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Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Thu. November 20, 2025 Futureland AI Forward Summit 8AM-8PM at moCa Cleveland $25 GET TICKETS The Futureland AI Forward Summit Presented by Google, is a dynamic, community-powered summit designed to position Cleveland as a trailblazer in inclusive AI innovation. Taking place on November 20, 2025 at Museum of Contemporary Art in partnership with the City of Cleveland. An immersive, one-day experience bringing together thought leaders, creatives, technologists, and changemakers to explore the power of artificial intelligence across culture, community, and commerce. Keynotes From Regional AI Leaders: Hear directly from the voices shaping Ohio’s AI future. Regional leaders will share insights on innovation, policy, and opportunity—spotlighting how our state is driving equitable growth, pioneering research, and building a connected AI ecosystem. Fusion Forward Edutainment: Live Performances + Vibe Curation: Live music, immersive visuals, interactive AI art. A vibrant, sensory-driven experience that brings the future to life through art and technology. This activation will showcase AI as a storytelling tool. Immersive 3D Artist Exhibit: This new activation invites audiences to step inside an evolving, digital art experience created by visionary artists using AI and 3D technology. Through projection mapping, spatial sound, and interactive elements, guests will explore works that respond in real time to movement, sound, and audience interaction. After Hours Mixer: Close out the day with an unforgettable evening that blends technology, art, and culture. This immersive happy hour mixer brings together innovators, creatives, and community leaders for live music, interactive experiences, and meaningful connections that carry the energy of the summit forward. Why Attend? Step into the future with us at the AI Forward Summit. Learn from bold leaders at the forefront of AI and innovation. Unlock The Northeast Ohio ecosystem and see how it’s shaping the world. Build connections that matter—from startups and corporations to creatives and researchers. Discover insights and trends driving AI across industries and communities. Experience it all through dynamic panels, immersive art, and powerful networking. In partnership with Fusion Forward!

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 6-9PM Fri. January 30, 2026 2026 Opening Night Celebration SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland Free to all Be a part of moCa's new season and celebrate with the artists at our exhibition opening. Experience FOUR new exhibitions: Ohio Now: State of Nature Sky Hopinka: The Myth is Now KING COBRA: When You Are Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea and Homing Instinct: Letting Go of The Shore Spoken word performance by Morgan Paige Sips from the cash bar and fresh tastes from food vendors If you have questions or if there are additional access services or accommodations that can make your experience more inclusive, please contact access@mocacleveland.org . 1-2 week’s advance notice is recommended but not required.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Thu. August 28, 2025 Cocktail & Chill: MIDWEST KIDS x moCa 5-8PM at moCa Cleveland Free to all SIGN UP The Winter/Spring 2025 season includes the vibrant and vivid first solo U.S. exhibition by British artist Harminder Judge, an examination of natural phenomena by Heinz-award winning artist Gala Porras-Kim, and a heartfelt tribute to Black motherhood coordinated by Birthing Beautiful Communities. 6PM: Doors open 7PM: Artist Talk w/ Harminder Judge and moCa Deputy Director & Senior Curator DJ Hellerman Mingle with the art, enjoy sips from the cash bar and food from Yum Village.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 11AM-1:30PM Sat. November 15, 2025 moCa Moves: Spin with GrooveRyde — Beyoncé Edition GET TICKETS at moCa Cleveland $25 We’re running it back for our next moCa Moves with GrooveRyde and cycle instructor Charles Donaldson Jr. — and this time, we’re turning up the energy with a Beyoncé-themed ride you won’t forget. Join us for a 50-minute indoor cycling session where you’ll spin to the beat of Queen Bey’s biggest hits. Led by Charles, one of GrooveRyde’s most dynamic instructors, this all-levels ride is designed to challenge, motivate, and inspire—whether you’re a first-time rider or a seasoned pro. Modifications will be provided throughout, keeping the class accessible to everyone. Bring your sneakers or SPD cycling shoes, a towel, and hydration—we’ll bring the beats, the lights, and the vibes. This program is inspired by our current exhibition by Maggie Menghan Chen, whose work incorporates dance and music elements from Zumba, hip hop, krump, vogue, and ultimately metal to offer an outlet for the pent-up energy of an international community in isolation. After your workout, refuel and reconnect with a complimentary mimosa, then enjoy live music by DJ Zosimo Maxino as you explore moCa Cleveland’s current exhibitions.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 9PM-1:30AM Sat. May 17, 2025 moCa Connect Returns GET TICKETS at moCa Cleveland $25 advance; $30 at door moCa Connect returns this May! moCa CONNECT is back with an experience you don't want to miss. This signature event brings together art, music, culture, and creative game-changers for a night of bold ideas and electric energy. Special Guest: Filmmaker Coodie Simmons Director of Netflix's jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, & ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Benji DJ Lineup & Entertainment NicNacc DJ Walk Gumbo About Coodie Simmons Coodie Simmons, a visionary filmmaker from Chicago, first gained prominence through his unique ability to merge storytelling with soulful, documentary-style visuals. After moving to New York in 2002, Coodie teamed up with Chike Ozah to form the award-winning directing duo, Coodie & Chike. Coodie’s most recognized achievements to date include Kanye West’s Through the Wire music video and Netflix's *jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy , the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Benji , the NAACP Image Award-winning Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ and the acclaimed look into the life of NBA player Stephon Marbury in A Kid From Coney Island .

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Sat. January 3, 2026 moCa Saturday: FAM Day (Family, Art & Movement) 12-2:30PM at moCa Cleveland Free with admission SIGN UP Move with meaning in this transformative experience where visual art meets street dance. Join the acclaimed 10K Movement to reconnect with your body, creativity, and expression—through moves inspired by the current exhibitions of Clotilde Jiménez and Maggie Menghan Chen. All ages and levels welcome—no experience needed. Presented in partnership w/

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 12-2:30PM Sun. October 26, 2025 Sensory Sundays SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland Free to all The last Sunday of the month at moCa. Sensory Sundays are designed for neurodiverse visitors and their families. Each session includes a touch table, sound and texture experiences, and audio descriptions of select artworks. Hosted in the Rayburn Practice Lab, these mornings create a calm, engaging environment for multi-sensory learning. Supported by

Jul 16-Dec 31, 2022 Renée Green Contact Jul 16-Dec 31, 2022 ∆ Renée Green: Contact . Installation view at moCa Cleveland, presented in partnership with FRONT International's 2022's second iteration, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows. Photo: Field Studio ∆ Renée Green: Contact . Installation view at moCa Cleveland, presented in partnership with FRONT International's 2022's second iteration, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows. Photo: Field Studio Renée Green Contact Jul 16-Dec 31, 2022 ∆ Renée Green: Contact . Installation view at moCa Cleveland, presented in partnership with FRONT International's 2022's second iteration, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows. Photo: Field Studio What is “contact” now? For FRONT 2022 , Cleveland-born artist Renée Green has conceived Contact , her first major exhibition in the city, which occupies all of moCa Cleveland’s public spaces and radiates out into the city with workshops and film screenings. A contrapuntal exhibition, Contact weaves together Green’s own works–some newly commissioned by FRONT 2022–with a vast array of invited participants with whom she’s been in conversation through the years. This relates to Green’s accretive way of working, developing exhibitions by modifying and subsequently re-presenting works and ideas in relation to other contexts. And while Contact coincides with FRONT 2022, the endeavor was initially conceived in 2019 and will continue through the end of the year, resonating with the triennial’s attempt to break the three-month exhibition format. Engaging with moCa Cleveland’s unique architecture, this exhibition establishes a spatial, sonic, and cinematic conversation between multiple artworks and agents. Green’s pioneering aesthetic practice connects with two of the triennial’s key themes: a focus on the expanded role of artists as collaborative practitioners and the idea that the processes of artmaking can create essential bridges between people. In addition to Green, Contact features the art, thinking, and voices of a diverse ensemble of artists and practitioners, including John Akomfrah, Marcel Broodthaers, Cinematic Migrations Workshop, Free Agent Media, Laura Serejo Genes, Lina Gopaul, Derrick Green, Index Literacy Program, Gabriel Kahan, David Lawson, New Humans, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Suneil Sanzgiri, Sense LA, Smoking Dogs Films, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Ian Soroka, Mika Tajima, and Pedro Zylbersztajn. Renée Green’s exhibition Contact is presented in partnership with FRONT International 2022’s second iteration, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Generous support provided by Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP. Additional support provided by Michelle Shan Jeschelnig and Richard Jeschelnig, and the Anselm Talalay Photography Endowment. About FRONT Launched in 2018, FRONT International is a contemporary art exhibition that presents artist commissions, performances, films, and public programs across Northeast Ohio every three years. The 2022 edition, Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows , embraces art as an agent of transformation, a mode of healing, and a therapeutic process. The title is an homage to “Two Somewhat Different Epigrams,” a 1957 poem by Langston Hughes, who moved to Cleveland in his childhood and maintained an artistic connection to the region. A tender, brutal, and provocative prayer, the poem meditates on the inseparability of joy and suffering. Amid a time of ongoing tragedy and loss, FRONT 2022 explores how artmaking can heal us—as individuals, as groups, and as a society. Spanning over twenty-five sites in Cleveland, Akron, and Oberlin, the exhibition bears witness to interlocking personal and public crises while emphasizing collaborative creative processes, partnering closely with institutions across the region, and connecting artists with local communities. Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows features over ninety regional, national, and international artists. Starting with how daily practice allows individual artists to cultivate liberation, the triennial also demonstrates how aesthetic pleasure—sharing joy through movement, music, craft, and color—can bring different people together. Finally, the exhibition suggests ways that contemporary art can speak with power, showing us how to recognize and reimagine the invisible structures that govern our lives. For more information, visit FrontArt.org .

▶ Now Winter/Spring 2024 Opening Feb 2 Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage + more Project 04 Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve + more Project 05 Ariel Vergez + more Now ◀ Past Exhibitions Maggie Menghan Chen: Body Building Exercise Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 + more Beverly Semmes: The Dresses Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 + more Kelli Connell: Double Life Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 + more Erykah Townsend: "Happy" Holidays Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 + more Clotilde Jiménez: Shapeshift Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 + more Birthing Beautiful Communities: Dear Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 + more Harminder Judge: Bootstrap Paradox Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 + more Gala Porras-Kim: A Hand in Nature Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 + more Message from Our Planet Jun 28-Dec 29, 2024 + more Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya: Skinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh Jun 28-Dec 29, 2024 + more A PLACE meant: co-organized with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Jun 28-Dec 29, 2024 + more Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage Feb 2-May 26, 2024 + more Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve Feb 2-May 26, 2024 + more BlackBrain: SCRD GRDN Feb 2-May 26, 2024 + more A soft place to land Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 + more Nina Chanel Abney: Cafeteria 2 Jan 27, 2023-Jan 7, 2024 + more Don't mind if I do Jul 7, 2023-Jan 7, 2024 + more ¡Juntos! (Together) Jul 7, 2023-Jan 7, 2024 + more Nina Chanel Abney: Big Butch Synergy Jan 27-Jun 11, 2023 + more Sam Falls: We Are Dust and Shadow Jan 27-Jun 11, 2023 + more Amber N. Ford: Someone, Somewhere, Something Jan 27-Jun 11, 2023 + more Bruno Casiano: Pieces of Me Jan 27-Jun 11, 2023 + more Renée Green: Contact Jul 16-Dec 31, 2022 + more Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo) Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 + more Jerome AB: At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 + more J.J. Adams: Flowers in Temporary Hands Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 + more Honey Pierre: Bloodline Mar 18-Apr 17, 2022 + more Aram Han Sifuentes: Who Was This Built to Protect? Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 + more Ryan Harris: Sincerely, Us Jan 29-Mar 6, 2022 + more Dana Oldfather: Flyfall Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 + more Robert Banks and Dexter Davis: Color Me Boneface Mar 18-Jun 5, 2022 + more Where We Overlap Apr 29-Jun 5, 2022 + more Joyce Morrow Jones: Black Butterfly Nov 19, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 + more Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. Jul 16, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 + more The National AIDS Memorial Quilt Oct 8, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 + more Terry Joshua: The Pinkest Hue Nov 19, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 + more Lawrence Baker: Taking Another Look Oct 8-Nov 7, 2021 + more Stina Aleah: "Helping" Hands Aug 27-Sep 26, 2021 + more Aawful Aaron by Aaron D. Williams Jul 16-Aug 15, 2021 + more Imagine Otherwise Feb 18-Jun 5, 2021 + more Martin Creed: Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT Jul 1, 2020-Jun 5, 2021 + more Naeem Mohaiemen: Monday, Day 3753 Feb 18-Jun 5, 2021 + more Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom Jan 31, 2020-Jan 2, 2021 + more Margaret Kilgallen: that’s where the beauty is. Jan 31, 2020-Jan 2, 2021 + more Nina Katchadourian: Monument to the Unelected Oct 22-Nov 29, 2020 + more Paul Ramírez Jonas: Public Trust Oct 8-Nov 7, 2020 + more

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Fri. October 17, 2025 CWRU Great Institutions of Cleveland: Cultural Institutions Talk 10AM Landmark Centre Building, 25700 Science Park Drive, Suite 100, Beachwood Full Series In-Person: $100 Full Series In-Person with Reception: $135 Full Series on Zoom: $50 REGISTER FRIDAYS, SEP 26–OCT 17 10AM panel discussion (in-person and remote options available) 11:30AM optional reception with museum directors FRI. OCT 17 Megan Lykins Reich, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland Aaron Petersal, Executive Director, Maltz Museum Sonia Winner, President & CEO, Cleveland Museum of Natural History The Siegel Lifelong Learning Center presents an engaging series of panel discussions featuring leaders from Cleveland’s most treasured cultural institutions. Moderated by John Grabowski, Visiting Associate Professor of History, CWRU and Editor, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, each session will explore the founding purpose of these organizations, their impact on the community, and how their missions and programming have evolved to meet the interests of today’s audiences. Discussions will also examine how funding strategies have shifted in response to political and economic changes, and what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. This is a unique chance to hear directly from those shaping the future of Cleveland’s cultural landscape. ADDITIONAL TALKS IN THIS SERIES: FRI. SEP 26 Kirsten M. Ellenbogen, PhD, President & CEO, Great Lakes Science Center Greg Harris, President & CEO, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame FRI. OCT 3 William M. Griswold, PhD, Director & President, Cleveland Museum of Art Christopher Kuhar, PhD, Executive Director, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo FRI. OCT 10 Maria Campanelli, Executive Director, The Children’s Museum of Cleveland Kelly Falcone-Hall, President & CEO, Western Reserve Historical Society Edward Moydell, President & CEO, Holden Forests & Gardens

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.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 9PM-1:30AM Sat. November 22, 2025 moCa Connect: Art of the Game GET TICKETS at moCa Cleveland $25/advance $30/at the door Join us at moCa Cleveland for an inspiring evening of conversation that bridges the worlds of art and athletics. This installment of moCa Connect explores "The Art of the Game," highlighting the creativity, discipline, and cultural impact that sports bring to our communities. We're back with another edition of moCa Connect, and we have an all-star conversation for the evening. Cavaliers' legend Campy Russell will be in conversation with a playmaker from the country's newest WNBA franchise, sharing stories about the duality of art and sports—moderated by Tiffani Tucker of Channel 19 News. Explore the road to their careers and the ways that culture and athletes impact each other. After the conversation, we’ll open up the dance floor for a celebration filled with music, drinks, and connection. The night will also feature a tip-off of musical energy with performances by St1XX, along with music from Cleveland Browns DJ Ryan Wolf and one of Cleveland’s rising female DJs, DJ Locbabe. Whether you’re a sports fan, art enthusiast, or someone curious about the intersection of both worlds, this event will leave you with a deeper appreciation of how the game itself is an art form. HOST COMMITTEE: Ally of W Sports Bar Charita Boseman Raphael Collins Kierra Cotton Booby Gibson Alishia Gullatt Austin Love Iman Warren SPONSORED BY