Saturday, May 3, 2008 6:30 pm MOCA's 40th Anniversary Benefit FortyPlus: Entering a New Dimension
It all adds up.
Over forty years in existence.
Thousands of artists.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Countless pieces of art.
Endless possibilities.
Come and celebrate the infinite.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Sammy’s Metropolitan Ballroom
925 Euclid Avenue
Huntington Bank Building, 21st Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Valet Parking
Cocktail Attire
Tables + Tickets start at $290 / please call 216.421.8671 for more information and to reserve your seat today!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:00 pm MOCA Mix: jazz:The Vijay Iyer Quartet Members $20 / $25 non-members
In collaboration with Tri-C JazzFest
Vijay Iyer has been named the "#1 Rising Starr Jazz Artist" and "#1 Rising Star Composer" in Downbeat Magazine's International Critics Poll for two years running. He'll bring his remarkable quartet, with standout saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, to the MOCA Commons this spring.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:00 pm The New Face of Architecture CAROLYN STRAUSS of slowLab $8 MOCA member / $10 non-member / $5 student / Please call for our special patron package
/// OFF-SITE
Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at ideastream: 1375 Euclid Avenue / Cleveland, Ohio / 44115
2008 TALALAY LECTURE SERIES ///
Award-winning designer, curator, and founding director of slowLab Carolyn Strauss has emerged as an innovator in the concept of slow design as a fertile, holistic framework to understand and advance sustainable design. For Strauss, slow design describes a design philosophy guided by elevated awareness of process, quality of outcome, and enrichment of the community.
/// We believe good design can change the world and we can prove it. Our spring Talalay Lecture Series demonstrates how good design can do good work through meeting social needs, addressing global issues, and creating sustainable practices. The Talalay Lecture Series, which honors MOCA founder Marjorie Talalay, is made possible by a generous gift from Toby Devan Lewis and Peter Lewis and is produced in collaboration with ideastream with outreach support from Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.
This event generously supported by: Toby Devan Lewis ideastream Peter Lewis Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
Friday, April 11, 2008 8:00 pm MOCA Mix: tempo: Baby Dayliner w/ special guests JJ Magazine and Stay Loose Hold Tight Members FREE / $6 non-members
The soul crooner vs. the dance DJ. The Smiths and Donnie Hathaway with Pete Rock on the wheels deconstructing the beat—pin-up sexy—it’s Baby Dayliner. WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Pabst Brewing Company Skyy
Friday, March 21, 2008 8:00 pm rock! MOCA: Parts and Labor w/ special guests Bolmongani (Ryan from PAIK solo), Pterodactyl, National Suicide Day Members FREE / $6 non-members
Parts and Labor is alchemy.
Art-School-style.
Verve. WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Pabst Brewing Company Skyy
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:00 pm Gregory Volk: Pushing the Envelope Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critic Series FREE and open to the public
Art is an adventure. For this lecture, Gregory Volk will focus on a handful of emerging, mid-career, and established artists who journey boldly into unexplored terrains of contemporary art. Up for discussion are the vibrant hallucinatory abstract paintings of Ati Maier, the elaborate foam dreamworlds sculpted by Folkert de Jong, and the ecstatic-cum-brutal cartoon paintings of Joyce Pensato, among others. Volk will also offer a “behind the scenes” look at the work of the art critic, homing in on the role of art writing today.
This event generously supported by: Nesnadny + Schwartz
Monday, March 10, 2008 7:00 pm MOCA Mix: film: Chinese Art Today: Cao Fei and Yang Fudong In collaboration with the 2008 Cleveland International Film Festival $9 for MOCA and CFS Members / $11 for non-members http://www.clevelandfilm.org
OFFSITE: Tower City Cinemas
With a critical eye on China’s culture and its ever-expanding urban environment, Cao Fei and Yang Fudong are breaking new ground in film and video art. This program will feature Yang Fudong’s acclaimed work Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, Part 1 (2003), recently featured at the 52nd Venice Biennial and Cao Fei’s current sensation Whose Utopia? (2006). Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art for the Asia Society Museum, will discuss these works during the program. A foremost scholar in the field, Chiu holds a PhD in Contemporary Asian Art from the University of Western Sydney. She is a founding member of the Asian Contemporary Art Consortium, a former Getty Research Fellow, and curator of over thirty exhibitions including Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific; Cai Guo-Qiang, An Explosion Event; and TOOBA: Shirin Neshat.
Exclusive CIFF sponsorship for this program is generously provided by
Toby Devan Lewis.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Pabst Brewing Company Skyy
Sunday, March 9, 2008 8:00 pm rock! MOCA: Samara Lubelski FREE for Members / $6 for non-members
Samara Lubelski is one of the few musicians to fuse the future with a delta blues sensibility without saying a word. WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Radio Dystopia
Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:00 pm MOCA Mix: listen: Beans w/ special guests Poetic Republic/ DJ ONIT FREE for Members / $6 for non-members
From anti-pop to Prefuse 73; from fashion spreads in glossies around the world to subway sessions of freestyle excellence; Beans has proven himself to be an icon no matter what he chooses to do.
WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Pabst Brewing Company Skyy
Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:30 - 1:00 pm Member's Brunch $10 for MOCA Members / $15 for guests
Let’s do brunch! MOCA Members are invited to a relaxing Sunday morning replete with delicious cuisine as we say “thank you” to our devoted Members. This annual event precedes "Contemporary Conversations," a 1pm program featuring artist Craig Lucas.
Reservations are required by Friday, February 15. Please call the Member RSVP line: 216.421.8671 ext. 55.
Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:00 pm Contemporary Conversations: Douglas Max Utter & Craig Lucas FREE and open to the public
Don’t miss this engaging dialogue between PULSE artist Craig Lucas and noted critic and artist Douglas Max Utter as they discuss Lucas’s career and the new body of work he has created for his MOCA exhibition.
Friday, February 15, 2008 8:00 pm rock! MOCA: Shooting Spires w/ special guests Brian Straw New Kingdom Shells FREE for Members / $6 for non-members
Shooting Spires (solo project of BJ Warsaw of Parts and Labor) gives us a glimpse of the deconstruction to show us a song. WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Radio Dystopia
Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:00 - 4:00 pm Winter Family Fun Day FREE for families
Hear the sounds of multi-disciplinary performer and jazz
musician Guillermo E. Brown, and then he’ll lead you in your own music making adventure. Spend time at the activities tables to make a card for your Valentine, explore the galleries, and complete the Family Activity Guide. Adults and children are welcome and refreshments are provided.
Thursday, February 7, 2008 3:30 - 6:00 pm Educators Open House FREE for Educators
Join other area educators as you tour the exhibitions with MOCA Curators and Education staff. Find out how the art on view connects with your classroom curriculum, receive an educators pack, learn about transportation subsidies, and enjoy refreshments. The tour begins at 4pm.
Please RSVP to Nicole Ledinek by February 6 at 216.421.8671 ext. 41
Thursday, February 7, 2008 8:00 pm MOCA Mix: jazz: Guillermo E. Brown w/ special guest Surah FREE for Members / $6 for non-members
With the verve of a 60s-era jazz cat, Guillermo E. Brown transcends genre and defies traditional song modes. What’s more—he has the chops to prove it. Matthew Shipp’s drummer brings his exciting solo set to our MOCA Commons.WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Pabst Brewing Company Skyy
Monday, January 28, 2008 12:30 - 2:30 pm Docent Training - Winter / Spring Open to docents
We are currently accepting new docents for the upcoming seasons. Participating a training session are mandatory and are required for all docents. Please call Nicole Ledinek, Curator of Education, at 216.421.8671 ext 41 for more information.
Saturday, January 26, 2008 8:00 pm rock! MOCA: Madame P w/ special guests Uno Lady and Blisse Anonyon Atu FREE for Members / $6 for non-members
Patrizia Oliva (Madame P) has toured the world three times, released over 30 recordings, and captivated a diverse following with her voice alone. WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Radio Dystopia
Friday, January 25, 2008 5:30 - 10:00 pm Winter / Spring Season Opening FREE and open to the public
OPENING CELEBRATION
5:30pm / Meet the Artist: Sam Taylor-Wood
One of the most acclaimed artists today discusses
her work of the last decade. Her exhibition at MOCA Cleveland is the artist’s first one-person museum show in the United States.
7–10pm / Public opening
Looking for an evening adventure? Come celebrate our Winter / Spring exhibitions to the expansive grooves of UK DJ Marc Cotterell.
Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:00 - 8:00 pm Patron Preview Patron Level Members ($500+) and above
Patrons and fellow Cleveland arts glitterati are invited to spend the evening with guest artists Sam Taylor-Wood and Craig Lucas at this exclusive preview of their work. This fabulous party opens a season characterized by passion and emotion.
Reservations are required by Thursday, January 17. Contact Rob Sikora
at 216.421.8671 ext. 35
or rsikora@mocacleveland.org.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:00 - 1:30 pm Curator's Circle Brown Bag Lunch
Curator Circle Members are invited to join Pulse artist Craig Lucas and Assistant Curator Megan Lykins Reich for an informal discussion and behind-the-scenes glimpse at Lucas’ solo exhibition at MOCA.
Lunches BYO–beverages provided.
Reservations are required by Tuesday, January 15. Contact Rob Sikora at 216.421.8671 ext. 35,
or rsikora@mocacleveland.org.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:00 - 2:00 pm Docent Training - Winter / Spring Open to docents
We are currently accepting new docents for the upcoming seasons. Participating a training session are mandatory and are required for all docents. Please call Nicole Ledinek, Curator of Education, at 216.421.8671 ext 41 for more information.
Monday, January 7, 2008 12:30 - 2:30 pm Docent Training - Winter / Spring Open to docents
We are currently accepting new docents for the upcoming seasons. Participating a training session are mandatory and are required for all docents. Please call Nicole Ledinek, Curator of Education, at 216.421.8671 ext 41 for more information.
Sunday, December 30, 2007 through Friday, January 25, 2008 Closed for installation
Beginning Sunday, December 30, 2007 our galleries will be closed for installation. Please join us for our Winter / Spring Season opening Friday, January 25, 2008.
Sunday, December 2, 2007 1:00 - 5:30 pm Holiday Circle Fest FREE and open to the public
The holiday season begins with a FREE day of music, activities, and holiday shopping as 20 University Circle institutions open their doors for this annual community event. At MOCA, weave your way through Diana Cooper’s intricate installations, complete a Family Gallery & Activity Guide, and spend time at our activity tables to create a unique holiday keepsake. A free UCI shuttle bus, complete with tour guides, makes it easy to visit each organization. For more information, please visit universitycircle.org.
Saturday, November 24, 2007 8:00 pm moca mix :: listen :: Daniel Gray-Kontar is REPLIFE FREE for Members / $6 Non-members
Daniel Gray-Kontar is REPLIFE with special guests Muamin Collective, and opening with DJ Kinetic
There is a tradition of innovation within the genre of Hip Hop, from Kool Herc’s Sound Systems in the burned out parking lots of the Bronx, to the flower child backpack street stylings of De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest.
In this spirit MOCA is pleased to present Daniel Gray-Kontar is REPLIFE to kick off our new Beatmaker Series: "LISTEN". Special Guests Muamin Collective opens.
Check our Blog for video clips, extended write-ups, and pictures for all of our MOCA Mix performance programming.
This event generously supported by: Joan Yellen Horvitz Skyy
Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:00 - 6:00 pm ARTscape 2007 FREE and open to the public
Join MOCA for Cleveland’s coolest holiday shopping experience. Regional artists come together to showcase a variety of jewelry, home accessories, clothing, and one-of-a-kind-gifts for everyone on your list. Co-produced by Heidi Lingg of Lingg Productions.
Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:00 pm rock! MOCA :: MV+ EE with Special Guests, NEPTUNE FREE for Members / $6 Non-members
If you missed MV+EE in March, we’re bringing them around for a second go. Lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same place, so this must be an act of sound intervention. How cool do we have to be? Not only do we have Neptune playing, but for the first time ever the trio, Scripture Dippers featuring Ralph White Amy Annelle(Places) and local legend Ted Flynn. YES! Brian Straw will play too. Do you want more?! In addition to all of this wonderful music, MOCA is pleased to announce the seminal documentary about Free Jazz Icon, and Cleveland native Albert Ayler will be showing before the show at the Cleveland Cinematheque on the campus of Cleveland Institute of Art. MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER will show at 7pm, and members will get into the show for half price, and if you go see the Ayler documentary, and come to rock! MOCA you'll get in for half price if you have your ticket stub!
Carpe diem?
rock! MOCA is presented in conjunction with Radio Dystopia, special thanks to Michael Pultz.
Special Thanks to John Ewing, Director of Cleveland Cinematheque, for more info visit the Cinematheque website @ www.cia.edu/academicResources/cinematheque/cinematheque.php
Check our Blog for video clips, extended write-ups, and pictures for all of our MOCA Mix performance programming.
This event generously supported by: Radio Dystopia
Friday, November 16, 2007 5:00 - 9:00 pm ARTscape 2007: Preview Night FREE for MOCA Members FREE for Members / $5 Non-members
Join MOCA for Cleveland’s coolest holiday shopping experience. Regional artists come together to showcase a variety of jewelry, home accessories, clothing, and one-of-a-kind-gifts for everyone on your list.
Co-produced by Heidi Lingg of Lingg Productions.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 8:00 pm rock! MOCA :: Charalambides + Alasdair Roberts w/ Heather Leigh Murray Members FREE / $6 non-members
The Charalambides are known for a firm grasp on the haunting nature of American blues and country, as well as mastery of tape manipulation, a disregard for genre boundaries, and a marked tendency towards vertically stacked guitar drone.
Alasdair Roberts is a force of sheer beauty and emotive reflection. his songs of longing, remourse, and heartbreak give a new definition to the very idea of poetry as song.
Heather Leigh Murray brings her water songs to a thirsty ear, but its her guitar playing that mesmerize you just as much as the yearning voice.
rock! MOCA is presented in conjunction with Radio Dystopia, special thanks to Michael Pultz.
Check our Blog for video clips, extended write-ups, and pictures for all of our MOCA Mix performance programming.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Radio Dystopia Pabst Blue Ribbon
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 7:00 - 8--- pm Site-Specific Cleveland: Don Harvey and Carl Pope Free and open to the public
Whether addressing social, political, cultural, racial, environmental, or ecological issues, art about Cleveland is significant to our region. But, how do projects about Northeast Ohio vary between artists who live here and artists who are just visiting? In this dialogue, distinguished Cleveland-based artist, Don Harvey and artist-in-residence, Carl Pope will discuss their work, comparing and contrasting what their respective “Cleveland projects,” have revealed about our people and places.
Pope is a joint fellow of Case Western Reserve University’s Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and The Cleveland Institute of Art for the fall of 2007; during this time he is creating a public art project to open in conjunction with the conference “Cityscapes” (March 27-30, 2008), jointly organized by CWRU’s Baker-Nord Center and the Liberal Arts Environment of the CIA. For this project, Pope is creating The Mind of Cleveland, a text-based poster and billboard work designed to externalize the collective dreams, visions, and desires of the Cleveland community. To learn more, visit Pope’s project website at www.themindofcleveland.com.
Co-founder of Cleveland Public Art and former editor of Dialogue magazine, Harvey has been an active and vital member of the Northeast Ohio art community for 36 years. In addition to his impressive exhibition resume, Harvey has received numerous grants and fellowships along with the Cleveland Arts Prize (1991). In his multi-media work, Harvey addresses the region’s urban environment physically and conceptually by integrating evocative materials like steel grids and toxic fluids with images of the city, its people, and its surrounding ecology.
Friday, November 2, 2007 8:00 - 11--- pm moca mix:: Letters to Masumi Members $6 / non-members $10 / students free with ID
moca mix :: To celebrate Masumi Hayashi’s spirit, life, and unique artistic vision we will present a multi-media performance entitled Letters to Masumi presented in collaboration with SAFMOD Performance Ensemble and Kiloloarts Media Lab. Letters to Masumi is a suite of four vignettes exploring what motivates our concept of loss, and what informs the eventuality of our healing. Also on view Alan Roth's RE/COLLECTING MEMORY, a video piece about Masumi Hayashi. Below is Part one of RE/COLLECTING MEMORY
Check our Blog for part two of Alan Roth's moving video piece, as well as video clips, extended write-ups, and pictures for all of our MOCA Mix performance programming.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:00 pm Visiting Critic :: Dan Cameron FREE and open to the public
Venice, Săo Paulo, Istanbul, Sydney… New Orleans? Distinguished critic and Director of Visual Arts at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Dan Cameron will discuss his latest project, Prospect.1, New Orleans, an international biennial set to open in The Big Easy on October 4, 2008. Potentially the largest biennial of contemporary art in America, this exposition seeks to reinvigorate the local arts and tourist economy of New Orleans and the Gulf Region.
This event generously supported by: Nesnadny + Schwartz
Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:00 pm rock! MOCA :: USAisaMONSTER with special Guests CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR Free for members, $6 for non-members
opening sets by Tim Holehouse (UK) and The Deathers.
The fifth release as a two piece from this Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY duo knows as the USA is A Monster . From when your skinny finger hits , this record roars out of the gates with banshee driven fury. Definitely taking cues from chariot drivers such as Rush, Magma, Lightning Bolt, but blasting into their own regions of otherwordly rockulation.
Whereas the last record was a concept driven epic of over 70+ minutes with frequent rural electricity free moments, this record pulls wheelies around Stonehenge in a little over 45 minutes,. The songs are a bit more direct this time out and feature use of Gitmo crowd busters syntho action as well as the patented guitar4 olympiadz the band is famed for on the undie rock railroad.
Of course the USA is a Monster wants to turn the tide and prepare us for the time after the lights go dim on Western Civilization’s exhaust pipe party. For this, the words and sounds are of a war stomp. And the battle will rage, with the battle field location known as your mind! Not matter if you download this or buy this in a big box store, look up from your desktop unit and engage this record. It will show you the Shining Path and you know what to do...
local heroes, Clan of the Cave Bear opens this bombastic night string ethos, and hardcore reflection.
rock! MOCA is presented in conjunction with Radio Dystopia, special thanks to Michael Pultz.
Check our Blog for video clips, extended write-ups, and pictures for all of our MOCA Mix performance programming.
This event generously supported by: Joan Yellen Horvitz
Sunday, October 21, 2007 1:00 - 4:00 pm Art in Motion: Family Fun Day FREE and open to the public
MOCA, in partnership with the Cleveland Children’s Museum, welcomes families to
attend this kid-friendly day! The afternoon
begins with an arts-inspired, interactive performance from dancer Paloma McGregor of the Urban Bush Women, followed by a dance workshop led by this multi-talented arts educator. Then experiment with everyday materials at the activity tables and explore the exhibitions in order to complete the Family Gallery & Activity Guide. Children and adults are welcome, and refreshments are provided.
Saturday, October 20, 2007 7:00 - 9--- pm moca mix :: dance :: Paloma McGregor Members FREE / $10 non-members
Dancer/Choreographer Paloma McGregor returns to Cleveland with a new suite of dances entitled RE: PRESENT. A suite of four dances, RE: PRESENT features the critically acclaimed ensemble piece, 34 Prayers Before Passing, capturing the emotional devastation of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Set to a poem by four-time National Poetry Slam champion Patricia Smith, the work is an elegy to a culture tied to the life, breath, and resilience of its people.
Special thanks to CCDT, and Passport Project for community programming support. Ms. McGregor will be offering community dance workshops at Passport Project, for more info/class schedule visit- www.passportproject.org
Check our Blog for video clips, extended write-ups, and pictures for all of our MOCA Mix performance programming.
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Skyy Pabst Blue Ribbon
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 7:00 pm College Night FREE with valid college ID
Enjoy a FREE night at MOCA Cleveland and experience the Fall Season while JJ MAGAZINE performs live in the MOCA Commons.
Enjoy pizza provided by Guys Pizza Co. of Coventry Village, and a donations bar stocked by Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Enter to win door prizes given away throughout the entire event.
Thursday, October 4, 2007 3:00 - 7:00 pm Educators' Expedition: Circle Wide Open House FREE for Educators
Friday, September 28, 2007 5:30 - 7:00 pm Conversation with the Artist Free and open to the public
Explore the sources, concepts, and processes in Diana Cooper’s work as prominent author and art critic Barbara Pollack interviews the artist preceding the public opening.
Pollack has written regularly on contemporary art since 1994 for publications including Time Out New York, ARTnews, The New York Times, Art in America, Modern Painters, and Art and Auction.
Friday, September 28, 2007 7:00 pm Fall Opening Celebration FREE and open to the public
DJ onit provides the music and MOCA provides a few surprises. The after-party dancing begins at 10pm with performances by Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, and Corrissa. Be sure to bring your cellphone.
FALL 2007 Beyond the Line: The Art of Diana Cooper Experience intense mark-making. Extreme doodling. Excessive formations.
Julie Moos: Loyalty (The Cleveland Project) Challenge your perception of identity and relationship.
Masumi Hayashi, Meditations: Remembering Injustice (Opening November 2, 2007) Meditate on notions of collective memory, fear, injustice, and renewal.
Thursday, September 27, 2007 6:00 pm Patron Preview Patrons $500 and above
Meet celebrated artists Diana Cooper and Julie Moos at this exclusive preview of MOCA’s Fall Season. Patron Preview nights are charged with the excitement of the art, the artists, and Cleveland’s vibrant arts patrons – it is the place to see and be seen as Cleveland’s fall cultural season begins.
Reservations are required by Thursday, September 20. Call or email Rob Sikora at 216.421.8671 ext. 35, or rsikora@MOCAcleveland.org.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Event Lasts All Day Curator's Circle Brown Bag Lunch Curator’s Circle $150/$250 and above
Circle Members are invited to MOCA for a discussion with Fall Season exhibition artist Diana Cooper. Hosted by Senior Curator Margo Crutchfield, you’ll enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour with Diana Cooper as her work is being installed.
Lunches BYO—beverages provided. Space is limited to 15 per day. Reservations are required by Tuesday, September 11. Call or email Rob Sikora at 216.421.8671 ext. 35, or rsikora@MOCAcleveland.org.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:00 - 1:30 pm Curator's Circle Brown Bag Lunch Curator’s Circle $150/$250 and above
Circle Members are invited to MOCA for a discussion with Fall Season exhibition artist Diana Cooper. Hosted by Senior Curator Margo Crutchfield, you’ll enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour with Diana Cooper as her work is being installed.
Lunches BYO—beverages provided. Space is limited to 15 per day. Reservations are required by Tuesday, September 11. Call or email Rob Sikora at 216.421.8671 ext. 35, or rsikora@MOCAcleveland.org.
Friday, September 14, 2007 through Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:00 pm film :: Inside the Lens: The Films of Kazuo Hara FREE and open to the public
moca mix :: Considered one of the most maverick and innovative filmmakers Japan has ever produced, Kazuo Hara has changed the definition of documentary film across the world. By exploring taboo subjects, Hara’s films deliberately raise ethical questions about representation and responsibility. Unlike most documentary filmmakers, Hara collaborates extensively with the subjects on the making of his films. Hara prefers to make “action documentaries,” films that have strong narratives, dramatic encounters, and characters who struggle against adversity. Hara cites such films as Batman and Superman as his early narrative models.
“I am not the type of director to shoot something just happening... but rather I like to make something happen and then shoot it.” –KAZUO HARA
Friday, September 14
7:30pm / Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
9:30pm / A Dedicated Life
Saturday, September 15
7:30pm / Goodbye CP
9:30pm / The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On
This event generously supported by: Scene Magazine Skyy Pabst Blue Ribbon
Sunday, August 26, 2007 11:00 - 6:00 pm Last chance to view Summer exhibitions Galleries closed
MOCA's Summer suite of exhibitions close Sunday, August 26, 2007. Please join us when we open our Fall Season on Friday, September 28.
Orchestrated by Cleveland's architectual and urban design blogging community, but open to all, this event invites polemicists and novices alike to take the stage in MOCA's galleries for 70 seconds each and share their rapid-fire views on architecture, urbanism, and the built environment. Well-mannered or impolite, these presentations will create a spectacle not to be missed.
Thursday, July 19, 2007 through Sunday, July 22, 2007 Event Lasts All Day Ingenuity Festival in collaboration with MOCA presents John F. Simon, Jr., Color Study, 2006-2007 www.ingenuitycleveland.org www.ingenuitycleveland.org
Color Study is a computer-generated work of art, a dynamic abstraction that unfolds in real time. With four times the resolution of conventional video imagery, the work has an extraordinary clarity and level of definition, which combined with the range of compositional variation and infinite color combinations, results in fascinating visual experiences.
Color Study explores informational and conceptual systems through the endless combination of vibrant colors, shapes, and patterns The work was inspired by Joseph Albers’ famed 1961 Homage to the Square series of color studies which explores a property of colors known as simultaneous contrast - the experience of color changes when colors are placed next to or inside of different colors. In using the computer’s ability to iterate over billions of possibilities, Simon reveals to the viewer in this work of art, the widest range of possible color sensations. There are so many possible color combinations that no set of colors is ever repeated, and the work can therefore be said, in a sense, to be infinite.
Born in Louisiana in 1963, John F. Simon, Jr. has been working in new media for more than fifteen years. Simon has exhibited his work in major exhibitions in the United States and abroad, including MOCA’s 2006 exhibition, All Digital. Simon’s work is in the collections of major museums including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
World Premiere, courtesy of the artist.
View John Simon's Color Study, and many exciting exhibits, performances, and vendors at Ingenuity 2007!
Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:00 - 11:30 pm MOCA Mix:: This Song We Sing Free for members, $ 7 for non-members 421.8671 ext.44
What is it about a song or rhyme that stays with us? Why do human gravitate to song? Is it the ancient tongue- the lone gone voice? THIS SONG WE SING is a celebration of song, and what it means when it is delivered without the extras of today's musical landscape.
We will approach the new by showcasing the electric heart-song of Brian Straw, whose digital/acoustic meanderings into longing have become something of local lore. Soft Spots, Marie Corbo, Collectible Escalator's Mike Uva, and J.S. Makkos round out a summer night of song so timeless you'll forget its 2007.
This event generously supported by: Joan Yellen Horvitz
Friday, June 1, 2007 7:00 - 10:00 pm Summer Season Opening FREE and open to the public
MOCA invites you and yours to spend a fine summer evening celebrating the Opening of our Summer Season featuring three insightful and diverse exhibitions. Explore our galleries and indulge in our generous spread of libations. The sonic pulse will be induced by Dr. Lawrence Daniel Caswell, MOCA’s resident sound physician.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 7:30 - 9:30 pm Patron Preview Reservations required. RSVP by Friday, May 25, to 216.421.8671 ext. 35, or rsikora@MOCAcleveland.org
Members of MOCA’s Director’s Circle** and Corporate Council** are invited to MOCA to celebrate the opening of our Summer exhibitions. This exclusive evening for Patrons will follow the 6pm public talk at the Cleveland Museum
of Natural History, by MOCA’s Design Architect, Farshid Moussavi, who will join us as our special guest.
**$500 giving level and above
Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:00 pm Farshid Moussavi:Foreign Office Architects & the New MOCA Architect Talk Reservations required by Friday, May 25.
Join architect Farshid Moussavi of London-based Foreign Office Architects (FOA) as she offers an introduction to her innovative practice, shares insight on past projects, and speculates on her emerging design for MOCA’s new building planned for the University Arts and Retail District. Provocative and highly acclaimed, Moussavi’s body of work will offer audiences an exciting, alternative perspective on the potential of contemporary built environments.
This free event is ticketed; reservations required by Friday, May 25. Please call our reservation line at 216.421.8671 ext. 55. Lecture begins at 6pm, tickets will be held until 5:45pm.
This event generously supported by: The Donna and Stewart Kohl Fund of the Cleveland Foundation The Andrew S. Dempsey Memorial Fund
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:00 - 1:30 pm Curator's Circle Brown Bag Lunch
Circle Members* are invited to join Assistant Curator Megan Lykins for an informal discussion with featured Wendy L. Moore artist, Olga Ziemska, in anticipation of her solo exhibition opening June 1. Lunch conversation will be followed by an artist-led tour of the work as it is being installed.
Lunches BYO – beverages provided.
Reservations are required by Friday, May 25.
Please RSVP to Rob Sikora at 216.421.8671 ext. 35 or rsikora@MOCAcleveland.org.
**$150 giving level and above
Thursday, May 3, 2007 7:00 - 11:00 pm MOCA MIX:: dance Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre $5 for members, $10 for non members
Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:00 - 12:00 am rock! MOCA: Magik Markers (Ecstatic Peace Records) with Self-Destruct Button FREE for MOCA Members / $6 Non-Members
When it comes to a Magik Markers live show you have to prepare yourself for an onslaught of distortion, noise, orgasms, and violence. But no matter how much your prepare, no matter the amount of armor, no matter the expectations, you'll be lying on the floor in the fetal position begging for more by the time the overture finishes its last squeal. In the tradition of free improvisation brought to the public eye by jazz greats like Albert Ayler, Arthur Doyle, and Sun-Ra, Magik Markers have managed to destroy what it means to be a band while embodying the very essence of immediate art.
Doors open at 8:30pm. Performance begins at 9:00pm
MOCA once again takes the MOCA Mix offsite to the Cinemas at Tower City as part of its annual collaboration with the Cleveland International Film Festival. Past collaborations have featured films by or about such art stars as Spencer Tunick, Miranda July, William Kentridge, and Matthew Barney. In this spring’s MOCA-Film Fest collaboration, Korean-born and New York-based artist Nikki S. Lee portrays her own alter ego, Nikki Two, and takes the film industry by storm in a.k.a. nikki s. lee, the eponymously titled “faux” documentary.
This annual collaboration between MOCA and the Cleveland Film Society is generously sponsored by Toby Devan Lewis.
Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:00 - 4:00 pm Winter Family Fun Day FREE and open to the public
Come to MOCA and be captivated by the storyteller Barbara Eady and the Karamu House Dancers. The art and traditions of Mali captured in Seydou Keďta’s stunning portraits will come alive in African folktales and energetic tribal-inspired dances.
• 1:30pm – Listen as Barbara Eady brings traditional African folktales alive through her storytelling
• 2:30pm – Watch as the Karamu House Dancers blend the artistry and athleticism of African dance in their choreography
After the performance, visit MOCA’s activity table to make a patterned piece of “clothing” from paper that you can take home. This FREE day is especially for kids and their favorite adults.
Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:00 - 8:00 pm Panel Discussion: Seydou Keďta: Portraits from Mali FREE and open to the public
Seydou Keďta (1993-2001) pioneered new styles of artistic and cultural representation in West Africa as he created photographs that reflected the emergent cosmopolitanism of those who posed for him in 1950s Bamako, Mali. This panel discussion featuring Dr. Gilbert Doho (Case Western Reserve University), Dr. Barbara Hoffman (Cleveland State University), and Dr. Isolde Brielmaier (Vassar College) examines Keďta's work from three distinctly different scholarly viewpoints. From using Keďta's evocative portraits to understand the political, cultural, and social climate of a mid-twentieth century French colony transitioning into a bustling urban center to deconstructing the response of contemporary viewers to Keďta’s work, this panel promises to stimulate new ideas about the art on view.
Friday, March 2, 2007 9:00 - 10:00 pm rock! MOCA Modern Music Series: MV+ EE and The Bummer Road (Ecstatic Peace Records) With X-Bolex (Cleveland) FREE for MOCA Members / $6 Non-Members
Continuing in MOCA’s tradition of forward-thinking programming, rock! MOCA Modern Music Series will bring you some of the most interesting original bands and solo performers from across the globe, as it explores the sub-genres of noise, electronica, folk, and free jazz in the historical footsteps of a Happening.
It’s as if the ghost of John Fahey resides under the rustic hat of Matt Valentine, the MV of MV + EE and The Bummer Road - the duo has put out a library full of recording some vinyl, some broken tape, some cdr, all of it groundbreaking. Their new record, Green Blues, soon to be released by Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace Label, is being touted as a classic.
Doors open at 8:30pm. Performance begins at 9:00pm
Thursday, March 1, 2007 6:30 - 7:30 pm SXS:F2F Susan Umbenhour and Rian Brown-Orso FREE and open to the public
To extend the exchange and scope of Side by Side, MOCA will host five consecutive talks on Thursday evenings. Called Face to Face (F2F), these talks feature artists in dialogue about the themes that link their work together
in the exhibition. Tonight’s hour-long discussion between sculptor Susan Umbenhour and video artist Rian Brown-Orso will focus on the topic of “Physical and Conceptual Boundaries.”
Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:30 - 2:00 pm Winter Member's Brunch FREE for MOCA Members / $15 Non-member guests (guests of MOCA Members only, please)
A must-attend annual event for MOCA Members at every level! Following brunch, listen and learn during an engaging Points of View Gallery Talk on the art of Seydou Keďta by Dr. Costa Petridis, Curator of African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The hour-long Points of View Gallery Talk begins at 1pm.
RSVP by Thursday, February 22nd to our Member’s RSVP line at 216.421.8671
Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:00 - 2:00 pm Points Of View Gallery Talk: Dr. Costa Petridis On Seydou Keďta Portraiture in the Tradition-Based Arts of Sub-Saharan Africa FREE and open to the public
How do the Bamana or Dogon masking traditions of Mali compare or contrast with Seydou Keďta's photography? Can objects used in masquerade help us to better understand Keďta's work? For this Points of View talk, Dr. Constantine Petridis discusses Keďta's work against the backdrop of traditional African art forms.
Dr. Petridis, who holds a PhD from Ghent University (1997), was recently appointed Consulting Curator of African Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. He is the Associate Curator of African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Assistant Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University.
Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:30 - 7:30 pm SXS:F2F Thomas Frontini and Mark Moskovitz FREE and open to the public
To extend the exchange and scope of Side by Side, MOCA will host five consecutive talks on Thursday evenings. Called Face to Face (F2F), these talks feature artists in dialogue about the themes that link their work together
in the exhibition. Tonight’s hour-long discussion between painter Thomas Frontini and mixed media artist Mark Moskovitz will focus on the topic of “Contemporary and Consumer Culture.”
Thursday, February 8, 2007 6:30 - 7:30 pm SXS:F2F Neil MacDonald and Laurie Addis FREE and open to the public
To extend the exchange and scope of Side by Side, MOCA will host five consecutive talks on Thursday evenings. Called Face to Face (F2F), these talks feature artists in dialogue about the themes that link their work together
in the exhibition. Tonight’s hour-long discussion between painter Neil MacDonald and weaver Laurie Addis will focus on the topic of “Situations of Failure and Malfunction.”
Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:30 - 7:30 pm SXS:F2F Erik Neff and Gianna Commito FREE and open to the public
To extend the exchange and scope of Side by Side, MOCA will host five consecutive talks on Thursday evenings.
Called Face to Face (F2F), these talks feature artists in dialogue about the themes that link their work together in the exhibition. Tonight’s hour-long discussion between painters Erik Neff and Gianna Commito will focus on the topic of “Abstraction.”
Thursday, February 1, 2007 8:00 - 10:00 pm rock! MOCA Modern Music Series: TAIGA[a]! with Fire Horse Monarch (Cleveland) FREE for MOCA Members / $6 Non-Members
Continuing in MOCA’s tradition of forward-thinking programming, rock! MOCA Modern Music Series will bring you some of the most interesting original bands and solo performers from across the globe, as it explores the sub-genres of noise, electronica, folk, and free jazz in the historical footsteps of a Happening.
We inaugurate the rock! MOCA Modern Music Series with New York based trio, TAIGA[a]! Inspired by Mexican folk, tango, punk rock, and pre-80s Korean pop, TAIGA[a]! uses traditional instruments, electronics, and an idiosyncratic world view to create intelligent dance music.
Friday, September 29, 2006 7:00 - 10:00 pm Fall Opening FREE and open to the public.
xplore our new exhibitions and mingle with friends, while enjoying complimentary hors d'oeuvres and libations from our donations bar, featuring Bacardi and Grey Goose. Unwind to the sounds of San Fran DJ Sabrina Tsang (aka Similak Chyld).
Thursday, September 28, 2006 12:30 - 1:30 pm Artist Talk with Dana Schutz FREE and open to the public
OFFSITE Aitken Auditorium, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd
FREE and Open to the Public
Presented by the CIA in collaboration with MOCA
Acclaimed artist and CIA graduate Dana Schutz speaks about her work, her life, and her career. Listen, learn, and lunch – feel free to bring yours to this informal talk.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006 6:30 - 7:30 pm Artist Talk with Catherine Opie FREE and open to the public
OFFSITE Aitken Auditorium, Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd.
FREE and Open to the Public
Presented by the CIA's Department of Film, Video and Photographic Arts in collaboration with MOCA.
Attend this artist talk by celebrated photographer Catherine Opie as she discusses her expansive body of work and her solo exhibition, 1999 & In and Around Home, on view this season at MOCA.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
