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MASS MoCA to Present First-Ever U.S. Survey of Contemporary Canadian Art

'Eden' by Shuvunai Ashoona (courtesy MASS MoCA)

(TORONTO, ON)  – Beginning Memorial Day Weekend 2012, the galleries at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass., will be turned over to the largest U.S. survey of contemporary art from our neighbors to the north. Last week, at the Toronto International Art Fair, the museum released new details about Oh, Canada, its major survey of…

Del McCoury, Yonder Mountain Headline 2-Day Bluegrass Festival at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Bluegrass legend Del McCoury and progressive bluegrass/jam-band Yonder Mountain String Band headline FreshGrass: A Festival of Bluegrass + Art, MASS MoCA’s first-ever bluegrass festival, on Saturday, September 24, 2011, from 6 to 11 p.m. and Sunday, September 25 from 11 to 6 in MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center and Courtyard C. FreshGrass…

Expert to Address Copyright Issues for Artists in Free Talk

Intellectual property attorney and copyright expert Paul Rapp

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Intellectual property lawyer Paul Rapp will discuss fair use, copyrights and trademarks in the First Thursdays Discussions series at Historic Beaver Mill on Thursday, August 4, at 6 p.m. Of particular interest to artists, the talk and discussion are free, and light refreshments will be served. Rapp is an intellectual property…

Karin Stack’s ‘The Grass is Green’ at MCLA Gallery 51

Karin Stack's "Pool Astroturf"

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – “The Grass is Green,” a solo exhibition by Williamstown, Mass., artist Karin Stack, opens Thursday, June 23, 2011, at MCLA Gallery 51. The exhibition, which investigates the idealized, unnatural, fake landscape, remains on view through Sunday, July 24. An opening reception, free and open to the public, takes place on Thursday,…

Wilco to Release New Single at Solid Sound Festival

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The first single from Wilco’s forthcoming album and the first release on its own dBpm Records will be a limited-edition, clear vinyl 7-inch of the new Wilco tune “I Might” backed with a cover of Nick Lowe’s “I Love My Label.” The limited-edition single will be available at the band’s Solid…