Tag: North Adams

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    Crossing barriers through art

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    MoCA show explores ways to forge links across cultures, media   A detail view of Jimena Sarno’s “taracata trabaja” (2018), shows an image of the hornero, the national bird of Argentina, on ceramic plates. The sound installation, with music by Axel Krygier based on the bird’s song, will be included in “Kissing through a Curtain,” read more

    Crossing barriers through art
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    Family story behind the music

    Indie rock veterans The New Pornographers set for Mass MoCA show The Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers will perform Nov. 14 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. Courtesy photo   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When the New Pornographers take the stage at Mass MoCA on Nov. read more

    Family story behind the music
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    Northern Berkshires’ blue-collar lament

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    Professor’s book tracks region’s labor history, industrial decline Maynard Seider, professor emeritus of sociology at the Massachusetts College of Liberals Arts, views the history of northern Berkshires through a labor lens in his new book, “The Gritty Berkshires.” Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When Maynard Seider arrived in the read more

    Northern Berkshires’ blue-collar lament
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    College aims to strengthen creative ties

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    New MCLA institute builds links to Berkshires arts organizations The poet and essayist Nikki Giovanni spoke in June at a conference organized by the new Institute for Arts and Humanities at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The bowls lay on the paths under the read more

    College aims to strengthen creative ties
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    Mass MoCA explores shifting views of what’s real

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    In MoCA group show, artists explore human condition in post-truth era   Titus Kaphar’s oil painting “Seeing Through Time 2” (2018) is among works by 16 artists that are gathered in the group show “Suffering from Realness” that opened last month at Mass MoCA. courtesy Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer read more

    Mass MoCA explores shifting views of what’s real
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    Good, evil and a superhero

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    A winding multi-colored pathway gives the feeling of being on a gameboard as it leads visitors through “Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass.” The show by artist Trenton Doyle Hancock opened last month at Mass MoCA. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Every art show read more

    Good, evil and a superhero
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    Images from across a spectrum

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    Keavy Handley-Byrne’s photograph “Alice Cuts My Hair” (2018) is among 38 works by contemporary artists in the exhibit “Spectrum: Exploring Gender Identification,” which runs through Nov. 18 at Gallery 51 in North Adams. courtesy Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts/Gallery 51   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass.A father sits at his desk, holding his read more

    Images from across a spectrum
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    Antiques that challenge assumptions

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    Boston artist plans local installation with a Berkshires theme Pat Falco’s “Campaign Headquarters,” set up in Boston’s Faneuil Hall in 2016, established the artist’s reputation for immersive installations that mess with viewers’ sense of reality. Falco will bring his taste for mischief to North Adams this month with a new show, “Antiquitacky,” at Installation Space. read more

    Antiques that challenge assumptions
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    Landscapes that bear witness to life

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    MoCA show draws on artist’s experiences of rural South Allison Janae Hamilton’s “When the Wind Has Teeth” (2015) is among the works featured in her new show, “Pitch,” which opened March 24 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. courtesy Mass MoCA   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. A new read more

    Landscapes that bear witness to life
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    Liz Glynn — Tools of progress, past and future

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    MoCA show explores human effects as industry, technology change The artist Liz Glynn’s new installation at Mass MoCA includes three caves fashioned from forklift pallets. Glynn, above, was on hand last month to assemble the show, “The Archaeology of Another Possible Future,” which grapples with the idea of economic progress. Jack Criddle photo   By read more

    Liz Glynn — Tools of progress, past and future