Title Round Ruby Palmer Flashe and acrylaguache on prepared canvas 28 x 22 inches Courtesy of Ruby Palmer and Morgan Lehman Gallery Estimated Retail Value: $5,000 Starting Bid: $2,500 Garden is a compelling example of Ruby Palmer’s distinctive ability to translate our lived experience with nature into richly layered, visually arresting compositions. A work from her recent solo show Garden Theory at Morgan Lehman Gallery, this painting expresses nature’s delightful binaries: it is at once immersive and structured, intuitive yet rigorously composed. Palmer’s surfaces draw the viewer into a dynamic field where form, memory, and perception continuously shift—an experience that deepens over time. Her practice, grounded in years of attentive observation, daily walks, and a refined painterly language, places her squarely in a generation of artists rethinking landscape and abstraction with urgency and nuance. +sign up to proxy bid return to auction menu More: Ruby Palmer Ruby Palmer (b. 1996, London, UK; works in Red Hook, NY) grew up in rural Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. She received a BA in Painting and Drawing from Hampshire College and an MFA from School of Visual Arts. In 1999, she was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors. Palmer has presented solo and group exhibitions at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Turley Gallery, Onna House, and numerous institutions and venues including Opalka Gallery, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, LABspace, Smack Mellon, Exit Art, and the Samuel Dorsky Museum. In 2025, she completed a 320-square-foot permanent wall sculpture at Albany International Airport, commissioned by Southwest Air and fabricated from recycled airplane leather. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Artforum, and House Beautiful, among others, and is held in private and corporate collections including Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, and Capital Group. Palmer lives in Rhinecliff, NY, and works in Red Hook, NY.

AIR: Joyce Morrow Jones AIR: Joyce Morrow Jones Artist-in-residence Jul 1-Nov 30, 2021 Left: Joyce Morrow Jones; Right: Joyce Morrow Jones, Strength of the Ancestral Realm (Part of Ancestors are Our Strength triptych) , 2018. Mixed media relief covered with African Ankara fabric collage, 16 x 30 in. (40.64 x 76.2 cm). Courtesy the artist Joyce Morrow Jones is a mixed media fiber and sculpture artist weaving the art of storytelling through her creations. Her work is inspired by transformational stories of women in their journey through life, history, and cultural traditions. African and Diaspora themes reflecting cultural traditions often with multicultural images are also prominent in her artwork. Born in Cleveland, Joyce acknowledges her Jamaican and African heritage. Those influences will continue throughout her residency with moCa as she expands “Ancestral Tributes” in both oral tradition of storytelling and creative expression. Select exhibitions include shows at BayArts in Bay Village, OH; Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH; and the Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH. She was a 2019 Artist-in-Residence at Karamu House. Find out more about Joyce Morrow Jones at joycemorrowjones.com The AIR program is generously sponsored by Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, with additional support from Char and Chuck Fowler. About moCa AIR: Developed to support and highlight the work of emerging or early-career artists in Cuyahoga County, moCa AIR allows the museum to work alongside artists through 5-month, long-form onsite engagements. Artists-in-residence receive an honorarium, program support, a dedicated studio space inside the museum, professional development opportunities, access to the museum’s production studios, and administrative support. During their time in residence, each artist will develop a site-specific project that activates a site in the building outside of the traditional gallery spaces with production funds provided by moCa. Related Exhibition ▶ Joyce Morrow Jones: Black Butterfly

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Apr 24- April 25, 2025 Collecting NOW: Expo Chicago at EXPO Chicago moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only INVITATION ONLY Explore an insider's look through EXPO Chicago along with an exclusive connecting opportunity with Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. This event is by invitation only to Director & above moCa NOW Donor Members . For information on joining the moCa NOW Donor Program, visit mocacleveland.org/moca-now .

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Mar 8, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Comic Con Teen Neon Cosplay Party Mar 1, 2024 GET TICKETS $10 Fee waiver available. Lake Erie Ink is partnering with moCa to kick off the 12th Annual Kids’ Comic Con weekend. Teens will mix and mingle with local graphic illustrators, explore the museum, create and fill their bellies with treats and comic inspired mocktails. It is highly encouraged to come in costume. Registration is required. Hosted by CandiBee Cosplay. Sponsored by the Cleveland Institute of Art. About GET TICKETS $10 Fee waiver available. Lake Erie Ink is partnering with moCa to kick off the 12th Annual Kids’ Comic Con weekend. Teens will mix and mingle with local graphic illustrators, explore the museum, create and fill their bellies with treats and comic inspired mocktails. It is highly encouraged to come in costume. Registration is required. Hosted by CandiBee Cosplay. Sponsored by the Cleveland Institute of Art. GET TICKETS $10 Fee waiver available. Lake Erie Ink is partnering with moCa to kick off the 12th Annual Kids’ Comic Con weekend. Teens will mix and mingle with local graphic illustrators, explore the museum, create and fill their bellies with treats and comic inspired mocktails. It is highly encouraged to come in costume. Registration is required. Hosted by CandiBee Cosplay. Sponsored by the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Apr 27, 2019-Jan 5, 2020 Catherine Opie The Outside-Inside, Installation for moCa Cleveland Apr 27, 2019-Jan 5, 2020 ∆ Installation view: Catherine Opie, The Outside-Inside, Installation for moCa Cleveland , moCa Cleveland, 2019. Photo: Field Studio ∆ Installation view: Catherine Opie, The Outside-Inside, Installation for moCa Cleveland , moCa Cleveland, 2019. Photo: Field Studio ∆ Installation view: Catherine Opie, The Outside-Inside, Installation for moCa Cleveland , moCa Cleveland, 2019. Photo: Field Studio Apr 27, 2019-Jan 5, 2020 Catherine Opie The Outside-Inside, Installation for moCa Cleveland Catherine Opie’s site-responsive work The Outside-Inside, Installation for moCa Cleveland (2019) reimagines the interior architecture of moCa as a window onto the larger landscape of Lake Erie. Applied directly to the surfaces of moCa’s Gund Commons and Kohl Atrium & Monumental Staircase, Opie’s installation consists of eight different images, each of which was shot in Cleveland as part of a 2011 commission for the Cleveland Clinic. An Ohio native—born and raised in Sandusky—Opie returned to the region over the course of an entire year to capture the dramatic seasonal shifts of Lake Erie, recording dawn and dusk, the reflection of light over the water, as well as the crystallization of ice and snow along the lake’s edge. Transforming the resulting images into a large-scale architectural installation, Opie’s The Outside-Inside is an immersive, intimate portrait of a specific place, Lake Erie, while simultaneously providing a poetic meditation on the passage of time. Major support provided by Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler and Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly. All current exhibitions are funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Leadership Circle gifts from anonymous donors, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen and Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, Grosvie and Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Lauren Rich Fine, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, Michelle and Richard Jeschelnig, Kohl Family, Jan Lewis, Toby Devan Lewis, Roy Minoff, and Scott and Kelly Mueller. All moCa Cleveland exhibitions are supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and the continuing support of the Museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. Installation Images

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Feb 16, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Feb 18, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Mar 10, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Press Release Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Marcella Brown Leads moCa Cleveland Board as President Cleveland, Ohio— (August 5, 2025) The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) is proud to announce the appointment of Marcella Brown as the new President of its Board of Directors. Brown, who first joined moCa’s Board in 2019 and has served as Vice President since 2022, brings deep experience in nonprofit leadership, philanthropic engagement, and values-driven strategy. A champion for community and creativity, Brown was instrumental in steering the Board committee that shaped moCa’s updated mission, vision, and values. She was recently announced as the incoming Executive Director for the Rainey Institute, a Cleveland-based non-profit community arts center dedicated to engaging Cleveland’s youth through dance, drama, music, and visual arts. Brown currently serves as Vice President of Development & Communications at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM), where she advances the agency’s vision of hope, fair chances, and stability. Her professional and volunteer leadership reflect a strong commitment to community empowerment and equity. She also serves as Board Member and Scholarship & Programs Chair for the Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation, Co-Chair of the Board Marketing Committee for BankOn Cleveland, and Board Member of the We Raise Foundation. Named one of Crain’s Cleveland Business 2024 Notable Black Leaders, Brown is widely respected for her collaborative approach and deep belief in the power of storytelling and service. “We are thrilled to welcome Marcella as our new Board President,” said moCa’s Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich. “Her energy, warmth, and strategic insight reflect moCa’s mission to be a radically welcoming and engaging museum for all. Marcella’s leadership will further strengthen our ability to push the boundaries of artistic excellence, community connection, and cultural experimentation.” Brown expressed her enthusiasm for this next chapter, stating: “moCa now lives at the intersection of art, progress, curiosity, and community. As board chair, I am honored and humbled to invite people from communities near and far to come out and experience contemporary art, whether they seek fun, fascination, or the unfamiliar. We want to see you at moCa!” She will be joined in Board leadership by newly appointed officers: Casey Monda as Vice President, Jason Smith as Treasurer, and Jonathan Kurtz as Secretary. Together, this team will work closely with moCa’s executive staff to guide the museum’s strategic vision and community engagement goals. moCa’s outgoing President, Steve Sokany, who completes a four-year tenure, reflects on his experience: “It has been an honor and privilege to serve as moCa Cleveland's Board President for the last two years. Megan's strong leadership, coupled with the staff's efforts and the board's commitment, have aligned around our mission Art Now, in progress , to create exciting momentum that Marcella will continue to foster.” In addition to its new leadership slate, moCa is excited to welcome three new Board Members: ● Grafton Nunes , former President and CEO of the Cleveland Institute of Art ● Susan Petersen , attorney with Petersen & Petersen ● Michael Weil , PhD , owner of Foothills Gallery These new board leaders will work alongside moCa’s active and emeritus board to creatively steward the museum’s vital program, partnerships, and cultural impact. ABOUT moCa CLEVELAND For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. Since its founding in 1968, moCa has presented the works of more than three thousand artists, often through artists’ first solo shows. Soon after its founding, moCa was the first in the region to exhibit the works of many vanguard artists such as Laurie Anderson, Christo, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Adrian Piper, and Andy Warhol. Recent artist commissions and solo exhibitions include work by Tauba Auerbach, Aleksandra Domanović, Michelle Grabner, Byron Kim, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tony Lewis, Catherine Opie, Adam Pendleton, Sondra Perry, Joyce J. Scott, Do Ho Suh, Liu Wei, Renée Green, Nina Chanel Abney, Finnegan Shannon, Manabu Ikeda, and Clotilde Jiménez, among many others. MUSEUM HOURS Thursday & Friday : 1-8PM Saturday & Sunday : 11AM-5PM Holiday hours available at mocacleveland.org 2025 Institutional Sponsors Leadership donors supporting moCa's mission include gifts to Art Now: Anonymous, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Dealer Tire, Agnes Gund, Jan Lewis, Roy Minoff, The Robert H. Reakirt Foundation, and The Sunday Painter; Connecting Audiences: Dick & Doreen Cahoon, The Cleveland Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation, Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation, David & Inez Myers Foundation, PNC, the Nord Family Foundation, and Nicholas & Erin Reif; and Sustaining Pathways: The Callahan Foundation, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Google.org , the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the John P. Murphy Foundation, Boake Sells, and Edward Smith. moCa Cleveland also receives lead institutional support in part from the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. Media Contact Matthew Dennis moCa Cleveland Tel: 216.399.0077 ex.817 Cell: 216.554.7310 mdennis@mocacleveland.org Previous Next

1ea9ee37-7c87-4c91-ae51-621509cf702a The Building Sat. Mar 16, 2024 9PM-1:30AM Vera Twins Connect to CREATIVITY Kick off an amazing night with a special talk with artists Kelby and Kelvin Vera. The brothers, who recently had their debuts at Miami Basel and NY Fashion Week, will unveil a new collection of paintings. The Vera Twins will share their unique "connect" and how they create art together. Then, hit the floor as moCa's iconic building turns into a dance club as DJs Ryan Wolf, Flaco Flash, and Yulissa spin 'til 1:30AM. $25 advance ($30 at door) Valet available SPONSORED BY GLOW Cleveland $25 advance ($30 at door) Valet available SPONSORED BY GLOW Cleveland $25 advance ($30 at door) Valet available SPONSORED BY GLOW Cleveland Host Committee Stina Aleah Michaella Angelo Drew Bobinski Shaun Crawford Thomas Fox Arnold Hines Original Artwork Raffle The Vera Twins have also donated a one-of-a-kind Vera Twins painting that will be raffled off onsite on Mar 16! Enter onsite by QR before 10:45PM. Artwork raffle details: In person QR raffle entries when doors open at 9PM. Must be present during the artist talk for a chance to win. Raffle entries end at 10:45PM. Original artwork valued at $3,500. GET TICKETS 2 ways to take home Vera Twins Art! Limited edition T-shirt Love is in the air! The Vera Twins strive for equality and unity which comes from their life experience and understanding that everyone they meet has lived through challenges. For that reason, in an often cold, divided world, the Twins choose to spread love. In light of spreading the message; The Vera Twins have exclusively curated this design for you as part of our moCa Connect Capsule Collection . Limited shirts will be available for purchase the night of Connect. 9PM: Doors Open 10PM: Artist Talk 11PM-1:30AM: Party! GET TICKETS About the Vera Twins When it comes to how the Vera Twins reach others, that inspiration comes in many forms. But if you ask them, the Vera Twins have a clear purpose. That purpose—this striving for equality and unity—comes from their life experience and understanding that everyone they meet is going through things. For that reason, in an often cold, divided world, the Twins choose to spread love. Connect ON THE FLOOR

Kelli Connell LISTEN ON APPLE LISTEN ON SPOTIFY LISTEN ON I HEART + more Kelli Connell’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, among others. Publications include Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis (Aperture and Center for Creative Photography, March 2024), PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice (Aperture), Photo Art: The New World of Photography (Aperture), and the monograph Kelli Connell: Double Life (DECODE Books). Connell has received fellowships and residencies from The Guggenheim Foundation, MacDowell, PLAYA, Peaked Hill Trust, LATITUDE, Light Work and The Center for Creative Photography. Connell is a professor at Columbia College Chicago. + more Talks ↓ All Events moCa NOW moCa Saturday Parties Talks This episode is hosted by DJ Hellerman. Produced by DJ Hellerman and Tom Poole. Edited by Tom Poole. Consulting Producer and Audio Engineering by Adam Zucarro. +more on the exhibition Kelli Connell: Double Life 52 min. Episode Guest: Kelli Connell Kelli Connell’s work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, among others. Publications include Kelli Connell: Pictures for Charis (Aperture and Center for Creative Photography, March 2024), PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice (Aperture), Photo Art: The New World of Photography (Aperture), and the monograph Kelli Connell: Double Life (DECODE Books). Connell has received fellowships and residencies from The Guggenheim Foundation, MacDowell, PLAYA, Peaked Hill Trust, LATITUDE, Light Work and The Center for Creative Photography. Connell is a professor at Columbia College Chicago. Episode Host: DJ Hellerman DJ Hellerman is the Deputy Director & Senior Curator at moCa Cleveland. A Northeast Ohio native, Hellerman holds an M.A. in Art History from Case Western Reserve University and began his career at the Progressive Art Collection. Prior to his work at moCa, he held the positions of Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, PA, Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Curator of Arts & Programs at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, and Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Burlington City Arts in Burlington, Vermont. This episode is hosted by DJ Hellerman. Produced by DJ Hellerman and Tom Poole. Edited by Tom Poole. Consulting Producer and Audio Engineering by Adam Zucarro. +more on the exhibition Kelli Connell: Double Life This episode is hosted by DJ Hellerman. Produced by DJ Hellerman and Tom Poole. Edited by Tom Poole. Consulting Producer and Audio Engineering by Adam Zucarro. +more on the exhibition Kelli Connell: Double Life Artist Kelli Connell’s exhibition Double Life is at moCa Cleveland through January 4, 2026. In this podcast, Connell talks about the technical and compassionate aspects behind the making of her work, the relationship she has built working with long-time Double Life model Kiba Jacobson, and the way that a project's meaning can evolve over a 20 year timeframe. LISTEN ON APPLE LISTEN ON SPOTIFY LISTEN ON I HEART WATCH ON YOUTUBE LISTEN ON AMAZON