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Aug 27-Sep 26, 2021 Stina Aleah "Helping" Hands Aug 27-Sep 26, 2021 ∆ Stina Aleah, I Cannot Hear Myself , 2021, Oil on canvas, 48 x 30 in. ∆ Stina Aleah, I Cannot Hear Myself , 2021, Oil on canvas, 48 x 30 in. Stina Aleah "Helping" Hands Aug 27-Sep 26, 2021 ∆ Stina Aleah, I Cannot Hear Myself , 2021, Oil on canvas, 48 x 30 in. Presented in partnership w/ Museum of Creative Human Art and moCa Cleveland Helpful? Unfortunately, those who lend a 'helping hand' aren't always who they appear to be. Stina Aleah's "Helping" Hands reminds audiences not to allow anyone to suppress their voice, authenticity, or light. In her own words, "I hope that this collection of work can inspire those to look beyond what is perceived as 'Helping Hands,' stay true to one's authentic self, and always to stand true in who you are." After suffering a sports-related injury, Stina Aleah turned to art. She discovered that creativity aided her physical and mental healing. Stina Aleah's passion for art and storytelling is an essential part of her identity and career as a self-taught painter. Her life experiences inspire breathtaking oil paintings. Aleah has collaborated with major corporations, Emmy nominated television series, celebrities, galleries, and exhibitions to date. Her work continues to be collected both nationally and internationally. Presented in partnership w/ About the Artist Stina Aleah Stina Aleah More about Stina Aleah at stinaaleah.com .

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 9PM-12AM Sat. September 20, 2025 Silent Disco: S.S. moCa GET TICKETS at moCa Cleveland $25 advance; $30 at door All aboard for a sonic adventure at Silent Disco: S.S. moCa! Grab your headphones, choose your vibe, and groove to the beat of 3 live DJs—no waves, just rhythm. Close out the summer in your resort wear glamour while exploring moCa's new season of art. Then, drop anchor and dance your boat off! Interactive Art & Exhibitions: Explore moCa’s exhibitions with exclusive after-hours access. Let the cutting-edge artwork inspire your moves! Drinks: Enjoy specialty cocktails that will be available at our cash bar. Dress Code: Deck yourself out in your resort wear finest. Why Attend? This Silent Disco is more than just a party—it celebrates creativity, individuality, and connection. Dance to your own beat, immerse yourself in moCa's exhibitions, and showcase your unique style in an unforgettable setting. Don’t wait—tickets are limited, and this event WILL sell out!

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 6-7:30PM Thu. March 19, 2026 In Response w/ Art Therapy Studio SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland $5 In Response invites you to engage contemporary art as a starting point for mindfulness, reflection, and meaningful connection at moCa Cleveland. Facilitated by Art Therapy Studio, each session begins with guided time in the galleries, where participants closely observe select works from the exhibitions on view and engage in thoughtful group discussion. Grounded in slowing down and intentional observation, the experience creates space for presence, curiosity, and shared insight. Following the gallery engagement, participants transition into an accessible, hands-on art-making experience focused on process rather than perfection, encouraging creative response, emotional awareness, and self-expression. Offered on the third Thursday of each month until July 2026, the series is designed to be welcoming to both first-time and returning participants, with a consistent structure that fosters ease and belonging. No prior art experience is needed; come as you are, and respond in your own way. A $5 reservation hold will be refunded at check-in. Please note: Eventbrite's processing fees are non-refundable.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Thu. November 13, 2025 moCa NOW: Strut & Bristle 6-9PM $150/individual $250/couple

News + Read more at W Magazine Tuesday, November 29, 2022 by Kat Herriman Photographs by Jesper D. Lund The artist’s college years are the focus of a new exhibition at the ICA Miami. The New York-based artist Nina Chanel Abney punches eyes out one at a time. Her life-size paper dolls don’t seem to mind. They crowd around the ankles of her standing desk, in blank anticipation, patiently waiting for her to finish their faces so they can go on to their destiny as protagonists in her primary-colored collages. Abney points down at the huddle encircling her feet. “It’s a dance scene,” she says. Assembling her dancers requires meticulous choreography. “One millimeter can shift an expression,” Abney says. Despite the precarity, Abney feels at home in this cut-and-paste world. Over the past decade, her figurative collages depicting the lives and stories of Americans like herself—Black, queer, working class individuals—have become a fixture of the art world. Her exuberantly colored paintings, executed with stencils and spray paint, mimic Abney’s collage aesthetic and make me think of artists like Henri Matisse, Kara Walker, and Lari Pittman—but Abney bats away these art-historical touchstones. She says her mother, who is also an artist, is the one responsible for her love of drawing and collaging. “I’ve been cutting and pasting since childhood,” Abney says. “I like the familiarity of it.” Raised in Chicago by her mother, Abney used drawing as a way to connect. In school, she and her sister invited their mostly white classmates to commission portraits of Black celebrities from them. Abney earned a BFA from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois before heading to Parsons, where she graduated with a masters degree in 2007. In 2008, she participated in the groundbreaking group show 30 Americans at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, and as the exhibition traveled around the country her exuberant images depicting Black joy and pain began appearing in museums alongside fellow participants like Rashid Johnson, Renée Green, and Kerry James Marshall. In 2017, she had an exhibition with Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, and after that she was featured in monographic museum shows. Abney vibrates on a cultural frequency all her own and has also collaborated to create Air Jordan sneakers, as well as a version of the classic game card Uno. Her most visible pop cultural moment, an album cover created last year for Meek Mill’s Expensive Pain , was a tearful cartoon portrait of the rapper surrounded by nude women, a yacht, a motorcycle, and dollar signs. The ICA Miami exhibition of Nina Chanel Abney: Big Butch Energy, on view during Art Basel, focuses on Abney’s college years, when the artist was less assured in her queer identity and struggled to find a community that reflected the kind of person she wanted to be. An epic shower scene, notably, dwells on the awkwardness and discomfort of forced group dynamics. Abney was attracted to the universality of coming-of-age scenes; she is devoted to mediums freighted with childhood resonance and stories she knows can be found on the tip of the tongue. The conceptual second half of the Miami presentation opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland on January 27. Those works focus instead on the more positive side of Abney’s collegiate experience, and the energy is festive. “Like coming into myself and the celebration,” Abney says. The keystone work here depicts a raucous dance party like the ones Abney would have liked to attend. After the MoCA Cleveland show and a well-deserved break, Abney will be doubling down on her efforts to focus on public art and shift her language into three-dimensional sculptures. She’s not sure what they will look like yet, but she does know she wants those artworks to depict the lives of those unsung in the Western canon and be accessible to the public at all hours. “I always want the viewer to be able to feel like they have a connection with the work and recall some of their own similar experiences,” she says. “I’m good at finding communities that wants their stories told. I don’t feel like there is enough representation of Black masculine-presenting or queer women in media, so if I can bring my experience to life and it inspires others then I feel like I’m doing a good job. In earlier work, I was trying to make the content more ambiguous—now, it’s leaning toward the opposite.” Previous Next

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 Sat. April 4, 2026 Family Canvas: Art in Nature SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland Free to all This monthly program welcomes Metroparks naturalists each month at moCa as they facilitate interactive workshops focused on nature-based themes. Each session features three nature stations inside moCa and outside our front door in Cleveland Metroparks’ Mobile NatureTracks, alongside an immersive artmaking experience led by Wave Space Studio. Observe, reflect, and create while exploring the shared ground between ecological systems, contemporary art, and everyday experience. The program is connected to the exhibitions currently at moCa Cleveland, with a strong thematic anchor in Ohio Now: State of Nature . Participants are encouraged to consider how artists and naturalists alike use observation, experimentation, and curiosity to understand the world around them. Developed in partnership with moCa and the Cleveland Metroparks. Family Fun supported by PNC. Support for this program:

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Sat. April 4, 2026 Family Canvas: Art in Nature 12-2:30PM at moCa Cleveland Free to all SIGN UP This monthly program welcomes Metroparks naturalists each month at moCa as they facilitate interactive workshops focused on nature-based themes. Each session features three nature stations inside moCa and outside our front door in Cleveland Metroparks’ Mobile NatureTracks, alongside an immersive artmaking experience led by Wave Space Studio. Observe, reflect, and create while exploring the shared ground between ecological systems, contemporary art, and everyday experience. The program is connected to the exhibitions currently at moCa Cleveland, with a strong thematic anchor in Ohio Now: State of Nature . Participants are encouraged to consider how artists and naturalists alike use observation, experimentation, and curiosity to understand the world around them. Developed in partnership with moCa and the Cleveland Metroparks. Family Fun supported by PNC. Support for this program:

Jan 29-Mar 6, 2022 Ryan Harris Sincerely, Us Jan 29-Mar 6, 2022 ∆ Ryan Harris, Du Rags II , 2021. Lustre print, 16 x 20 in framed (40.64 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy the artist ∆ Ryan Harris, Du Rags II , 2021. Lustre print, 16 x 20 in framed (40.64 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy the artist Ryan Harris Sincerely, Us Jan 29-Mar 6, 2022 ∆ Ryan Harris, Du Rags II , 2021. Lustre print, 16 x 20 in framed (40.64 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy the artist Presented in partnership w/ Museum of Creative Human Art and moCa Cleveland The Museum of Creative Human Art presents photographer Ryan Harris’s third solo exhibition, Sincerely, Us. Bringing together new and older works, this exhibition captures various nuances of the black experience. Harris uses imagery to share his story with audiences, from the beginning of his photographic journey through the present. Presented in partnership w/ About the Artist Ryan Harris Ryan Harris Ryan Harris is a self-taught photographer from Cleveland, Ohio. His love for photography began in 11th grade when he took his first and only course on the basics of photography and 35mm film. Like many millennial males, he had childhood aspirations of becoming a rapper so naturally his love for photography took a back seat to music. In 2015 after deciding to retire his musical aspirations, he shifted his focus back to photography. Since then, he has started his own photography business and has been published in numerous publications including Cleveland’s Scene Magazine , The Akron Beacon Journal , and PEOPLE Magazine . When not doing freelance photography under his business imprint, Ryan captures what feeds his spirit creatively. His passion for documenting the rawness in urban decay and beauty within the black experience is unwavering.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 5-8PM Fri. May 2, 2025 ArtWorks Live!: The Future in Progress at moCa Cleveland Free to all Experience bold ideas, art in motion, and emerging voices. Shop inspired student creations and connect with the next generation of artists. Presented by

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 6-7:30PM Thu. April 16, 2026 In Response w/ Art Therapy Studio SIGN UP at moCa Cleveland $5 In Response invites you to engage contemporary art as a starting point for mindfulness, reflection, and meaningful connection at moCa Cleveland. Facilitated by Art Therapy Studio, each session begins with guided time in the galleries, where participants closely observe select works from the exhibitions on view and engage in thoughtful group discussion. Grounded in slowing down and intentional observation, the experience creates space for presence, curiosity, and shared insight. Following the gallery engagement, participants transition into an accessible, hands-on art-making experience focused on process rather than perfection, encouraging creative response, emotional awareness, and self-expression. Offered on the third Thursday of each month until July 2026, the series is designed to be welcoming to both first-time and returning participants, with a consistent structure that fosters ease and belonging. No prior art experience is needed; come as you are, and respond in your own way. A $5 reservation hold will be refunded at check-in. Please note: Eventbrite's processing fees are non-refundable.

Science Fair: Art Market Aug 24, 2024 Join moCa and Pattern Play Glass for our third annual Science Fair! Check out the work of more than 20 artists & makers and bring home one-of-a-kind artwork at a variety of prices. Get a new piece of flash from your favorite tattoo artist, grab a snack from a delicious local vendor, or a sip of regional natural wines. VENDORS INCLUDE: Pattern Play Glass Tess Young Jewelry Time Change Generator Jack Romer Harkin Oliver C St Clair Frayed Knot Farm Cleveland Babies Secret Books Robes by Natty Faan Slow Goods poofydustcloud KING RELD Joi Art LizaRoseGlass Aura Aura World of Whimzee CottonPonyExpress Skinny Dip Jewelry Bianca Breed Deposit Unknown Threehexagons DirtBaby Ceramics Yikes Design Poems 4 You Dakar! Shannon Makes Cakes Hi Cutie Fibers Justin Michael Will Evening Son Video / Family Fluff Vintage / Alison Scarpulla Superior Hot Glass happy thought knits TATTOO ARTISTS: Lauren Vandevier Nate Kemmerer Winnie Black Tine About Join moCa and Pattern Play Glass for our third annual Science Fair! Check out the work of more than 20 artists & makers and bring home one-of-a-kind artwork at a variety of prices. Get a new piece of flash from your favorite tattoo artist, grab a snack from a delicious local vendor, or a sip of regional natural wines. VENDORS INCLUDE: Pattern Play Glass Tess Young Jewelry Time Change Generator Jack Romer Harkin Oliver C St Clair Frayed Knot Farm Cleveland Babies Secret Books Robes by Natty Faan Slow Goods poofydustcloud KING RELD Joi Art LizaRoseGlass Aura Aura World of Whimzee CottonPonyExpress Skinny Dip Jewelry Bianca Breed Deposit Unknown Threehexagons DirtBaby Ceramics Yikes Design Poems 4 You Dakar! Shannon Makes Cakes Hi Cutie Fibers Justin Michael Will Evening Son Video / Family Fluff Vintage / Alison Scarpulla Superior Hot Glass happy thought knits TATTOO ARTISTS: Lauren Vandevier Nate Kemmerer Winnie Black Tine Join moCa and Pattern Play Glass for our third annual Science Fair! Check out the work of more than 20 artists & makers and bring home one-of-a-kind artwork at a variety of prices. Get a new piece of flash from your favorite tattoo artist, grab a snack from a delicious local vendor, or a sip of regional natural wines. VENDORS INCLUDE: Pattern Play Glass Tess Young Jewelry Time Change Generator Jack Romer Harkin Oliver C St Clair Frayed Knot Farm Cleveland Babies Secret Books Robes by Natty Faan Slow Goods poofydustcloud KING RELD Joi Art LizaRoseGlass Aura Aura World of Whimzee CottonPonyExpress Skinny Dip Jewelry Bianca Breed Deposit Unknown Threehexagons DirtBaby Ceramics Yikes Design Poems 4 You Dakar! Shannon Makes Cakes Hi Cutie Fibers Justin Michael Will Evening Son Video / Family Fluff Vintage / Alison Scarpulla Superior Hot Glass happy thought knits TATTOO ARTISTS: Lauren Vandevier Nate Kemmerer Winnie Black Tine