This month’s Flickr Finds showcases photos taken in, around, and under Vaughn Bell’s fabulous hanging Personal Home Biospheres. Enjoy!

Please note all photos shown in Flickr Finds blogs retain the copyright of the original photographer. To learn more about the photographer and the licensing of their images, click on the photographer’s name to visit their Flickr profile or webpage.

From b i r d

From shiffman

From amyolsonjewlery

From amc

From bizarrt

From superclever

From Amy Loves Yah

Upload your MASS MoCA photos to the MASS MoCA Flickr Group now. Your picture could be featured here next month.

Cheers,

Brittany

Happy 2009! I am squeaking this blog in just a few days before the time to stop talking about 2008 arrives (by my calculations exactly two weeks after the turn of the new year).

I polled a few of my colleagues to find out what their various favorites from 08′ were. Below are our picks, but I would love to get your answers too. Comment with your thoughts for the Best of  08′.

Best news story of  08′ (National)

- Obama elected President. (This was a staff favorite!)

-Michael Phelps winning 14 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. (Meg, Performing Arts)

Best news story of 08′ (Local)

-North Adams bank robbery attempt. (Rebecca W, Development)

-The mysterious disappearance, and thank goodness, subsequent return of Northern Berkshire’s landmark poultry. (Sarah, Performing Arts)

-Mercury spill at Conte Middle School and mercury’s strange similarities to the Simon Starling sculptures in the galleries. (Alison, Education)

Best art piece featured in the MASS MoCA galleries

-Devorah Sperber’s installation in KidSpace. (Laura, Kidspace)

-Simon Starling’s Nanjing Particles. (Joe, Director)

-Marine Hugonnier’s Ariana. (Rebecca R, Membership)

-Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing # 146A . (Gene, Curatorial)

Best performance at MASS MoCA

-Bollywood Dance Party. (Alexis, Box Office)

-Sweet Divines at retro Soul Dance Party. (Katherine, Marketing)

-Yo La Tengo Concert. (Alison)

-Upside-down flute playing girl at an afternoon Bang on a Can Gallery recital. (Rebecca R)

-Steve Malkmus and the Jicks. (Jodi, HARDWARE Store)

Best Herrell’s Ice Cream Flavor

-Chocolate Peanut Butter. (Sue, Performing Arts)

-Mud Pie. (Another staff favorite!)

-Chocolate Coconut. (Joe)

-Burnt Butter & Sugar. (Eric, Development)

Best Noth Adams event

-Beach Day. (Rebecca R)

-Steeple Cats games; Downtown Celebration in August. (Paulette, Administration)

-Pancake Breakfast at the Houghton Masion Masonic Lodge (last Sunday of every month). (Sarah)

-Phillippa from Bang on a Can leading “Take me out to the Ballgame” on her musical saw @ the Steeple Cats. (Sue)

-Open Studios Weekend. (Rebecca W)

Best non-MASS MoCA related event

-North Adams Prom (for adults). (Alison)

-Okkervil river, Crooked Fingers, and What Cheer? at Pearl Street in Northampton, October 8th. (Gene)

-2 Dave Matthews Band shows back to back at SPAC. (Meg)

-GATZ at EMPAC. (Brittany, Marketing)

-Open Mic Comedy Night at The Alley. (Katherine)

Miscellaneous

-Summer Highlight- A Lovely BBQ at Duncan and Susan Brown’s House with the Sol LeWitt Professionals and Apprentices in early June. (Meg)

-Best Super Bowl upset- Giant over the Pats in Super Bowl XLII. (Gene)

-Best Sight- Seeing thousands of people enjoy themselves at the Sol LeWitt Opening. (Paulette)

-Most Satisfying and Beautiful Event- Watching the Sol LeWitt wall drawings slowly unfold over 6 months time. (Joe)

-Best HARDWARE Staffer of 08– Noelle Barlett (Jodi)

Cheers,

Brittany

We just posted information about our upcoming summer 2009 exhibition, Guy Ben-Ner’s Thursday the 12th.  Take the time to watch the video and read the critic’s view to see what Guy Ben-Ner is all about.

It’s been awhile since I have posted any photos from The Miss Rockaway Armada’s ever changing installation Being Here is Better than Wishing We’d Stayed. I stopped by to examine the space a few minutes after the galleries opened this morning and was glad to see there was already a group young patrons wandering around in the gallery with wide eyes and even wider smiles.  When they found the spaceship area I heard one of them eagerly proclaim “I don’t want to leave EVER!”

Brittany

PS. If you haven’t bought your tickets to the Philip Glass conversation and performance on Friday, January 16, I highly recomend you do so ASAP.

Newshour just launched a new arts section of their website yesterday and we are delighted that Lewitt is the first entry.   They showed a portion of the slideshow last night on TV.

Signs are everywhere. For the December Flickr Finds I chose photos that showed off our current signs and signs from our campus’ past life.

Please note all photos shown in Flickr Finds blogs retain the copyright of the original photographer. To learn more about the photographer and the licensing of their images, click on the photographer’s name to visit their Flickr profile or webpage.

From frankh

From rorris

From Alan Cordova

From Mia@Flickr

From D.M. Cook

From Ethan Bodnar

From kippy4918

The January Flickr Finds will feature photos of the hanging biospheres in the Badlands Exhibition like the one below.

From Lena Webb

Upload your biosphere photo to the MASS MoCA Flickr Group now. Your picture could be featured here next month.

Cheers,

Brittany