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Working with the artist Melanie McLain, movement and performance artists Katherine Vaughn and Venese Alcantar will activate McLain’s work in the show with an improvisational, durational performance beginning at 3 pm.
Join us for an evening of readings of excerpts from the upcoming publication, a crack in the leak, made in connection to the exhibition. Readers include: Grace Sparapani, Zack Schlosberg, Robert Whitehead, and Sarah Matthes
Join us Saturday, May 4th for the exhibition’s closing reception of “Into the Thick of IT!” curated by Bella Varela (@baeyahh). Along with the closing, we are hosting a night of shorts entitled “Peeping Through the Breeze Blocks”, co-organized by @bodegafilmfest. The current exhibition inspires the selection of shorts exploring themes of borders and boundaries in both the emotional and physical states of being within our environment.
The lineup includes:
The Lineage of Split Rocks by Danny Garfield @dannys_zone
One Hour in 5 Minutes by Jazmín Harvey @jazmeener
a seed a dear a seed by Marianne Hoffmeister @marianne.hoffmeister
a day at the beach by Lamesa Nashrat @babyratgurl
Barbara Ann (Bomb Iran) by Nassem Navab @noseams
A Shapeshifter with a Heavenly Secret by Denisse Griselda Reyes @denisse_9riselda
Pochtecatl by Wayak Tzabcan @wayak_tzabcan
Ghost of you by Chloe Xtina @chl0extina
Reception begins at 6:30pm, film screening begins at 7:30pm.
Join us for the opening of Hard Served Soft with DJ Veneer and Lynny’s open late!
Hard feelings, ideas, thoughts and objects rendered soft. How do we use materials to soften feelings that want to be felt? How do we make fun of realities that taunt and haunt us? What do we make soft so it can hit hard? From woven tapestries of ocean garbage to quilted scenes of trans injustice, this group show brings together 10 artists who explore hard stuff in soft ways.
Featuring: Ben Aqua, Kendra Bergman, Beth Schindler, Michelle Devereux, Grayson Hunt, Jessica Gritton, Carly Ostler, Jasmine Amazing, Bella Maria Varela, and Ian Gerson
Exhibition will be open from September 9 - October 14, 2023
Everyone is cordially invited to Hotbox 2023 resident Jamie Lerman’s Close Encounter public programming: a Book Sharing from 6-8pm and Shabbat Potluck Dinner from 8-10pm.
The end of the week is a time to celebrate rest with togetherness. We welcome guests to pass and hold books, dishes, cups, food, and community on this wonderful Friday eve.
To participate in the event, we ask that you bring a favored dish and cup for yourself, and a dish of food. All meal sizes and styles are welcome. For the Book Sharing, we invite you to peruse a curated selection of artbooks and printed matter from the collections of @timebeingbooks. As an option in your participation, we’d love for you to bring your own book––that acts as a personal talisman in your home or creative space. Together our collection will be displayed for gentle review among the space.
MASS was founded 16 YEARS AGO in 2006 in the former auto body shop at the Blue Theater complex by a group of UT MFA grads. We are and have always been a collective of artists and art enthusiasts, and in order to continue our work in Austin, we are asking our community to support us in our goal of raising $30,000 by June 10th! This event included an expansive auction of artworks from our wonderful community in addition to performances and libations (see images here).
The funds we raise will go towards paying our rent for the next 6 months, allowing us to continue to operate in our space, and enabling us to carry out our mission of creating a site for creative and social action in collaboration with artists and organizations from and for the LGBTQIA+ community.
BEHOLD, a Rock n Gem show awaits you*~~~Check out this LUXURIOUS addition in our small gallery space as part of our Sweet 16 Birthday Bash. June 10th, 6-10 PM! Collectors far and wide will be astounded at the exquisite rocks and gems we have for purchase, both natural and manmade. Collectors, rock hounds, and gemologists- run, don't walk! From the stone age to the new age, we've got you covered.
All funds raised from the Rock N Gem show will go directly towards our fundraising goal. The money we raise will pay for our rent and allow us to keep our programming going.
Riso Roni is a Risograph Print Show, exhibiting work from Austin print shops, artists, and students. This year, the presenters are students from 3 Central Texas Universities. UT Austin' Riso Room, St. Ed's Riso Lab, and TX State's Studio Risograph programs will be tabling the events with prints and zines and calendars. Riso Riso and Animal Facts Club will also be tabling the event with new merchandise. Riso Roni is open Saturday Nov 19 from noon - 5 at MASS Gallery.
Material Girls presents Rough Cuts: a curated collection of studio ephemera in an outdoor, yard-sale-esque event that will offer visitors an inside peek into the back corners of the artist’s studio
Come enjoy the fruits of our labor at our HOTBOX Summer Camp Artist Market. We’ve had a blast with this space this summer and invite you to join in on the fun. We will be hosting eight artists as they display their works for sale. Wares include: ceramics, tufted rugs, risographs, screenprints, sculpture, metal work, jewelry, embroidery, clothing and home decor. Inside, we will have a video art installation and various artist demos including throwing on the pottery wheel. Outside, our artists will be tabling their wares and jammin’ with the DJ. Please come out, have some complimentary drinks, and stay for a while as you enjoy all that these artists have to offer. Happy Summer!
Mikayla McDonough @catnip.studios/ @made.by.mik
Maddie Malone @madmelun
Calpurnia Aburime @sensitive.swan
Cynthia Resendiz @ohohdedart
Rebecca Elliott @quebugart
Madelynn Mesa @ma.data.lynn
Elexus Pettigrew @Ebethehomie
Angela Gomez @angelagmez
Please join us at MASS Gallery on September 25, for Riso Roni, a small fundraiser on the opening night of our new exhibition Road Soda.
Tune in on MASS' Instagram page between Friday, March 12th and Sunday, March 15th for Color Flood, a durational performance and takeover by Robert Jackson Harrington.
Join MASS for an Instagram live conversation between staycation iv artists Tammie Rubin and Robert Jackson Harrington on Sunday, March 7th at 11:00 a.m. Please bring questions!
MASS Gallery presents Oceans of Emotions: A Perverted Tranquility. This is a one-night-only, 15 minute guided tour experience in a large outdoor setting. In compliance with Travis County health and safety guidelines (see below), we will be enforcing 6 foot distancing between groups of no more than 10 people. Masks are mandatory at all times, and extra masks will be available at the entrance along with hand sanitizer and a temperature check to ensure safety.
A virtual performance featuring sound and visuals with Kuniklo, Natalia Rocafuerte, and Kyle Evans.
MASS Gallery, in partnership with our friends at Nepantla, USA, is excited to announce an outdoor movie screening of the incredible 2017 documentary Chavela on Saturday, February 29th, in conjunction with our current exhibition Yvette Mayorga: Monochromatic Dreams. This screening is free and open to the public.
In conjunction with Monochromatic Dreams, on Sunday February 2nd, from 1-5pm, MASS Close Encounters presents a Frida Friday ATX market and workshop with artist Yvette Mayorga.
Join MASS Gallery, Brooke Burnside, Diego Mireles Duran, and Carlos Rosalez-Silva for a casual grill out and artist Q+A.
MASS will host a one night only exhibit and listening experience for Lower River, the debut release by Michael A. Muller, co-founder of Balmorhea.
The event will feature:
Oration by Ryan Paradiso
An audio installation and album stream
Films by Andrew Gallo and Peter Liversidge
Beverages will be provided by Independence Brewery
As part of our Close Encounters series and in conjunction with the current exhibition Rotten Little Fruits, MASS will be screening the 1974 horror classic, The Wickerman.
MASS Gallery presents Pocket Object, a traveling exhibition of small, keychain-based editions by over 100+ national artists. Pocket Object asks artists across multiple disciplines and mediums to each produce a small edition of keychain-sized objects available for cheap purchase. The tiny totems are meant to jangle on your hip, tumble in a tote, or simply be a small scale reminder of the practice of a favorite artist or friend.
Join us for the culmination of our Hotbox Artists’ summer residency!
Lauren Wojcik, RYT 200 will lead a balance workshop modeled after one planned for seniors, in an aqua-musical inspired set at MASS.
Zoe Berg and Payasa invite us into their summer residency space. Come check out what they’ve been up to in advance of their show opening at the end of August!
This cinema-direct documentary from French New Wave pioneer Agnes Varda finds the legendary director touring the neighborhood that surrounds her home of over 50 years: the Rue Daguerre in Paris's 14th arrondissement. As she canvasses the shops and shopkeepers populating the area, an image emerges of a subculture and way of life that have since grown nearly extinct.
HOTBOX Artists in Residence Payasa need your help making as many plaster birthday cakes as humanly possible! Come help them whip together some plaster cakes to be used in their HOTBOX show later this month.
MASS Gallery is excited to announce another outdoor movie screening as part of CineMASS - After Dark. We have a giant yard with a fresh new movie screen, drinks will be available for donation, and we will be selling popcorn. All MASScot members get free popcorn and drinks while they last. This screening is free and open to the public.
Sunday, June 30th, from 8-10pm, in conjunction with our current exhibition A Little Accident Like Any Other, we will be screening the 2002 film, How to Draw a Bunny: A Ray Johnson Portrait, a feature length documentary about the artist Ray Johnson.
BYOB with suggested wine pairings available.
This summer, in conjunction with our exhibition A Little Accident, Like Any Other, chef Metcalf has invited a special guest, chef Dana Metcalf to work alongside her.
Animal Facts Club is making a community zine and they need your help!
Archiving in process, check back soon…
MASS Gallery
507 Calles Street
Suite #108
Austin, TX 78702
(512) 535-4946
Friday: 5-8 pm
Saturday: 12-5 pm
Sunday: 12-5 pm
And by appointment.
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