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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 6-8PM Fri. September 26, 2025 Artist Talk & Book Tour Sharon Louden: Last Artist Standing REGISTER at moCa Free to all MINGLE & TOUR GALLERIES: 5:30PM TALK and Q&A: 6-7PM BOOK SIGNING: 7-8PM Sharon Louden is an artist, educator, advocate, consultant, community builder, founder and director of the Institute for Sustained Creativity, and editor of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series of books. Her latest book, Last Artist Standing: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life Over 50 , explores what it means to sustain a lifelong creative practice and offers 31 artists' insights into building a durable, fulfilling career at any stage of life. This talk is open to all creatives working at every stage of their careers. Louden will be joined by a rtist, appraiser, and owner of Deep Dive Art Projects , Bellamy Printz, for a dialogue on the themes of the book. The talk will be followed by a moderated audience Q&A focused on strategies for cultivating long-term, sustainable artistic practices. Presented by moCa Cleveland and Cleveland Institute of Art Cover Image: Jaq Chartier Blues w/8 Whites 16x16 inches Acrylic, inks, dyes, stains, & spray paint on wood panel, 2020 Courtesy of the artist Photography by the artist

Getting to Know: Finnegan Shannon Getting to Know: Finnegan Shannon Artist residency Dec 2022-Dec 2023 Left: Finnegan Shannon Finnegan Shannon is a Brooklyn-based artist who makes work about access and disability cultures. Their practice prioritizes expanding accessibility within and outside of cultural institutions. Some of their recent work includes Anti-Stairs Club Lounge , an ongoing project that gathers people together who share an aversion to stairs; Alt-Text as Poetry , a collaboration with Bojana Coklyat that explores the expressive potential of image description; and Do You Want Us Here or Not , a series of benches and cushions designed for exhibition spaces that explore the need and desire to sit and rest. During this residency, Shannon and moCa Curator Lauren Leving will co-curate a group exhibition that will intervene creatively in moCa’s Lewis Gallery, opening summer 2023. Creating virtual and in-person programming, Shannon also will connect their work with a variety of audiences by designing new Creative Toolboxes, moCa’s ongoing delivery-based program where art-making materials and creative prompts are made available through community-based partners to residents in the neighborhoods around the museum. The Getting to Know Residency is generously sponsored by Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, with additional support from Char and Chuck Fowler. About the Getting To Know Residency In January 2021, moCa launched a new residency called Getting to Know, designed to support a non-local contemporary artist working in social practice in a long-form project with moCa and our community that allows for repeat engagement, extended exploration, and the development of new work. Getting to Know artists have included Chicago-based fiber artist Aram Han Sifuentes (2021-22) and Brooklyn-based Finnegan Shannon. Related Exhibition ▶ Don't mind if I do

designExplorr designExplorr Design Learning Challenge Workshops Feb-May 2024 moCa Cleveland is partnering with designExplorr and Dr. Jacinda Walker to demonstrate the power of design to a new generation. Explore how a professional designer approaches problems, designs solutions, and find out what a career in design might look like. It’s time to unlock your creative potential—the world needs your ideas! In these workshops developed by designExplorr, Dr. Jacinda Walker—facilitator, and founder of designExplorr—will help you design and create something from your own imagination. Join us across select Saturdays from Feb-May 2024. Family Fun on moCa Saturdays supported by PNC About designExplorr DesignExplorr is a social impact organization aiming to address the diversity gap within the design profession by expanding design education and raising awareness among community partners. DesignExplorr accomplishes this mission through collaborating on educational youth programs, coordinating diversity-building initiatives, and connecting stakeholders to resources. Find out more at designexplorr.com and Instagram . Related Events: ▶ designExplorr Design Learning Challenge Workshop Sat. Feb 17, 12-4PM ▶ designExplorr Design Learning Challenge Workshop Sat. Mar 09, 12-4PM ▶ designExplorr Design Learning Challenge Workshop Sat. Mar 30, 12-4PM Offsite at designExplorr Experiential Learning Center 3800 Euclid Ave. ▶ designExplorr Design Learning Challenge Workshop Sat. Apr 13, 12-4PM ▶ designExplorr Design Learning Challenge Workshop Sat. May 11, 12-4PM

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 6-8PM Thu. August 21, 2025 Art NOW: Dominic Palarchio JOIN NOW at Abattoir Gallery moCa Membership and moCa NOW event: Invitation Only Join us at Abattoir Gallery as artist Dominic Palarchio gives a walkthrough of his solo exhibition, Innocence Abroad . Drinks and light refreshments will be served. RSVP required. Open to ALL moCa Member Levels. moCa Members and moCa NOW Donor Members will receive email communications on how to RSVP. Dominic Palarchio Presented in partnership w/

▶ 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

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moCa Saturday: 3D Mobile Making w/ MC2STEM Dec 7, 2024 FREE for all ages Join us at moCa for a unique design experience led by students and staff from Cleveland Metropolitan School District's MC2STEM High School as they guide you through a 3D printing workshop. Learn about 3D printing, create your own mobile masterpiece, and discover ways that design can make an impact. After your mobile is completed, you can choose to take it home or share it with a local nonprofit organization. All ages welcome. FAMILY FUN ON moCa Saturdays supported by PNC. About FREE for all ages Join us at moCa for a unique design experience led by students and staff from Cleveland Metropolitan School District's MC2STEM High School as they guide you through a 3D printing workshop. Learn about 3D printing, create your own mobile masterpiece, and discover ways that design can make an impact. After your mobile is completed, you can choose to take it home or share it with a local nonprofit organization. All ages welcome. FAMILY FUN ON moCa Saturdays supported by PNC. FREE for all ages Join us at moCa for a unique design experience led by students and staff from Cleveland Metropolitan School District's MC2STEM High School as they guide you through a 3D printing workshop. Learn about 3D printing, create your own mobile masterpiece, and discover ways that design can make an impact. After your mobile is completed, you can choose to take it home or share it with a local nonprofit organization. All ages welcome. FAMILY FUN ON moCa Saturdays supported by PNC.

Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 Erykah Townsend "Happy" Holidays Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 ∆ Erykah Townsend, Memorials , 2025 (detail). Vintage handmade and manufactured ornaments collection, wire, 32 x 37 In (81.28 x 93.98 cm). Courtesy of the artist. ∆ Erykah Townsend, Memorials , 2025 (detail). Vintage handmade and manufactured ornaments collection, wire, 32 x 37 In (81.28 x 93.98 cm). Courtesy of the artist. Erykah Townsend "Happy" Holidays Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 ∆ Erykah Townsend, Memorials , 2025 (detail). Vintage handmade and manufactured ornaments collection, wire, 32 x 37 In (81.28 x 93.98 cm). Courtesy of the artist. “Happy” Holidays , the first solo museum exhibition of multimedia artist Erykah Townsend, explores how consumerism shapes Christmas. Rather than a joyous time, this season can create high expectations and financial stress, especially for those with limited means. Townsend blends humor with earnest reflection to examine Western commercialism and how shopping and spending have consumed Christmas. Drawing on, art history, pop culture, allegory, and advertising, Townsend satirizes and critiques the holiday “one-upmanship” that happens during this time. This focused study extends Townsend’s ongoing exploration of commercialism’s influence on our lives. As she states, “I use pop culture as a medium itself - exploring the spaces it fills in our lives and questioning how real is the imaginary." Townsend began developing “Happy” Holidays during her 2022 moCa residency. She received her BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2020. moCa AIR is supported by Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly. “Happy” Holidays is supported by The Satellite Fund, administered by SPACES and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program. About the Artist Erykah Townsend Erykah Townsend , also known as E.T., is a conceptual artist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her art boldly confronts and questions the role of pop culture in our lives. She states, “I use pop culture as a medium itself—exploring the spaces it fills in our lives and the inquiry of how real are the imaginary." Through reflective and humorous narratives, Townsend references art history and critiques consumerism and western culture, using characters, cultural icons, and objects as allegories for her criticism. In addition, her work includes elements from their original sources, providing the audience with a fresh and sentimental encounter. Townsend received her BFA in painting from The Cleveland Institute of Art in 2020.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 11AM Sat. February 22, 2025 moCa Saturday Glazed & Mused Donuts for first 50 visitors at moCa Cleveland Free to all Donut forget that the last Saturday of the month is Glazed & Mused! On Feb 22, at 11AM, we’re treating the first 50 guests to a FREE donut, coffee, and a sweet start to their day. It's the perfect way to begin your weekend: filled with a quick bite of art, conversation, and a tasty treat. We’re partnering with the incredible Goldie's Donuts, a local favorite with spots in Lyndhurst and Ohio City, known for their perfectly golden, handcrafted treats. Whether you're here to explore the galleries or craving good vibes (and great donuts), we can’t wait to meet you. One free donut and cup of coffee for the first 50 people at moCa on Sat. Feb 22, starting at 11AM, while supplies last (the art will be here all day). 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 6-8PM Thu. April 23, 2026 Artist Talk w/ Sky Hopinka GET TICKETS at moCa Cleveland $10 (includes one drink ticket for wine, beer, or soda the evening of the event) As part of the Cleveland Humanities Festival, moCa Cleveland partners with Case Western Reserve University's Baker-Nord Humanities Center to present an artist talk with Sky Hopinka. Known for his interdisciplinary practice spanning film, photography, and text, Hopinka's work explores language, Indigenous sovereignty, landscape, and memory. His current exhibition, The Myth is Now , is at moCa through August 2, 2026. ABOUT THE ARTIST Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) was born and raised in Ferndale, Washington and spent a number of years in Palm Springs and Riverside, California, Portland, Oregon, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Portland he studied and taught chinuk wawa, a language indigenous to the Lower Columbia River Basin. His video, photo, and text work centers around personal positions of Indigenous homeland and landscape, designs of language as containers of culture expressed through personal, documentary, and non fiction forms of media. In partnership w/ moCa Cleveland and CWRU Baker-Nord Humanities Festival. Support for this talk provided by the Sears-Swetland Family Foundation.

News + All image at Cleveland Scene Sunday, November 6, 2022 Photos by Emanuel Wallace The first edition of moCa Connect featured an artist talk with Allen Bozeman, Alexander-John and Emory Jones in addition to DJ sets from DJ Walk, Nic Nacc, MyNameIsBravo and Bobby Booshay. Previous Next

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