Thanks for the nice note on the blog. This image by Gregory Crewdson is one of the many shot at MASS MoCA over the years.

Our friends just up the block at MCLA’s Gallery 51 in collaboration with Northern Berkshire Creative Arts are hosting a talk by Director Joe Thompson about the LeWitt’s artistic practice and place in art history; the LeWitt Project which will expand our gallery space by about 30% and be a (practically) permanent installation (well, 25 years); and its impact on North Adams and the Berkshires. The talk is free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 3
6 - 8 PM
MCLA Gallery 51
51 Main St. North Adams, MA

We’re delighted to welcome Jeff and Jane Hudson to the MASS MoCA campus. They’ve opened a satellite location of their 47 Main Street shop, North Adams Antiques right across from Cafe Latino. Stop by and see what they’ve got too offer besides this cool logo. If you don’t know Jeff and Jane already we can almost guarantee you’ll be their best friend by the time you leave!

Lots of people you’ve met at MASS MoCA in the press. Tell everyone you knew them when….

Deb Solomon’s interview with Stew (who played in an Alt Cab here on August 14, 2004)

Fritz Haeg profiled in Sunday Styles (who was part of The Believers exhibition in 2007)

Cai Guo Qiang in NY Times and New Yorker (Cai’s Inopportune was originally commissioned by MASS MoCA for Building 5 in 2004.)

Read what our Free Day visitors thought about the museum.

There are quite a few MASS MoCA reviews and some interesting discussions about the musuem going on on at Yelp.

Check it out and add your own review.

Terry Clark, an avid illustrated journaler and local writer in California who was born and raised in North Adams has created the North Adams Traveling Journal. The journal will reside at Papyri but can be taken home (”borrowed”) by anyone who wishes to write, paint, draw, collage or otherwise fill the journal. The caveat is that it must be their thoughts and feelings about North Adams. Terry would like to hear from residents - via the journal entries -about what they like, treasure, feel is special about this town - what makes N.A. home for them? It could be a place, a season, a view, a building, a person, a spiritual spot, a memory spot - anything. It could be a hope for some change or a fervent wish that North Adams never changes.

The journal itself is handmade and contains both watercolor and sketch/pastel paper — a beautiful work of art on its own. Terry started the first few pages in the journal to get people going and reminds us that expression is more important than experienced artistic talent or literary skills. The book is available to anyone who wants to participate and is to be borrowed on trust. They are optimistic that everyone will treat it as a special recording of people’s thoughts and feelings and return it to Papyri for the next entry. Journalers can sign their pages or be anonymous.