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Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Mar 30, 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 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.

T.E.A.M. Info Session Aug 22, 2024 Join in an info session to learn more about the T.E.A.M. paid internship for teens, find out more about art and culture career paths and teen opportunities offered at the museum, and discuss the importance of cultivating a support system for creative teens. About the T.E.A.M. Program: T.E.A.M. gives participants the tools to amplify their voice and provides opportunity for critical thinking, creative expression and leadership through the arts. For 7 months teens are immersed in workshops, field trips, guidance from moCa's staff, Cleveland artists, art professionals and more! About Join in an info session to learn more about the T.E.A.M. paid internship for teens, find out more about art and culture career paths and teen opportunities offered at the museum, and discuss the importance of cultivating a support system for creative teens. About the T.E.A.M. Program: T.E.A.M. gives participants the tools to amplify their voice and provides opportunity for critical thinking, creative expression and leadership through the arts. For 7 months teens are immersed in workshops, field trips, guidance from moCa's staff, Cleveland artists, art professionals and more! Join in an info session to learn more about the T.E.A.M. paid internship for teens, find out more about art and culture career paths and teen opportunities offered at the museum, and discuss the importance of cultivating a support system for creative teens. About the T.E.A.M. Program: T.E.A.M. gives participants the tools to amplify their voice and provides opportunity for critical thinking, creative expression and leadership through the arts. For 7 months teens are immersed in workshops, field trips, guidance from moCa's staff, Cleveland artists, art professionals and more!

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 2-4PM Fri. July 11, 2025 Contemporary Art Corridor Walking Tour SIGN UP The Sculpture Center Cleveland Institute of Art Reinberger Gallery moCa Cleveland Free with registration The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA), Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa Cleveland), and The Sculpture Center have teamed up to offer a new way to explore and experience exhibitions at these three University Circle institutions. The Contemporary Art Corridor Walking Tour will showcase engaging work by local and international artists who represent diverse backgrounds and artistic practices, along the way providing space for conversation, inviting reflection and inspiring curiosity among participants. AGENDA Staff at each location will briefly introduce their exhibitions, and guests can expect to spend about 30 minutes at each venue to experience and enjoy the artwork. Light refreshments will be served at moCa Cleveland to conclude the tour. PARKING Free parking for the Contemporary Art Corridor walking tour will be available at CIA and The Sculpture Center. This event will take place rain or shine. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes. AT THE SCULPTURE CENTER 12210 Euclid Ave., Cleveland: 2PM The walking tour will begin at 2PM at The Sculpture Center where Edra Soto: La Casa de Todos | Everyone’s Home and La Casa Compartida | The Home We Share are currently on exhibition. Together, these exhibitions explore stories of migration, displacement and cultural memory shared by Cleveland's Latinx community. IMAGE: Edra Soto, La Casa de Todos . Installation view at The Sculpture Center. Photo by Jacob Koestler. AT CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART REINBERGER GALLERY 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland: 2:45PM The tour will continue to CIA’s Reinberger Gallery, where the college of art and design's 2025 Alumni Exhibition, Holding Up the Mirror , is on exhibit. Featuring the work of 38 CIA alums, the exhibition seeks to explore our present moment and reflect the various ways artists imagine new paths forward for humanity while holding space for truth, change and collective care. IMAGE: Colleen McCulla, Everything's Computer , 2025. Two disassembled American flags, 35 x 61 x .5 inches. AT moCa CLEVELAND 11400 Euclid Ave., Cleveland: 3:30PM The tour will finish at moCa Cleveland, to explore the museum's recently opened Summer/Fall exhibition season featuring Clotilde Jiménez: Shapeshift, Erykah Townsend: "Happy" Holidays , Maggie Menghan Chen: Body Building Exercise , Kelli Connell: Double Life , and Beverly Semmes: The Dresses . These exhibitions explore themes of personal journey and discovery, empathy, and movement. IMAGE: Clotilde Jimenéz, Pose No. 12 , 2020. Paper, plastic fabric and charcoal on paper, 50 x 50 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, Mexico City). Presented in partnership w/

Opening Night Artist Talk Feb 3, 2024 FREE for all Join artist Manabu Ikeda as he discusses the creative process behind his monumental ink drawings with exhibition curator Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, Audain Art Museum. This talk is part of the Opening Night Celebration. Doors open at 7PM. The season includes three new exhibitions: The United States debut of Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage ; A two-location experience of Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve , located at moCa and the Great Lakes Science Center; and a new immersive mural Ariel Vergez: SCRD GRDN , presented in partnership with Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center. Experience the exhibitions, sips from the bar, and local tasty bites. Paid valet available. 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. IMAGE: Manabu Ikeda, Foretoken , 2008, pen and acrylic ink on paper, mounted on board. 190 × 340 cm. Collection of Sustainable Investor Co., Ltd. (Kagura Salon). Photo: Yasuhide Kuge About FREE for all Join artist Manabu Ikeda as he discusses the creative process behind his monumental ink drawings with exhibition curator Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, Audain Art Museum. This talk is part of the Opening Night Celebration. Doors open at 7PM. The season includes three new exhibitions: The United States debut of Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage ; A two-location experience of Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve , located at moCa and the Great Lakes Science Center; and a new immersive mural Ariel Vergez: SCRD GRDN , presented in partnership with Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center. Experience the exhibitions, sips from the bar, and local tasty bites. Paid valet available. 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. IMAGE: Manabu Ikeda, Foretoken , 2008, pen and acrylic ink on paper, mounted on board. 190 × 340 cm. Collection of Sustainable Investor Co., Ltd. (Kagura Salon). Photo: Yasuhide Kuge FREE for all Join artist Manabu Ikeda as he discusses the creative process behind his monumental ink drawings with exhibition curator Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, Audain Art Museum. This talk is part of the Opening Night Celebration. Doors open at 7PM. The season includes three new exhibitions: The United States debut of Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage ; A two-location experience of Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve , located at moCa and the Great Lakes Science Center; and a new immersive mural Ariel Vergez: SCRD GRDN , presented in partnership with Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center. Experience the exhibitions, sips from the bar, and local tasty bites. Paid valet available. 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. IMAGE: Manabu Ikeda, Foretoken , 2008, pen and acrylic ink on paper, mounted on board. 190 × 340 cm. Collection of Sustainable Investor Co., Ltd. (Kagura Salon). Photo: Yasuhide Kuge

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Feb 17, 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.

ArtWorks Live!: Presented by Center for Arts-Inspired Learning May 4, 2024 Free A teen art showcase presented by Center for Arts-Inspired Learning's ArtWorks program. For more information visist arts-inspiredlearning.org . About Free A teen art showcase presented by Center for Arts-Inspired Learning's ArtWorks program. For more information visist arts-inspiredlearning.org . Free A teen art showcase presented by Center for Arts-Inspired Learning's ArtWorks program. For more information visist arts-inspiredlearning.org .

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.

Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 A soft place to land Kevin Beasley, Margarita Cabrera, Pia Camil, Cass Davis, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kaveri Raina, Liang Shaoji, and Marie Watt Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 ∆ A soft place to land , installation view at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photo: Jacob Koestler ∆ A soft place to land , installation view at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photo: Jacob Koestler A soft place to land Kevin Beasley, Margarita Cabrera, Pia Camil, Cass Davis, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kaveri Raina, Liang Shaoji, and Marie Watt Jul 7-Jan 7, 2024 ∆ A soft place to land , installation view at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photo: Jacob Koestler About the Exhibition A soft place to land highlights artists who use textiles to unpack personal histories and underscores the metaphorical and material importance of fiber arts in connecting these stories to broader cultural and societal narratives. Rooted in explorations of the physicality of memory, this exhibition demonstrates the ways that textiles function as, “containers of collective and individual memory, as devices capable of triggering emotional, psychological, and even physiological reactions, and as tools for expressing or retaining identity and narratives.” The artists in this international, intergenerational exhibition build upon fibrous foundations to share the moments and traditions that shaped them, elevating what may be thought of as mundane or ubiquitous objects to emphasize the immeasurable value of one’s lived experiences. Themes of resilience, homesickness, and the desire to feel connected emerge within this examination of material culture. The artwork in A soft place to land showcases the influence of place and placemaking on one’s identity, confronts intergenerational trauma and trauma associated with upbringing, and celebrates materiality as an essential tool in self-discovery. About the Artists Margarita Cabrera Margarita Cabrera A self-defined social practices artist, Margarita Cabrera ’s (she/her) work is often fueled by collaboration from community engagement to get a holistic view of social issues. Materials such as US Border Patrol uniforms and cochineal-dye are used, and transformed, to deliver a multi-tiered conversation on topics such as globalism, populism, and the migrant experience. Often in playful representation, Cabrera’s work, such as embroidered soft-sculpture potted desert plants; mimicking parrots made from found border patrol uniforms; and collaged works on paper made with cochineal dye, implores viewers to confront contentious topics by utilizing materials tied inextricably to the issue. Cabrera was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and moved to El Paso, TX at the age of 10. She received an MFA from Hunter College in New York, NY and is currently an assistant professor at the Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Kevin Beasley, Site XVI, 2022, Polyurethane resin, raw Virginia Cotton, altered t-shirts, confetti t-shirts, housedress, 74 x 55 x 2 in (188 x 141 x 5.1 cm). ©Kevin Beasley. Photo: Jason Wyche, Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York. Kevin Beasley Kevin Beasley (he/him) lives and works in New York. His practice spans sculpture, photography, sound, and performance, while centering on materials of cultural and personal significance, from raw cotton harvested from his family’s property in Virginia to sounds gathered using contact microphones. Beasley alters, casts, and molds these diverse materials to form a body of works that acknowledge the complex, shared histories of the broader American experience, steeped in generational memories. In March 2023, Beasley released A View of a Landscape , a 300-page book and double LP record, conceived as equal elements and designed together. The publication is produced in collaboration with the Renaissance Society and The University of Chicago Press. Recent exhibitions and performances include The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse , a touring exhibition curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver, which traveled from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (2021), to the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (2022), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2022); and Prospect.5, New Orleans: Yesterday we said tomorrow (2021), in which Beasley began a multiyear site-specific project in the Lower Ninth Ward. Pia Camil. Photo by: Pirje Mykkänen Courtesy of Pia Camil and Finnish National Gallery Kiasma. Pia Camil Pia Camil (she/her) is a Mexican visual artist based in San Mateo Acatitlán, State of Mexico. Her work ranges widely from painting and sculpture to performance and installation. Highlighting the importance of the collective and communal, her work is often inclusive and directly engages the viewer. Camil draws inspiration from her context with a critical and political interest around commercial culture or the frenetic pace of mass commodification. In an effort to gear away from industrialized labor, her practice is mostly done in collaboration with friends and specially skilled producers. Currently, her rural context is informing new ideas of the collective–the relationship of humans with nature and to other species. Camil is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, USA, and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Cass Davis. Photo: Gillian Fry Cass Davis Cass Davis (they/them) is a Chicago-based artist with an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their solo shows include Out of Time at Engage Projects, Revelations at University of Southern Indiana, HEARTLAND at G-CADD St. Louis, No Body on Earth But Yours with the Chicago Underground Film Festival, and Of Roses and Jessamine at SITE gallery, Chicago. Davis has shown in group exhibitions and screenings at the Design Museum Chicago, IL, Bemis Center in Omaha, NE, York St. John University, UK, Tile Blush in Miami, FL, The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The American Medium in NYC, UIS Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL, Terrain Biennial Oak Park and Springfield, IL, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago Artists Coalition, 062 Gallery, Sullivan Galleries, and the Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Utah. They have been awarded the Praxis Fiber Arts Residency, HATCH Residency, Oxbow Artist's MFA Residency, Roger Brown Artist's Residency, IOTO Residency, and the Shapiro Center Eager Research Grant. They have been lecturing faculty in the Fiber and Material Studies department at SAIC. Alexandra Kehayoglou. Photo: Francisco Nocitois Alexandra Kehayoglou Alexandra Kehayoglou (she/her) is an Argentinian and Greek visual artist who works primarily with textile materials. She produces works combining textiles, sculpture and installation. Kehayoglou’s repertoire includes memories of various native and endangered landscapes that the artist has visited and desires to preserve over time. Her renowned pastizales (grasslands), fields, and shelter tapestries exhibit sublime realities which the viewer can contemplate or utilize. Her work is created from an ancient family tradition of weaving. She presented the No Longer Creek at Design Miami/Basel, decrying the decimation of the Raggio Creek in Buenos Aires. At the end of 2017, The Triennial of The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, included Kehayoglou’s work, Santa Cruz River . Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Palais de Tokyo 2022. Tiona Nekkia McClodden Tiona Nekkia McClodden (she/her) is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary. McClodden’s interdisciplinary approach traverses documentary film, experimental video, sculpture, and sound installations. Most recently, her work has explored the themes of re-memory and narrative biomythography. Her writing has been featured on the "Triple Canopy" platform in Artforum , Cultured Magazine , ART 21 Magazine , and many other publications. She is the recipient of a 2021 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.McClodden lives and works in North Philadelphia, PA, and is the Founder and Director of Philadelphia-based, Conceptual Fade, a micro-gallery and library space centering Black thought and artistic production. Kaveri Raina. Photo: Zhiyuan Yang Kaveri Raina Kaveri Raina (she/her) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016 and her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. Raina has had solo and two-person exhibitions at Chapter NY, New York; Twelve Gates Arts, Philadelphia, PA; PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL; M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy; Assembly Room, New York, NY; Rata Projects, New York, NY; Permanent Collection/Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX; Permanent Collection/Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, among others. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the National Indo-American Museum, Lombard, IL; Deli Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York, NY; Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, among others. Raina is the recipient of several fellowships and awards including the James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, the Ox-bow Residency Award, and the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture Fellowship Award. She is represented by PATRON Gallery, Chicago, IL. Liang Shaoji Liang Shaoji Liang Shaoji (he/him) studied soft sculpture with Maryn Varbanov at China Academy of Art. For more than thirty years, Liang has been interested in interdisciplinary creation in terms of art and biology, installation and sculpture, new media and textile. His Nature Series sees the life process of silkworms as a creation medium, the interaction in the natural world as his artistic language, time and life as the essential idea. His works are fulfilled with a sense of meditation, philosophy and poetry while illustrating the inherent beauty of silk. Selected exhibitions include: Liang Shaoji: A Silky Entanglement , Power Station of Art, Shanghai; The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China (touring exhibition), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smart Museum of Art; Liang Shaoji: As If , M Woods Art Museum, Beijing; the 3rd Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, the 5th Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon the 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale, Venice, and the 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (1999). Marie Watt Marie Watt Marie Watt (she/her) is an American artist. She is a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and also has German-Scot ancestry. Her interdisciplinary work draws from history, biography, Iroquois protofeminism, and Indigenous teachings; in it, she explores the intersection of history, community, and storytelling. She is represented by PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, Oregon; Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, California; and Marc Straus Gallery in New York City, New York. Selected collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, the Crystal Bridges Museum, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and Renwick Gallery, the Tacoma Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum. Installation Images A soft place to land . Installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2023. Photos: Jacob Koestler

Title Round Michael Eastman Blue Column, c. 2010 Archival chromogenic print 24 x 18 inches Estimated Value Range: $3,500 - $5,000 Starting Bid: $1,750 Bidding increments: $250 Michael Eastman's photograph titled Blue Column is a chromogenic color photograph created in 1993. This piece, also known as Column, Budapest , measures 60 × 48 inches and is part of a limited edition of 7 prints. Eastman is renowned for his large-scale photographs that capture architectural interiors and facades with painterly precision. His work often explores themes of time, decay, and the beauty found in aging structures. Blue Column exemplifies these themes, showcasing his ability to find serenity and narrative within architectural forms More: Michael Eastman Michael Eastman has established himself as one of the world's leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent five decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place. Eastman's photographs have appeared in Time , Life , Art in America, Art News, Art Forum, Communication Arts and American Photographer , and they reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other prestigious institutions. His books include Havana (2011, Prestel), Vanishing America (2008, Rizzoli) and Horses (2003, Knopf).

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda May 24, 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.