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Inspired by the historic adage “a canary in the coalmine” and the idea that artists, like canaries, are hypersensitive to the forces threatening human existence.  Through ceramics, these artists use a visual means to focus on threats to the environment, culture, ethics and civilization in general.  Artists include: Elizabeth Alexander, Evan Hauser, Elliott Kayser, Beth Lipman, Livia Marin, Paul Scott, Mara Superior, Bouke de Vries, and Jason Walker.

When: Sep 27, 2018 11am to Sep 27, 2018 5pm in North Adams, MA

B13 Open House, September 27th from 5-7pm on the campus of MASS MoCA. CYNTHIA-REEVES, Ferrin Contemporary, Artist Book Foundation, ROAM and the Studios at MASS MoCA will participate with public receptions. All events are free and open to the public.

When: Sep 27, 2018 5pm to Sep 27, 2018 7pm in North Adams, MA

Abozekry “has a stunning command of his instrument, as well as an open ear for other forms.” (PASTE MAGAZINE) VIRTUOSO OUD PRODIGY CONVENES EGYPT’S POPULAR AND CLASSICAL MUSIC TRADITIONS, SUFI CALLS, AND SECULAR POETRY WITH A NEW INSTRUMENTAL PROJECT. Mohamed Abozekry has that rare gift of combining limitless virtuosity with an unbridled imagination. An oud master still in his mid-twenties, Abozerky’s ambitions – to musically interpret the world around him and de-exoticize his instrument – mark him as a polymath of forms. “I never move backwards, but in a circular motion and return to the place I started with more experience.” With Karkadé, Abozekry evokes the hibiscus tea found everywhere in Cairo, and the eponymous French café at which this project was born. He convenes Egypt’s popular and classical music traditions, her Sufi calls, and secular poetry, to musically describe a path to an Arab world at peace with its history and turned towards the future. The presentation of Mohamed Abozekry & Karkad��is part of Center Stage, a public diplomacy initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts in cooperation with the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, with support from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. General management is provided by Lisa Booth Management, Inc. MCLA Student - $5.00 General Admission - $15.00 MCLA Faculty/Staff - $10.00 Non-MCLA Student (College - K-12) - $5.00 MCLA Alumni - $10.00

When: Sep 28, 2018 7:30PM in North Adams, MA
Cost: $5.00 - $15.00