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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join us for the culmination of our Hotbox Artists’ summer residency!

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!

Gallery Discussion with Jenelle Esparza
In conjunction with the closing of Into the Dirt

$75/dinner

BYOB with suggested wine pairings available

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During EAST, Andrew Hulett will be performing a live manipulation of his piece, Sounding Objects, an ever-shifting sound installation utilizing six channels of audio that terminate in uncommon objects that act as speakers.