painting with recognizable imagery and everyday objects that point to many of the social and political realities of the day. Form, color, and gesture act as metaphors for how we process the world around us and convey emotional, philosophical, and spiritual states. Artists include Doug Ashford, Sarah Braman, Tomashi Jackson, Rosy Keyser, Eric N. Mack, Rose Marcus, Rodney McMillian, Matt Saunders, and Letha Wilson.

Major exhibition support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council

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Sarah Braman, In Bed (how do we sleep when the planet is melting?) 2016; courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NY

EXHIBITIONS

FIFTY DAYS On view January 21 Members' Opening Reception Saturday, March 18, 5:30-7pm

Kambui Olujimi, In Your Absence the Skies Are All the Same, 2014; courtesy the artist

photo courtesy of the artist

CHRIS DOMENICK

EXHIBITIONS

THE HALF-LIFE OF LOVE Members' Opening Reception Saturday, March 18, 5:30-7pm FREE FOR MEMBERS | $10 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

FREE FOR MEMBERS | $10 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

The Half-Life of Love is made possible by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in support of MASS MoCA and the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.

photo by David Dashiell

KIDSPACE

TEEN ART INVITATIONAL On view April 7–9

FEDERICO URIBE HERE COMES THE SUN

Core education funding is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation.

Education at MASS MoCA is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Hearst Foundation, Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation, Amelia Peabody Foundation, Holly Swett, Feigenbaum Foundation, John Hancock, C & P Buttenwieser Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Berkshire Bank, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, the Gateway Fund and the William and Margery Barrett Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and an anonymous donor. Support for Here Comes The Sun is provided in part by Adelson Galleries.

The Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation gives in memory of Sandy and Lynn Laitman.

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photo by Tony Luong

EXHIBITIONS

EXPLODE EVERY DAY AN INQUIRY INTO THE PHENOMENA OF WONDER On view through March 19 This exhibition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Artist’s Resource Trust, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Debbie Landau.

FREE ROSES

BEETLE IN THE LEAVES

On view through January 15

On view through February 12

Major exhibition support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Luxembourg & Dayan Gallery, and artnet.

Exhibitions of emerging artists are made possible in part by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

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photo by David Dashiell

photo by Nathaniel Brooks

ALEX DA CORTE

SARAH CROWNER

Major exhibition support provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger, Christopher Bass, Michael and Roberta Joseph, Tristin and Martin Mannion, and Lise and Jeffrey Wilks. massmoca.org

photo by Jane Burns

EXHIBITIONS

SOL LEWITT A WALL DRAWING RETROSPECTIVE

photo by Arthur Evans

This exhibition is a collaboration of MASS MoCA, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Williams College Museum of Art.

ANSELM KIEFER HALL ART FOUNDATION Open seasonally, beginning April 15

FRANZ WEST LES POMMES D'ADAM

Anselm Kiefer and Franz West: Les Pommes d’Adam are long-term installations realized in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation.

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Don Gummer, Primary Separation, 2006

EXHIBITIONS

ON CAMPUS STEPHEN VITIELLO: ALL THOSE VANISHED ENGINES Open seasonally, beginning April 15

NATALIE JEREMIJENKO: TREE LOGIC DON GUMMER: PRIMARY SEPARATION CHRISTINA KUBISCH: CLOCKTOWER DRÉ WAPENAAR: PAVILION Open seasonally, beginning April 15

MICHAEL OATMAN: all utopias fell Open seasonally, beginning April 15

JULIANNE SWARTZ: IN HARMONICITY, THE TONAL WALKWAY

WALTER FÄHNDRICH: MUSIC FOR A QUARRY

Natural Bridge State Park Reopens in the spring

MIKE GLIER: TRAVEL LIGHT The Porches, River Street

VICTORIA PALERMO: THE BUS STAND Main Street

BRUCE ODLAND & SAM AUINGER: HARMONIC BRIDGE

Under the Rt. 2 overpass, on Marshall Street 413.662.2111 x1

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Mike Glier, Travel Light, 2004

OFF CAMPUS

MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT — THANK YOU! Anonymous, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Anne and Gregory Avis, Barr Foundation, Linda Genereux and Timur Galen, Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Massachusetts Cultural Council, MassDevelopment, National Endowment for the Arts, Anders and Yukiko Schroeder, Jack and Susy Wadsworth, WLS Spencer Foundation Allen & Company, Alan and Leslie Beller, Joyce Bernstein and Lawrence Rosenthal, Bridget and Donald Fawcett, Robert L. Gold, Francis Greenburger and Isabelle Autones, Scott and Ellen Hand, The Hearst Foundation, Hans and Kate Morris, Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation, Surdna Foundation, Charlie and Kimberly Thurston, US Department of Agriculture Rural Development, Elisabeth Roche Wilmers and Robert Wilmers George W. Ahl III, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Daniel and Samantha Becker, Gretchen and John Berggruen, Tom and Andi Bernstein, Citi, Clifford Ross Studio LLC, Jennifer and Ian Deason, John B. DeRosa, John L. Gardiner, Susan W. Gold, Andrew and Barbara Gundlach, Andrew and Christine Hall, Hall Art Foundation, Joey and Ragnar Horn, Joan and Jim Hunter, Jack Shainman Galleries, Ned and Ann Lamont, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation, Elizabeth Beshel Robinson and Samuel Robinson, Mark Simonian and Sheila Harley, Edgar Wachenheim, Tom Walton, Steuart Walton Anonymous, Amelia Peabody Foundation, Artist's Resource Trust, artnet, BeadKraft, Berkshire Gas, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc., Ellen J. Bernstein, Blum & Poe, Duncan and Susan Brown, Citizens Bank, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Gregory Crewdson and Juliane Hiam, DC Moore Gallery, Peter Dey and Phyllis Ortved, Tyler and Rose Dickson, Andrew Dietderich and Carina Liebknecht, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Jane Coats Eckert, The Feigenbaum Foundation, Marilyn and Larry Fields, Donald Gummer and Meryl Streep, Agnes Gund, Graham and Ann Gund, Cai Guo-Qiang, Highland Street Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Orion and Lisa Howard, John and Maureen Jerome, John Hancock, Andrew Kostyo, Carol LeWitt, Dorothy Lichtenstein, Joyce Linde, John and Paula Mahoney, Metro Pictures, Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger, Caroline Niemczyk, Bo and Katherine Peabody, Hilary Polk and Frank Lyon Polk III, The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Michael Rietbrock and Sharon Pearson, The Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder Foundation, Robert Rosenkranz and Alexandra Munroe, Pamela and William Royall Jr., Dan Schulman and Jennie Kassanoff, Mary Lou and Jeff Shafer, Robert and Carol Stegeman, Else Steiner, Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Holly Swett, Jay and Rachel Tarses Rory and John Ackerly, Adams Plumbing & Heating, Christopher Bass, Thomas and Lily Beischer, Joseph Beninati, Joan Benjamin and Laurence Cherkis, Berkshire Bank, Brad and Terrie Bloom, The Boston Foundation, Paul and Katie Buttenwieser, Elliot and Karin Cattarulla, G. Donald and Michele Moeller Chandler, Caroline Cunningham and Don Young, Jeffrey Daignault, Steven and Roberta Denning, Designtex, Nancy Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell, Mimi and David Forer, Stuart and Maxine Frankel, Matt Fremont-Smith, Meyer and Florence Frucher, Allan and Judy Fulkerson, Furthermore, a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, James and Penny Gorman, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido's Fresh Marketplace, Carmela and Paul Haklisch, Katherine Hand and Matt Brogan, O. Andreas and Diane Halvorsen, Michael and Sandra Hecht, Kurt and Charlotte Hemr, Michael and Roberta Joseph, Werner and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky, Lizbeth and George Krupp, Raymond Learsy, Mark and Taryn Leavitt, Gary Leopold and Kim Colombi, Robert Lipp and Martha Berman, Tristin and Martin Mannion, Frank and CONTINUES Ò

MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT — THANK YOU! Katherine Martucci, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Henry McNeil, The Midas Collaborative, Charles and Anne Mott, MountainOne Financial Partners, Suzanne Nash, Diana Nelson and John Atwater, New England Foundation for the Arts, The Robert Lehman Foundation, Clifford Ross, Dorothy Rudolph, Stephen and Andrea Ryan, The Sakana Foundation, The Thompson Family Foundation, Nilani Trent, Mariët Westermann and Charles Pardoe, Lise and Jeffrey Wilks, Michael and Nina Zilkha Anonymous, Adelson Galleries, Robert and Barbara Bashevkin, John and Astrid Baumgardner, Erich Bechtel, Walter and Rosalind Bernheimer, Blue Q, Jim Chervenak, Stacy and Eric Cochran, Color Services, LLC, Paula Cooper and Jack Macrae, Catharine B. Deely, Deering Banjo Company, Virginia Dwan, Eastman Guitars, Spencer Finch, Andrew and Tracy Foster, Walter and May-Wo Giger, Girardi Distributors, LLC, James Kiggen and Ani Shaker, Richard Lamb and Holly Taylor, Debbie Landau, MiYoung Lee, Bill Livanos, Monica M. Mackey, Harry and Linda Macklowe, Nancy Maier, Arthur and Janice McConnell, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Richard and Ronay Menschel, Bartholomew Mitchell and Susan Siebert, Mark Movic, Seth and Mary Nash, Paul Neely, Susan Nimoy, Kenneth and Jennifer Pendery, Frank and Monika Perna, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, Thomas and Barbara Putnam, Bruno and Mary Ann Quinson, Robert and Helen Hardman Family Fund, Joan and Michael Salke, Sheila Stone, Stop & Shop, Scott and Lisa Stuart, Julie Tauber McMahon, TD Charitable Foundation, Mark and Amy Tercek, Peter and Laurie Thomsen, Daryl Wickstrom and Steve Cunningham, William Banks Wilhelm Anonymous, Adobe Systems, Inc., Georges Armaos, Ann Artschwager, Ella Baff and John Badanes, Hashem Bajwa and Mary Jeys, Linda J. L. Becker, Berkshire Money Management, Blackinton Manor, Joan Blair, Joseph Bonelli, Bright Ideas Brewing, Rebecca and Daniel Cellana, Ronald Chenail and Paula Melville, George Cochrane and Lisa Panzera, D'Addario, Jeffrey Davies, Barry and Caroline Davis, John and Maureen Dietze, James and Michele Dodge, Adrian and Liz Ann Doherty, Robert and Evelyn Doran, Chiara Edmands, Elizabeth Ellrodt and Scott Schweighauser, Adam Falk, Anna Farrington, Joseph and Tracy Finnegan, Dr. & Mrs. John D. Finnerty, Jed Garfield, Jennifer Gilbert, Thomas Glover, Annette Grant, David W. Haas, Marie-Therese Heiden, Thomas and Janet Holland, Wendy Holmes, Jenny Holzer and Michael Glier, Ian and Madeline Hooper, David and Charlene Howe, James and Edwina Hunt, Susan Hunter, Adam and Alicia Ifshin, Christopher Jones and Deborah McAlister, Emilia and Ilya Kabakov, Nancy K. Kalodner, Helen Kauder, Laura Keswani, Leslie Kogod and Laurie Goldberger, Jane and Leonard Korman, Peter and Jill Kraus, Helen Hardman Krumpe, Phyllis B. Lambert, Pamela and William Lawrence, Christopher and Claire Mann, Judith and Michael Margulies, Timothy and Elizabeth Mayhew, Nate McBride and Kari McCabe, Kevin and Cara McCaffrey, Elizabeth McGowan and Guy Hedreen, Paul and Alane McNulty, Michael and Agnese Meehan, Robert and Joyce Menschel, Jason Middlebrook, Charlie Miller, Leslie and Richard Morgenthal, Alan Nichols, Abby O'Neil, John Ordway, Richard Orris and Jennifer Nathan, Paula Cooper Gallery, Claudia Perles, Bernard Pinsonnault and Dianne Cutillo, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, Marko and Cynthia Remec, Lamson and Sally Rheinfrank, Mary Robinson, Susan and Elihu Rose, Thomas and Georgina Russo, Gheri Gertraud Sackler, Mark and Maria Schmidt, Carolina Palermo Schulze, Charles Schulze and Lucy Holland, Douglas Shulman and Susan Anderson, Smith College Museum of Art, David Smith and Ranny Cooper, Malcolm and Patrice Smith, Irv and Carol Smokler, Douglas C. Steiner, Sheree Stomberg and Peter Firestein, Richard and Janet Stratton, William and Emily Susman, John Thoman and Lee Venolia, James and Mary Jane Thompson, Jamee and Tom Todd, Trustees Of Reservations, UMass Fine Arts Center, Christopher Whitlock, The William Penn Foundation, Charles Young, Xiaoming Zhang, Donald and Barbara Zucker

VISIT BOX OFFICE & INFORMATION

PLAN YOUR VISIT

413.662.2111 | massmoca.org 1040 MASS MoCA Way North Adams, MA 01247

We hope you’ll visit downtown North Adams, check out Mt. Greylock (Massachusetts’ tallest peak), and dip into neighboring Adams and Williamstown while you’re in the Berkshires. explorenorthadams.com berkshires.org

HOURS Fall, Winter, Spring THROUGH JUNE 24 11am – 5pm, closed Tuesdays Open school-break Tuesdays, February 21 & April 18

ADMISSION

THROUGH MAY 21

Adults Seniors/Veterans Students w/ID Kids (6 – 16)

$18 $16 $12 $8

Kids under 6 and museum members always visit for free.

Admission to Kidspace is always free.

The ArtBar is open weekends and during school breaks.

Williams College and MCLA Students are members and receive free admission with valid ID. 2-Day Admission THROUGH MAY 21 There’s a lot to see, so take your time. Good for admission twice in one week. $30 3 Museum Combo Ticket THROUGH MAY 21 (MASS MoCA, the Clark, Williams College Museum of Art) $32 admission and save 20% at WCMA store Norman Rockwell Combo Ticket THROUGH MAY 21 (MASS MoCA, Norman Rockwell Museum) $30

PUBLIC TOURS (free with admission) Fall, Winter, Spring

THROUGH JUNE 24

LIVE EVENTS Reserve tickets for all performances even if admission is free. All performances and artists are subject to change, and often sell out. No refunds or exchanges. All events are rain or shine.

BAR Full bar service is available at most events.

AMENITIES Hardware: The MASS MoCA Store 413.664.4481 x7 | shop.massmoca.org MASS MoCA by Design Store 413.652.2143 | 50 Spring Street, Williamstown Lickety Split Café 413.346.4560 | licketysplitatmassmoca.com Tunnel City Coffee 413.398.5304 | shop.tunnelcitycoffee.com Gramercy Bistro 413.663.5300 | gramercybistro.com Bright Ideas Brewing 413.346.4460 | brightideasbrewing.com Subway Sandwich Shop 413.664.8020 | 1 Main Street, North Adams

Daily 2pm Museum Highlights Saturday 12pm Nick Cave Sunday 12pm Sol LeWitt

Galleries at 1315 MASS MoCA Way Ferrin Contemporary | 413.346.4004 Cynthia Reeves | 413.346.4004

(Anselm Kiefer tours resume April 15, 2017)

SMILE

Detailed schedule at massmoca.org/visit

ACCESSIBILITY

We often document visitors in our galleries during events. If you do not wish to be included in images we publish, please alert the box office.

MASS MoCA is handicapped accessible.

Ask about wheelchairs and event listening devices.

TAKE PART We hope you’ll share your images too! #massmoca

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