Roots Music from Matt Munisteri at Mass MOCA 10-13-07
October 6, 2007
Runnin’ Round in the Wilderness: Roots Music from Matt Munisteri
For this Alt Cabaret singer, songwriter, and good friend of MASS MoCA Matt Munisteri and his band Brock Mumford will fill an evening with “the lost music of Willard Robison.” Robison composed sophisticated rural/religious-themed tunes in the 1920s, sang, played piano, and conducted a live orchestra - all at once!
This cabaret has been in a long time in the making and is really a labor of love for Matt. The only way for him to collect Robison’s works was through rare 78 RPM records which he sought out through auctions, conventions, ebay, and more.
You can get a preview on WAMC’s Dancing on the Air with Jay Unger and Molly Mason when Matt joins them as a guest on their show on Wednesday, October 11 at 8 PM. Then listen to Matt on the radio again on WAMC on Performance Place, Michael Eck’s wonderful live radio show on Thursday, October 12 from 11:20 - noon.
Join MASS MoCA, Matt Munisteri and Brock Mumford on October 13th at 8 PM in Club B-10.
Kidspace It’s Rude to Stare Now Open
It’s Rude to Stare features sculpture and drawings by English-born, Vermont-based artist Richard Criddle. In a personal ‘archaeological dig’ into his childhood fears and stories, Criddle interprets his memories on a larger-than-life scale presenting his autobiography in the form of oversized sculptures made from wood, bronze, fabricated steel, and found objects including wooden blinds, furniture components, a furnace shovel, and heavy-duty industrial hardware. Kidspace’s public hours are Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4 P.M
Architecture Audio Tour
Download your own audio tour of MASS MoCA’s architecture and long term installations. Architects Henry Moss and Simeon Bruner of Bruner/Cott & Associates talk about what they considered as they designed the gallery space you see today. Don’t own an MP3 player, we’ve got the tour on players that you can rent at the box office for just $3.
Prefer a live guide? Visit the galleries and take a free (with admission) tour. Tours given every weekday at 2 PM and every Saturday and Sunday at noon and 3 PM
Art:21 Check out the second installment of Art:21 at the Clark on Monday, October 10 at 7 PM.
This program titled Ecology introduces viewers to four artists whose works pose questions about the relationships between nature and culture. Artists featured in the segment are Ursula von Rydingsvard, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Robert Adams, and Mark Dion.
MASS MoCA curator Denise Markonish will join Clark assistant curator of education Danielle Steinmann and Williams College assistant professor Ondine Chavoya in engaging the audience in a discussion about the episode. Markonish came to MASS MoCA in July from Artspace New Haven an artist- and volunteer-run contemporary arts non-profit where she had been the curator since 2002. Her first major MASS MoCA exhibition Badlands: New Horizons in Landscape will open in May 2008.
Learn more
Green House Tour this weekend
The Center for Ecological Technology has organized a Green Buildings tour for Saturday, October 6 which MASS MoCA is a part of from 10 AM - 1 PM. We’ll be showing off our 228 photovoltaic panels on the roof of Building 5 which produced 1500 kilowatt hours per week in the summer. We’ll also have the first part of a new work by Michael Oatman in our lobby — a work commissioned in conjunction with the solar panels. For more about the tour and the other locations throughout the county, check the CET website.
