Art Without Boundaries

By Linda Tancs

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum in a converted Arnold Print Works factory building complex located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Listed in the National Historic Register, 25 of the site’s current 26 buildings were constructed by the late 19th century by the factory, once one of the world’s leading producers of printed textiles. The venue boasts an elaborate system of interlocking courtyards and passageways rich with historical association. The vast campus allows the presentation of art without boundaries, featuring an array of music, sculpture, dance, film, painting, photography and theater as well as works that defy classification. The facility celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this year.