Programs • MOCA

Due to the devastating wildfires currently impacting Los Angeles, the museum is closed at both locations through Sunday, Jan 12, 2025.

Past Events

Thursday
June 1, 2023

Kelly Akashi: Formations
Book Signing and Shells Film Screening

Screening, MOCA Store
Thursday
June 1, 2023

Screening, MOCA Store

Kelly Akashi: Formations
Book Signing and Shells Film Screening

MOCA Store is pleased to host the launch and book signing for the new monograph Kelly Akashi: Formations (Inventory Press/San José Museum of Art, 2023), as well as a special screening of Akashi's film Shells (2019). As the first in-depth monograph on the artist, Kelly Akashi: Forma…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
June 1, 2023

Kinlaw, Crux, 2023
Workshop

Thursday
June 1, 2023

Kinlaw, Crux, 2023
Workshop

Crux (2023) is an experimental performance panel and installation from New York-based composer, choreographer, and sculptor Kinlaw. With this project, Kinlaw pushes the process of communication and process to a place of curiosity encouraging their audience to play and explore. This new work is …
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Friday
June 2, 2023

IWD Health Fair
Sex Workers’ Health: From Surviving To Thriving

Friday
June 2, 2023

IWD Health Fair
Sex Workers’ Health: From Surviving To Thriving

The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Collective, in collaboration with SWOP LA, The Sidewalk Project, PASS Certified, KinkOut, Strippers United, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, will celebrate International Whores Day by hosting a health fai…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
June 3, 2023

Kinlaw, Crux: A Panel on Communication and Process, 2023

Saturday
June 3, 2023

Kinlaw, Crux: A Panel on Communication and Process, 2023

Crux (2023) is an experimental performance panel and installation from New York-based composer, choreographer, and sculptor Kinlaw with contributions from C Prinz, Jas Lin, Miya Folick and ricky sallay zoker. With this project, Kinlaw pushes the process of communication and process to a place of curiosity e…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
June 4, 2023

Family Day 2023

Education
Sunday
June 4, 2023

Education

Family Day 2023

For family, friends, and makers of all ages! Drop in at MOCA Grand Avenue for a free afternoon of making and talking about art! Explore artworks in the galleries with MOCA classroom partnership students and paint portraits of your friends on the Sculpture Plaza with MOCA artist-educators.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
June 8, 2023

Soup & Tart: Los Angeles

Thursday
June 8, 2023

Soup & Tart: Los Angeles

Presented by MOCA and Active Cultures Produced by Active Cultures Organized by Sarah Cooper 50 artists, 6 chefs a marathon of 2 minute performances With contributions from A History of Frogs, An Only Child, Ei Arakawa, Ben Babbitt, Julianna Barwick, Nora Berman, J…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
June 10, 2023

KCHUNG PUBLIC: Movement

Saturday
June 10, 2023

KCHUNG PUBLIC: Movement

Inspired by the community networks of club culture, KCHUNG’s MOVEMENT explores embodied forms of care, resistance, and liberation through dance and nourishment. KCHUNG DJs Marielle Jade Te, Ray.ONLY, Dean Buckley, and Zuri Adia will keep us mov…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
June 17, 2023

Members’ Preview Day for Mapping an Art World: Los Angeles in the 1970s-80s

Member Event
Saturday
June 17, 2023

Member Event

Members’ Preview Day for Mapping an Art World: Los Angeles in the 1970s-80s

All MOCA members are invited to the Members’ Preview Day for Mapping an Art World: Los Angeles in the 1970s-80s at MOCA Grand Avenue.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
June 17, 2023

MOCA x Insomniac & Secret Project Present
Party/After-Party Sessions

Saturday
June 17, 2023

MOCA x Insomniac & Secret Project Present
Party/After-Party Sessions

This program is presented in conjunction with Carl Craig: Party/After Party. Carl Craig brings the heat and energy of the club into the museum with Party/After-Party Sessions, a series of three concerts fea…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Mar 10 2024 – Opened June 18 2023

Closed Mar 10 2024 –
Opened June 18 2023

Mapping an Art World: Los Angeles in the 1970s-80s

Closed Mar 10 2024 – Opened June 18 2023

Mapping an Art World: Los Angeles in the 1970s-80s
MOCA Grand Avenue
Wednesday
June 21, 2023

Off-site walkthrough with Carmen Argote

Member Event
Wednesday
June 21, 2023

Member Event

Off-site walkthrough with Carmen Argote

Members at the MOCA Associate level and above are invited for an off-site walkthrough led by MOCA collection artist Carmen Argote.
Thursday
June 22, 2023

City 2 City: The L.A. / Detroit Connection

Lecture
Thursday
June 22, 2023

Lecture

City 2 City: The L.A. / Detroit Connection

City 2 City is a panel discussion responding to Carl Craig: Party/After-Party at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. City 2 City explores the connections between the underground Techno and House cultures of Los Angeles and Detroit. Topics that will be discussed include the influence of Detroit Techno…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
June 24, 2023

Studio visit with Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Member Event
Saturday
June 24, 2023

Member Event

Studio visit with Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Members at the Director’s Forum level and above are invited to a studio visit with artist Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, along with MOCA Curator Anna Katz.
Thursday
June 29, 2023

MOCA Artist Film Series: An evening with Paul Pfeiffer

Screening
Thursday
June 29, 2023

Screening

MOCA Artist Film Series: An evening with Paul Pfeiffer

MOCA Artist Film series is an active and dynamic platform for the presentation of artist films. Inspired by film and video works in MOCA’s renowned collection, the series will offer engaging and notable screenings and live programs with MOCA collection artists and beyond. With presentations in the Ahmanson Auditoriu…
MOCA Grand Avenue