Summer might be coming to a close, but new exhibitions and opportunities to visit MASS MoCA are arriving every day. Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad is newly on view in Building 4, and we can't wait for a conversation with artist Tomashi Jackson and our Chalet Drag Night coming up tonight, August 29. MASS MoCA is already looking forward to fall, too, with our fall season announced last week. 3 weeks remain until FreshGrass — our annual celebration of the best in bluegrass and roots music — fills the fields and courtyards of MASS MoCA. (Lock in your pass and camping before prices go up the week of the festival!) And don't miss a conversation with Robin Frohardt, Kristy Edmunds & Jenny Gitlitz on the horizon in September paired with a special viewing of The Plastic Bag Store. 

Get to know everything coming up this fall, and become a member at a special "back-to-school" bonus rate through September 30 to receive 2 extra months free!

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The Place to Be Thursday Nights

Summer Chalets & Book Events

The Chalet

Thursdays, 6–10pm 

EXTENDED through September 5

Taking place outdoors in Courtyard C and indoors in Building 8, The Chalet - a beer garden that features live performances and a bar designed from objects in artist Dean Baldwin’s 2013 Oh, Canada exhibition - is free for everyone. And now, the Chalet continues through September 5! Don't miss our annual Chalet Drag Night tonight, August 29, and The Wolves (featuring members of Chalet familiars Eavesdrop) next Thursday. 

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Tomashi Jackson Across the Universe

Thursday, August 29, 6pm

Tonight in the R&D Store, we are celebrating Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe, the first book to present an overview of artist Tomashi Jackson’s practice. Jackson - familiar to MASS MoCA audiences for her stand-out 2017 presentation of sculpture and video as part of In the Abstract - creates vibrant paintings, sculptures, videos, and textiles that powerfully explore systemic inequities found throughout U.S. history. This book launch includes a conversation with the artist and MASS MoCA’s Senior Curator, Susan Cross. $5 ticket can be used toward your book purchase.

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Exhibitions Not to Miss

Building 4

Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad

On View Now

In this new exhibition, artist Osman Khan re-reads the magical and fantastical figures found in folktales and lore, with a particular focus on those from South Asia, the Middle East, and other Muslim and immigrant traditions. Khan interprets these figures through contemporary technologies and concerns, inviting us on a journey across borders, through time, and between legend and history in this sprawling and wryly funny exhibition. You are invited to reconsider - and perhaps rewrite - the narratives around identity, difference, and power reflected and recounted in the tales we tell ourselves.

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Coming Up

September at MASS MoCA

FreshGrass North Adams

September 20–22

This annual festival showcases the best in bluegrass and roots music filling the fields, courtyards, and galleries of MASS MoCA with a lineup including Shakey Graves, The Devil Makes Three, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, and many more.

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In Conversation: Robin Frohardt, Kristy Edmunds & Jenny Gitlitz

Thursday, September 26, 5pm

After a special showing of The Plastic Bag Store, join artist Robin Frohardt, MASS MoCA Director Kristy Edmunds, and Jenny Gitlitz from Beyond Plastics, who will delve into critical topics surrounding policy research and strategies to support the eradication of single-use plastics.

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September is just the start of an invigorating autumn at MASS MoCA. Don't miss a new exhibition by Jeffrey Gibson in our colossal Building 5 space; a live performance set to Godfrey Reggio's film Koyaanisqatsi by The Philip Glass Ensemble; and electrifying dance events by Afro-Brazilian-inspired Music From The Sole and the all-woman salsa band Lulada Club - on top of artist workshops, author talks, and seasonal celebrations. 

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MASS MoCA Member Summer Send-Off

August, September, Become a MASS MoCA Member

Join or renew through September 30 to enjoy an additional 2 months of membership - 14 months for the price of 12! Don't miss this special chance to become a member and receive access to new exhibitions, live performances and special events, ticket and retail discounts, and other benefits all year long. Memberships begin at $65 for an Individual or $100 for a Dual/ Family.

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Around Town

Whistle Space: 
Town Hall

Saturday, September 7, 2pm

In this engaging and interactive event at Buxton School in Williamstown, MA, come voice your opinions, share your ideas, and connect with others in the Berkshires' artistic community. Whistle Space is a burgeoning artistic research project supporting the work of Black artists and their communities on the land of the Stockbridge Munsee, otherwise known as the Berkshires, initiated by choreographer, Williams College alum, and MASS MoCA collaborator Will Rawls. The event will feature a keynote by scholar Dr. Chelsea Frazier and a community mapping exercise led by Rawls. A free lunch will be provided.

Location: Buxton School, 291 South Street, Williamstown, MA

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