MOCA Cleveland presents programs throughout the year, geared toward all audiences. Artist talks, gallery tours and programs like One Hour | One Work make learning about current exhibitions exciting. The MOCA ArtSquad's Beauregard and Cherry are here to help our newest and youngest art lovers to LOOK. THINK. SHARE. MOCA also knows how to throw a party from time to time. Bring your friends and enjoy a night on the town in the iconic MOCA building with innovations on nightlife inspired by the art in the galleries.
 
To host your own event at MOCA, call 216.421.8671or email events@mocacleveland.org. Visit our facility rental page for more information.

Full Calendar of Events:

21
Sep
Performance Program

LOADED #2
Friday 7:00pm — 10:00pm

FREE + Open to all

EVEN IF IT RAINS, you can still get LOADED. Performances will move inside MOCA.

Guest curator Mark Mathews will produce a special Sanctuary Cleveland-inspired line-up for this LOADED performance. Mathews is a DJ and co-founder of Sanctuary, one of Cleveland’s most successful monthly dance parties that blends genres from hip-hop to soul, salsa to samba, and house to dancehall, and hosts special guests such as DJ Rich Medina, Nicolay of The Foreign Exchange, Zo! and Carmen Rogers, and J. Rawls.

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21
Sep
Performance Program

GCUFF: Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival
Friday 9:00pm — Saturday 1:00am

$15

We are proud to host the 3rd Annual Launch Party for The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF). Meet and greet actors, directors, and producers whose films will be screened at this year’s festival. Party with other GCUFF supporters and staff to the sounds of Philly-based DJ, Rocdaspot. The Score will be hosted by Mark Mathews, DJ and co-founder of monthly dance party, Sanctuary Cleveland.

 

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22
Sep
Exhibition Program

Drop-In Tour
Saturday 2:30pm — 3:15pm
Join a MOCA Educator to discover the museum and explore the seven featured artists’ projects and exhibitions. Whether you’re contemporary art to the core or still considering how it relates to you, this tour is a great way to get to know MOCA and its current season. Slip into augmented reality, be inspired by a Motown legend, surround yourself in the stories and gospel singing of Glenville residents, or get lost in a hypnotic 3D film.
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23
Sep
Exhibition Program

Drop-In Tour
Sunday 2:30pm — 3:15pm
Join a MOCA Educator to discover the museum and explore the seven featured artists’ projects and exhibitions. Whether you’re contemporary art to the core or still considering how it relates to you, this tour is a great way to get to know MOCA and its current season. Slip into augmented reality, be inspired by a Motown legend, surround yourself in the stories and gospel singing of Glenville residents, or get lost in a hypnotic 3D film.
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28
Sep
Exhibition Program

MOCA Member Tour
Friday 11:30am
Led by A. Will Brown, Assistant Curator Become a MOCA member to take advantage of these special, behind-the-scenes tours given by MOCA staff.
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28
Sep
Performance Program

LOADED #3
Friday 8:00pm — 10:00pm

FREE + Open to all

LOADED #3 is curated by Ghost Noises, artist and co-founder of the eclectic monthly dance party “Heaven Is In You” that Pitchfork described as “a place where hip-hop, house, R&B, and experimental electronic music commingle.” Ghost Noises will adapt Heaven Is In You for this final LOADED performance.

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29
Sep
Exhibition Program

Artist Talk: Walter Price
Saturday 12:00pm

FREE + Open to all

Walter Price (1989, Macon, GA) is a painter living and working in New York. He earned a BA from the Art Institute of Washington, Arlington, VA (2011) and an AA from Middle Georgia College, Macon, GA (2014). Price’s works depict intimate narratives from the artist’s life and recognizable cultural symbols combined with a painterly stylistic treatment that places figures, objects, and sites in many, often contradictory perspectives.
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29
Sep
Exhibition Program

Drop-In Tour
Saturday 2:30pm — 3:15pm
Join a MOCA Educator to discover the museum and explore the seven featured artists’ projects and exhibitions. Whether you’re contemporary art to the core or still considering how it relates to you, this tour is a great way to get to know MOCA and its current season. Slip into augmented reality, be inspired by a Motown legend, surround yourself in the stories and gospel singing of Glenville residents, or get lost in a hypnotic 3D film.
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30
Sep
Exhibition Program

Drop-In Tour
Sunday 2:30pm — 3:15pm
Join a MOCA Educator to discover the museum and explore the seven featured artists’ projects and exhibitions. Whether you’re contemporary art to the core or still considering how it relates to you, this tour is a great way to get to know MOCA and its current season. Slip into augmented reality, be inspired by a Motown legend, surround yourself in the stories and gospel singing of Glenville residents, or get lost in a hypnotic 3D film.
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5
Oct

eCLEctic: Women + Hip-Hop
Friday 8:00pm

$20

eCLEctic connects you with global cultural trends through the NEO artists and producers pushing them forward here and beyond. eCLEctic events mix brain and body, providing you with the kind of smart/social experiences you prefer. The history and influence of Northeast Ohio women in Hip-Hop is palpable, but often ignored. Spring boarding from Martine Syms' current exhibition, An Evening with Queen White, this eCLEctic celebrates the female radio personalities, DJs, visual artists, and entrepreneurs who have shaped Hip-Hop here and beyond.

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