Hype for the Future 53R: Why Mass MoCA?

Location

The location of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in the City of North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, is highly noted for matching the energy of novaTopFlex by way of being physically located in a more liberal part of the nation, which may often override the fears associated with societal norms and traditional roles. Since novaTopFlex often depicts real-life experiences rather than experiences specifically curated to fit social norms, the importance of location is particularly relevant because of the inevitable risk of harassment that occurs with the violation of prescribed social roles.

Amenities

If the Prom Experience of novaTopFlex could be exhibited at the MASS MoCA, lodging would, as in most situations, be available nearby at the Porches Inn slightly north of the primary museum location. Outside the campus of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, which already maintains amenities regarding food and drink in numerous areas as well as vending areas in other zones, novaTopFlex recommends extending interests into the following nearby locations:

• Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, hosts their art exhibits at a designated art museum site simply named the Williams College Museum of Art (approximately 9 minutes / 5.1 miles to MASS MoCA).
• Also in the Town of Williamstown is the Clark Art Institute, a distinct institution that combines a higher educational setup for art with a nontraditional art gallery site setup. Relative to the Williams College campus, the Clark Art Institute is located further southwest (approximately 14 minutes / 6.3 miles to MASS MoCA).
• Almost directly south of the MASS MoCA site is the Birthplace of Susan B. Anthony in the Town of Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, for which women’s rights can be honored in the context of American history (approximately 11 minutes / 6.5 miles to MASS MoCA).
• The W. E. B. Du Bois National Historic Site, located on the opposite (south) side of Berkshire County in Great Barrington, is often identified as a separate marker of progressive history, except in terms of racial tensions rather than on the basis of sex, gender, orientation, or other markers of diversity (approximately 66 minutes / 43 miles to MASS MoCA).
• The Roosevelt National Historic Sites, in particular the sites of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and of Eleanor Roosevelt, are of tremendous interest to novaTopFlex for historical reasons regarding New Netherland and the regional pledge to plurality in terms of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Though the National Historic Sites are both in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, the locations are clearly distinct entities with separate purposes even in spite of being associated with Roosevelt history. The Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site is approximately 117 minutes / 95 miles to MASS MoCA, while the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site is approximately 126 minutes / 92 miles to MASS MoCA.

More loosely related to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art though still related to the Prom Experience of novaTopFlex are the art organizations of Art Omi (approximately 70 minutes / 50 miles to Mass MoCA) and the Wassaic Project (approximately 109 minutes / 79 miles to MASS MoCA). National Historical Parks with related interests to the arts and crafts of interest include the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in the Town of Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont (approximately 155 minutes / 97 miles to MASS MoCA), the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park of the Cornish Art Colony in the Town of Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire (approximately 128 minutes / 93 miles to MASS MoCA); and the Weir Farm National Historical Park in the Towns of Wilton and Ridgefield in Fairfield County, Connecticut (approximately 165 minutes / 116 miles to MASS MoCA). All three (3) are located in locations of elevated artistic interest relative to the surrounding areas of association.

Hype for the Future 14/284: Mama y Papa, the Characteristics of the Thirteen Colonies and the present United States

According to novaTopFlex, the Commonwealths of Virginia and Massachusetts are truly opposed in their origin stories toward a United States of America. The United States would begin with the Old Dominion (State), the Commonwealth of Virginia, maternal in literally giving birth to a proud and glorious nation while also largely being blamed for lingering societal problems in our national identity. Only slightly later would the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies be settled, and their cultural traits are very paternal, fathering our modern United States of America. While migration between the North and the South of the United States was initially strikingly rare, in numerous communities Yankee and Southern influences are quickly blending in within numerous regions.

The novaTopFlex Map of Interests Continued

novaTopFlex continues to discover new interests across New England, New York, the Mid-Atlantic states, and the Great Lakes region. In the region of Yankeedom, individual and community values are always welcomed and the community is frequently more important than the individuals within. Even as far west as places like Jamestown, North Dakota; Aberdeen, South Dakota; or Vermillion, South Dakota, the community is generally valued more deeply than the general individual populations.

The Ball Drop at Times Square

If there is anything I would like to try for the first time, it is simply attending the New Year’s Ball Drop event(s) at Times Square every new year. This is especially interesting because of the business and crowds of enchantment as well as because of the excitement of potential natural social opportunities in the area, particularly within a certain party at the event. Numerous smaller festivals across the nation are also quite interesting to me, including the Big E at the Eastern States Exposition, the Quarter Horse Congress at the Ohio Expo Center and State Fair, and even numerous country and other musical genres’ festivals at numerous locales throughout the Northeast and the Upper Midwest in particular.