Five Questions about Kidspace at MASS MoCA

by Judith H. Dobrzynski  •  Jun 12, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Cross-posted from ArtsJournal.com

http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/2009/06/five-questions-about-kidspace-at-mass-moca

While at MASS MoCA last Saturday, I stopped in at the new Kidspace, a nine-year-old collaboration with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Williams College Museum of Art that moved to new premises in late March. On view is CRIBS by Matthew Bua, an installation that features a crib crammed with detritus, found paintings, vacation slides, gloves, and 50 guitars rescued from the streets of New York, and other junk.

But there were no kids in Kidspace when I was there -- just two adult attendants. Working against Kidspace, perhaps, was the warm, sunny day. And it was lunchtime. Still I was curious about the Kidspace experience, so in the last few days I've been querying MASS MoCA...

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