Can Contemporary Art Help Revitalize Rural America?

“We’re trying to achieve nirvana.” When Joseph Thompson, the director of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), describes the scale, scope, and vision behind his institution, he isn’t just adopting the aggrandizing language of the art world. MASS MoCA’s campus, and its new facility, is colossal in every sense of the word. Located in North Adams, an old mill town in the Berkshires region of Western Massachusetts, MASS MoCA has been open to the public since 1999—and, this past weekend, it doubled its exhibition space with a long-awaited expansion that completes a circuitous path through the entire facility. Read more about Building 6 – the new addition at Mass MoCA >>