Closed Nov 13
2022
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Opened June 3
2021
Past Events
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Closed Nov 13 2022 – Opened June 3 2021
Closed Nov 13 2022 –
Opened June 3 2021Our House: Selections from MOCA's Collection
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Friday
Nov 4, 2022Members’ Opening for Henry Taylor: B Side 
Member EventFriday
Nov 4, 2022Member EventMembers’ Opening for Henry Taylor: B Side
All MOCA members are invited to the Members' Opening of Henry Taylor: B Side. Surveying thirty years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, this retrospective celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, s…MOCA Grand Avenue -
Saturday
Nov 5, 2022Members’ Preview Day for Henry Taylor: B Side 
Member EventSaturday
Nov 5, 2022Member EventMembers’ Preview Day for Henry Taylor: B Side
All MOCA members are invited to MOCA Grand Avenue for the Members’ Preview Day for Henry Taylor: B Side. Surveying thirty years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, this retrospective celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for hi…MOCA Grand Avenue -
Saturday
Nov 5, 2022Art for Earth’s Sake: The Medium is the Message: Clean Artmaking from Earth to Outer Space
With Julia Christensen, Elizabeth Corr, Lily Kwong, and special performance by Modern Biology.
Performance, Lecture, Environmental CouncilSaturday
Nov 5, 2022Performance, Lecture, Environmental CouncilArt for Earth’s Sake: The Medium is the Message: Clean Artmaking from Earth to Outer Space
With Julia Christensen, Elizabeth Corr, Lily Kwong, and special performance by Modern Biology.The purity of an artwork often belies the dirty materials that went into its making: toxic paints and glazes in painting and ceramics; poisonous particulates in the process of sculpting and smelting objects. A current generation of artists views the materials themselves as part of the artistic narrative, especially …The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Closed Apr 30 2023 – Opened Nov 6 2022
Closed Apr 30 2023 –
Opened Nov 6 2022Henry Taylor: B Side 
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Sunday
Nov 6, 2022Healing through Movement with Tatiana Zamir 
Sunday
Nov 6, 2022Healing through Movement with Tatiana Zamir
Integrating various healing modalities, including movement therapy techniques, these workshops seek to release stress and cultivate joy. Tatiana Zamir encourages liberation from self-doubt, insecurities, fear, and limiting beliefs to support our healing journeys as individuals and as a collective. Starting from our world within, participants are guided to embody their strengths, increase confidence and creativity, and create a more peaceful and just world.The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Sunday
Nov 6, 2022Exhibition Walkthrough
Bennett Simpson on Henry Taylor: B Side
LectureSunday
Nov 6, 2022LectureExhibition Walkthrough
Bennett Simpson on Henry Taylor: B SideMOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson will lead a public walkthrough of Henry Taylor: B Side.MOCA Grand Avenue -
Tuesday
Nov 8, 2022Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth 
Lecture, Environmental CouncilTuesday
Nov 8, 2022Lecture, Environmental CouncilPioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth
This panel brings together three individuals - an artist, an environmentalist, and a physicist - for a discussion on the global impact of human-made climate change, and the possibility of building a sustainable and equitable future through culture, activism, and education. Dustin Yellin is an artist who ba…MOCA Grand Avenue -
Wednesday
Nov 9, 2022Walkthrough of Judith F. Baca: World Wall 
Member EventWednesday
Nov 9, 2022Member EventWalkthrough of Judith F. Baca: World Wall
MOCA members at the Contributing level and above are invited to a walkthrough of Judith F. Baca: World Wall led by MOCA Curatorial Assistant Anastsia Kahn.The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Saturday
Nov 12, 2022Envisioning a Safer Future: An Art Making Workshop with Compton G.IRLS Club 
Saturday
Nov 12, 2022Envisioning a Safer Future: An Art Making Workshop with Compton G.IRLS Club
Taking inspiration from Judith F. Baca’s World Wall, members of the G.IRLS club, with support from an LA-based working artist, lead a workshop focused on imagining a safer, more equitable world.The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Saturday
Nov 12, 2022KCHUNG PUBLIC: Comment 
Saturday
Nov 12, 2022KCHUNG PUBLIC: Comment
In KCHUNG PUBLIC: Comment, KCHUNG Radio presents an opportunity to explore the asymmetrical channels of messaging in which the people are made to listen to the views of their government, but their government is not listening to the people. PUBLIC Comment is a podium and mic connected broadcasting just within range o…The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Thursday
Nov 17, 2022Containment and Community: The History of Skid Row and its Role in the Downtown Community Plan 
LectureThursday
Nov 17, 2022LectureContainment and Community: The History of Skid Row and its Role in the Downtown Community Plan
Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) is a multidisciplinary arts group whose artists live and work in Skid Row. At MOCA’s and Judith F. Baca’s invitation LAPD has focused this evening to weigh in on the City’s forthcoming new community plan for downtown. Skid Row Now …The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Friday
Nov 18, 2022Art + Yoga with Marley Rae 
Friday
Nov 18, 2022Art + Yoga with Marley Rae
Join us for a series of free one hour community based yoga sessions for all bodies and levels led by Namaste Marley Rae. Presented in conjunction with Judith F. Baca: World Wall and all classes will take place within the exhibition surrounded by Baca’s series of nine murals.The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Saturday
Nov 19, 2022An Only Child, Go to your room 
PerformanceSaturday
Nov 19, 2022PerformanceAn Only Child, Go to your room
An Only Child presents a dance and vocal performance featuring music from the album Prepare The Body. Accompanied by bassist and cellist, Crow Vendetta, the piece explores themes of identity, memory, and desire.The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Sunday
Nov 20, 2022New Landscapes: Mercedes Dorame 
Member EventSunday
Nov 20, 2022Member EventNew Landscapes: Mercedes Dorame
MOCA members at the Curators Circle level and above are invited to an off-site conversation between artist Mercedes Dorame and artist and community organizer Emma Robbins. -
Sunday
Nov 20, 2022Art for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art.
With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles.
Moderated by Jennifer Swann.
Lecture, Environmental CouncilSunday
Nov 20, 2022Lecture, Environmental CouncilArt for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art.
With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles.
Moderated by Jennifer Swann.Many Angelenos live in neighborhoods devastated by the environmental blights of polluted air (from refineries, manufacturing, shipping, freeway and air traffic) and toxic waste at brownfield sites. Some LA artists have found ways to bear witness to this environmental (in)justice. Eric AvilaThe Geffen Contemporary at MOCA -
Sunday
Nov 20, 2022The G•Spot
Organized with Rio Uribe of Gypsy Sport
Sunday
Nov 20, 2022The G•Spot
Organized with Rio Uribe of Gypsy SportOrganized with fashion designer Rio Uribe, The G•Spot is a traveling festival that celebrates local communities and features influential LA-based LGBTQ and BIPOC artists. This iteration focuses on a panel entitled, Qué Onda: The New Wave of Chicanx Artists and Creators withThe Geffen Contemporary at MOCA