Film: Museum Town @ VERGE – POSTPONED

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When
Thu, February 17 2022
Where
Verge Center for the Arts
625 S Street
Time
7:00 pm
Admission
$10
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Rescheduled for February 17, 2022

Start the year right with a dose of Contemporary Art at the first Movies on the Verge of 2022. Join us Thursday, January 20, at 7pm for the screening of MUSEUM TOWN followed by a post-film discussion.

Directed by Jennifer Trainer, MUSEUM TOWN tells the story of a unique museum, the small town it calls home, and the great risk, hope, and power of art to transform a desolate post-industrial city. In 2017, MASS MoCA became the largest museum for contemporary art in the world—but just three decades before, its vast brick buildings were the abandoned relics of a massive shuttered factory. How did such a wildly improbable transformation come to be? A testament to tenacity and imagination, MUSEUM TOWN traces the remarkable story of how a small rural Massachusetts town went from economic collapse to art mecca.

The film also looks at the artistic process itself, tracking the work and ideas of celebrated artist Nick Cave as he creates his groundbreaking installation at MASS MoCA, UNTIL. With appearances by artists ranging from James Turrell to David Byrne, narration by Meryl Streep, and a soundtrack from John Stirratt of Wilco, MUSEUM TOWN captures the meeting of small-town USA and the global art world as it tells a tale that is, like any great artwork, soulful, thought-provoking and unforgettable.

Movies on the Verge is a series of innovative films curated and presented by Verge which spotlight contemporary art, artists, projects, and ideas.

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