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MASS MoCA is unique in the art world. It is a non-collecting museum with a dual performing and visual arts mission and has an extraordinary setting that is at once urban and rural, with more than 300,000 square feet of exhibition space set on a 16-acre repurposed factory campus. MASS MoCA’s campus comprises a good portion of the small city of North Adams in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. With vast galleries and a stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing arts venues, MASS MoCA embraces all forms of visual and performing art: music, sculpture, dance, film, painting, photography, theater, and boundary-crossing works of art that defy easy classification. We thrive on helping artists make work that is fresh and forward-looking, and that engages our 170,000 annual visitors who come to the Berkshires from around the country and globe. Central to MASS MoCA’s mission is our commitment to serving as a catalyst for community revitalization. We are ardent believers in the power of the creative economy at MASS MoCA. We believe that advancement of the arts, increased tourism, deeper community participation, and regional economic redevelopment are mutually reinforcing and inextricably linked.

As 2025 marks its 25th anniversary, MASS MoCA celebrates its astonishing history defined by tenaciousness, vision, risk-taking, artistic excellence, and a commitment to the revitalization and economic growth of the region. As we look to the next phase of our future under the leadership of our dynamic director, Kristy Edmunds, a dedicated board of trustees, and the completion of a new seven-year Strategic Plan (2024-2030), we now seek to realize a new vision for cultural institutions at a time when museums and all arts organizations must reevaluate their role and relevance in society.