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Through your membership, you make art matter by championing moCa's groundbreaking exhibitions and programs and ensuring that contemporary art exposure remains free to all in Cleveland. Following please find a variety of plans and arts-centric perks to choose from. Support Membership Artists & art lead us to the unfamiliar, where we open and connect to new possibilities. Become a moCa Cleveland member for greater access to today’s art and artists working in Cleveland and everywhere, to exclusive events and activities, and to other cultural adventurers. ALL MEMBERS ENJOY: ▶ Semi-Annual Member Breakfast ▶ Early access hours ▶ Guided exhibition tours and special experiences ▶ Member appreciation gifts and incentives ▶ Early invitations and discount to special programs and moCa’s annual Benefit ▶ 20% off moCa merchandise (excluding artist editions) Donate Membership Annual Fund Institutional Giving Patrons General Members Associate Members Donor Members Legacy Circle To explore membership opportunities, please contact: GENERAL MEMBERS Hannah Ayers, Development Manager 216.658.6921 hayers@mocacleveland.org DONOR CIRCLE MEMBERS Zakia Frontz, Senior Advancement Officer 216.658.6934 zfrontz@mocacleveland.org Associate Members receive all General Member benefits, plus: Access to hundreds of participating museums through the North American Reciprocal Membership Association , Mod/co reciprocal membership , and the Ohio Reciprocal Museum program . moCa NOW Donor Membership: Unlock exclusive access to the future of art & culture. Step into a cosmopolitan community where innovation and creativity converge. As a moCa NOW donor member, you’re not just a spectator—you’re part of a special circle with unrivaled access to groundbreaking events and experiences on the pulse of culture. ◼ Insider Circle $500-$999 Access to semiannual moCa Now:Exhibitions Preview Party and all General Member events including brunches and tours. ◼ Patron Circle* $1,000-$2,499 Experience select quarterly VIP moCa NOW events that bring you closer to art and culture. ◼ Curator Circle* $2,500-$4,999 Delight in monthly curated moCa NOW events, private access to artists and curators, and exclusive culinary adventures. ◼ Director Circle* $5,000 & above Enjoy the full spectrum of moCa NOW, including premium invitations to international art fairs, high-profile collaborations, and once-in-a-lifetime cultural experiences. *Includes benefits from levels above. Legacy Circle: Individuals who make a commitment through their will or estate plans are invited to join the Legacy Circle and will be recognized as leaving a legacy at moCa Cleveland—so that future generations will benefit from contemporary art in Cleveland. For more information, contact Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich at mreich@mocacleveland.org .

Exhibitions are FREE FOR ALL HOURS moCa is open Thursdays-Sundays 11AM-5PM Please check back for updates on holiday hours and building or gallery closures. Visit Hours & Admission Getting Here Engagement Guides Talks & Tours Accessibility GALLERY ADMISSION FREE for everyone living in Ohio a nd all youth 18 years old and under $10 for adults living outside of Ohio HOLIDAY HOURS CLOSED Christmas Day Dec 26: 1-8PM Dec 27: 11AM-5PM Dec 28: 11AM-5PM CLOSED New Year's Day Jan 2: 1-8PM Jan 3: 11AM-5PM Jan 4: 11AM-5PM HOURS Thursdays & Fridays 1-8PM Saturdays & Sundays 11AM-5PM Please check back for updates on holiday hours and building or gallery closures. EVENTS Visit the Events page for more information about special event registration, times, and ticketing. Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Come together for celebrations of art and each other: at moCa or in our communities. Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more No events at the moment GARAGE/LOT PARKING The most current information about University Circle parking can be found at Uptown Cleveland and University Circle . Triangle Lot and Garage: This is a surface lot located off Mayfield Rd, next to the Triangle Apartment Building. The first two floors of the Triangle Parking Garage are available for visitors to MOCA and Uptown. Lot 54: Surface parking lot located off Ford Dr. Lot 22B: Entrance off Mayfield Rd. Located behind the University East building and row of restaurants. STREET PARKING 2-hour metered parking is available on the street along Euclid Ave and Ford Dr. BIKE PARKING Bike racks are available on Mayfield Rd next to moCa's building. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION The closest RTA stop is Little Italy-University Circle on the red line, and the Healthline Rapid Transit Buses run along Euclid Avenue between downtown Cleveland and University Circle. Already in University Circle? A free Circlelink shuttle bus serves the major destinations in University Circle. There are bike racks located outside of the Museum on Toby’s Plaza at Case Western Reserve University. Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Find out more WHO ARE moCa's ENGAGEMENT GUIDES? Engagement Guides are moCa's in-gallery team who help connect you with the art in a variety of ways. Ask questions, chat about art, get tips on how to get around the building, and more! Interested in becoming an Engagement Guide ? moCa Cleveland is committed to providing an accessible and welcoming experience for all visitors, both onsite and online. We are continually working to improve user experience for all and welcome feedback about moCa’s accessibility. To provide feedback or ask access-related questions, please contact us directly via: ▶ Email: ngrave@mocacleveland.org to reach Natalie Grave, Strategic Impact Director ▶ Phone: 216.658.6929 ext.29 ▶ In person: 11400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM (hours may vary by time of year; please call ahead to ensure someone can meet with you when you arrive). Accessibility practices and visitor accommodations are outlined below: AT THE MUSEUM: For assistance during your visit, Engagement Guides are located throughout the museum to answer your questions and support your visit. Masks and COVID-19 vaccines are not required, but strongly encouraged. Admission moCa Cleveland is free to all those who live in Ohio and all youth 18 years old and under. $10 for adults who live outside of Ohio. Accessible Entrance moCa’s main entrance, located off of Euclid Avenue, has a revolving door and two push-pull doors. One door is manual and one is automatic with a push button. Stairs & Elevator moCa is a four-story building, with galleries located on the ground, second, and fourth floors. The third floor has two classrooms with hands-on activities. All floors are accessible by elevator, by our Kohl Monumental Staircase, and by our interior staircase. Sensory advisory: The interior staircase is painted a vibrant yellow and often has sound work playing throughout. Seating Seating is available on all floors of the museum. Soft furniture is located on the ground, third, and fourth floors. Benches are located in all gallery spaces. Restrooms Accessible gendered bathrooms are on the ground level, located beside Gund Commons. There is a manual door to the bathroom vestibule that may be heavy. Please visit the nearby Welcome Center for support. Two single-stall, all-gender restrooms are located on the third floor. Water Fountains Water fountains are located near the ground floor bathrooms and on the third floor, across from the bathrooms. Personal water bottles may be used outside of gallery spaces. No food or drink is allowed in the galleries. Service Animals Service animals are welcome at the museum. Occasionally, exhibitions may have restrictions based on loan agreements and preventative conservation requirements. We will update this section accordingly. Wheelchairs All levels of the museum are wheelchair accessible, with the exception of the Kulas Overlook, which is a 5’ by 6’ platform that looks over a portion of the Mueller Family gallery on the fourth floor. The Kulas Overlook is only accessible by a staircase with 28 stairs. moCa has two manual and two transport wheelchairs available free-of-charge on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please ask for assistance at the Welcome Center. Motorized wheelchairs are allowed in the museum. Gallery Lighting Lighting in the galleries may be lower to protect sensitive artworks. Air Circulation Galleries and most rooms in the facility have a complete exchange of fresh air within a ten minute period. Our HVAC system includes MERV 14 filtration to arrest most particulates. Printed Material Large-print checklists and exhibition texts are available by request at the Welcome Center. Audio transcripts of exhibition essays and wall text are available on our website, at www.mocacleveland.org/AD . Sensory-Friendly Spaces At this time, there is not a designated sensory-friendly space within the museum. The ground floor Gund Commons and the classrooms on the third floor are usually quieter and less crowded than the galleries. There is natural or low light and comfortable seating in these spaces, where you can take a break. EXHIBITIONS This section will be updated seasonally to provide access information about current exhibitions. PUBLIC PROGRAMS & EVENTS Wheelchair-accessible seating is available for all programming at moCa. moCa uses live captioning during public lectures and discussions on a case-by-case basis. The museum also hosts ASL interpreters at public programs on a case-by-case basis. If you would like to request live captioning or ASL interpretation at an event, please email ngrave@mocacleveland.org at least two weeks in advance of the program. Open captioning is available for all Zoom-hosted programs. We currently do not have assistive listening devices available. Engagement Guides are stationed throughout the museum to answer questions and facilitate art experiences. For guided tour requests, please use the form at this link . WEB ACCESSIBILITY moCa is committed to facilitating an accessible, user-friendly web experience on our website, www.mocacleveland.org . moCa’s website is partially conformant with the World Wide Web Consortium’s (WC3) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA and the museum is working toward full conformance. We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website. Please write to Creative Director, Tom Poole, at tpoole@mocacleveland.org with questions or suggestions. Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more TARGET TALKS Every Day at 2PM Engagement Guides lead deeper, drop-in discussions about the works in our galleries. SELF-GUIDED TOURS Explore moCa's architecture, highlights, and art elements through self-guided experiences. Each visit can reveal something new. Tour cards are available at the Welcome Center. SCHEDULE A GROUP VISIT Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more First name* Last name* Email* Phone* Group name How many people are in your group?* My group could best be described as: Elementary School Group Middle School Group High School Group Adults Other Tell us what you are interested in: Submit ▶ ART IN THE AREA Extend your art experience and visit other art exhibitions nearby: Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106 DISTANCE: .5 miles from moCa (11 minutes by foot) Website Cleveland Institute of Art Reinberger Gallery 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 DISTANCE: . 3 miles from moCa (6 minutes by foot) Website The Sculpture Center 12210 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 DISTANCE: .4 miles from moCa (9 minutes by foot) Website Artist Archives of the Western Reserve 1834 E 123rd St, Cleveland, OH 44106 DISTANCE: .5 miles from moCa (11 minutes by foot) Website

Search current moCa Cleveland staff and and open positions moCa Staff & Jobs Engagement Guide Open Jobs Leadership Megan Lykins Reich Kohl Executive Director DJ Hellerman Deputy Director & Senior Curator Joshua L. Hill Senior Engagement Officer Camille Ho-A-Lim Senior Financial Officer Morgan Jones Senior Advancement Officer Tom Poole Senior Operations Officer Konstance Roark Executive Assistant & Board Liaison Communications Matthew Dennis Marketing & Communications Manager Shannon Pipik Design Coordinator Curatorial Ray Juaire Exhibitions Director Jamie Sepich Registrar Development Amy Cronauer Grants Stewardship Director Hannah Ayers Development Manager Courtney Green Special Events & Development Programming Manager Engagement Kealsi Fanter Visitor Experience Manager Robella Arham Engagement Guide Clay Cerny Engagement Guide Finn Fuehrer Engagement Guide Trisha Ghosh Engagement Guide Frank Hadzima Engagement Guide Leah Jeter Engagement Guide Celia Lewis Engagement Guide Matt O'Reilly Engagement Guide Madeleine Rico Engagement Guide Cartier Pitts Engagement Guide Tamara Gates Turner Engagement Guide Finance Colleen G. Sherman Senior Bookkeeper Operations Ryan Serafin Facility & Operations Director Steve Brown Security Officer Daniel McKinnon Facility Safety & Security Manager Arlester Tate-El Community Safety & Security Manager

Getting to Know: Aram Han Sifuentes Getting to Know: Aram Han Sifuentes Artist residency Dec 2021-Dec 2022 Left: Aram Han Sifuentes As the inaugural participant in moCa's new Getting to Know You Residency, AramHanSifuentes will be collaborating with the museum on multiple projects throughout 2022. These include leading virtual and in-person workshops, creating activities for moCa's Creative Tool Boxes, and developing new exhibitions in 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 ▶ Aram Han Sifuentes: Who Was This Built to Protect?

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Mar 29, 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.

Title Round Lori Kella Clouds Over Gros Marne , 2003 Color photograph 20 x 16 inches Estimated Value Range: $1,000 - $2,000 Starting Bid: $500 Bidding increments: $100 Lori Kella (b. 1974, St. Joseph, MI) is known for her meticulously constructed photographic fictions that explore themes of place, memory, and environmental transformation. Living along the shore of Lake Erie, Kella's work often reflects on the fragility and beauty of the Great Lakes region, resonating with those connected to water and shoreline life. More: Lori Kella Artistic Practice Kella's photographs are deliberate constructions, not spontaneous captures of the natural world. Using everyday materials like paper, soap, and wool, she hand-builds miniature dioramas meant solely for the camera's lens. Through dramatic lighting and exacting detail, she transforms these tabletop landscapes into hauntingly vivid scenes. Her images often feel at once serene and uncanny, their beauty shot through with environmental unease. Her series Vanishing Shoreline examines climate change and shoreline erosion along the Great Lakes. This body of work has been featured in State of the Art 2020 at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, as well as in solo exhibitions at PhotoCentric in Cleveland and the Rosewood Art Center in Kettering, OH. Notably, her photograph Clouds Over Gros Morne (2003) evokes the dramatic landscapes of Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is renowned for its rugged terrain and striking geological features, including fjords and towering cliffs. About the Artist Kella received a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Cornell University in 2001. She is the recipient of four Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, a full fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, a Creative Workforce Fellowship, and support from ArtPlace America and the Andy Warhol Foundation. In addition to her studio practice, Kella is a faculty member at Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. She continues to create from her home on the Lake Erie shoreline, where her intimate relationship with the landscape continues to inspire fictional worlds that resonate with truth.

Explore art and yourself at moCa events. New art, new perspectives, and new connections: find the right fit for you. Free activities in Cleveland, art talks, and parties to explore your creative side. Events Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Explore art and yourself at moCa events: find the right fit for you. January 30, 2026 2026 Opening Night Celebration Celebrate a new season of art at moCa! + more Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Parties ↓ All Events moCa NOW moCa Saturday Parties Talks

2025 Silent Disco at moCa Thank you for attending the Silent Disco at moCa Cleveland! Spot yourself in the gallery below and come back to the building to explore the galleries at moCa! Photos by Ned Sanders III @photocredned. Take a Selfie at the Selfie Booth? Find your pic at SIMPLE BOOTH's gallery here .

News + Read more at Art News Friday, October 11, 2024 By Alex Greenberger One’s eye typically skates right over the list of materials on the caption for an artwork, since the verbiage used—“oil on canvas,” “ink on paper,” and the like—tends to be more perfunctory than it is engaging. But in the case of Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya ’s sculptures of creatures in transformation, the words used to describe his many materials cannot be ignored because they are so stylized and so bizarre. Take the case of The Lil Rat That Made It on Board the Ship (2021), a sculpture that appeared at Artists Space in New York this past summer. It’s an all-black assemblage that has a long, gnarled tail extending from its body and a pointy claw affixed to its head; it would not be out of place in the Alien universe. Its materials, as described by Montoya, are worth quoting at length: “My very very large black t-shirt that I smeared with pigmented dragon skin silicone. Welding wire, black zip ties, black and green sewing string, rabbit pelt, horn tips, half a horn, nail polish, dirty socks because Timoh was washing his calzones and I couldn’t wait, emerald powdered pigment, car fender, black car part, possed bouncing ball.” Previous Next

Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 Kelli Connell Double Life Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 Kelli Connell, Negotiation , 2025. Begun in 2002, Kelli Connell’s Double Life is an ongoing and complex body of work that studies our relationship with ourselves. The series appears to portray a close relationship between two women; however, closer looking reveals that these images are digitally creations of a single model, Kiba Jacobson who portrays both characters in each photograph. As such, Double Life is a poetic study of our interior life, one filled with contrasting desires, struggles, insecurities, and achievements. It also captures the expansive, complex, and emotionally significant moments of our lives, embodying the true nature of empathy: using how we care for, argue with, forgive, and love ourselves to guide how we engage with and care for others. Each year, the Mayfield Village-based insurance company The Progressive Corporation commissions an artist or group of artists to create artworks that interpret their annual report theme. This theme and its unique visual presentation embody a companywide focus for the coming year. Progressive commissioned Connell to continue her Double Life series for the 2024 annual report based on the theme “Empathy.” These photographs, presented at moCa June 28, 2025-January 4, 2026, join Progressive’s globally recognized contemporary art collection. Co-organized with The Progressive Corporation . Additional support provided by the Anselm Talalay Photography Endowment. About the Artist Kelli Connell 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.

News + All image at Cleveland Scene Monday, July 1, 2024 Photos by Emanuel Wallace The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland recently opened its doors for the Summer/Fall season. The newest exhibitions are: " Message from our Planet: Digital Art from the Thoma Collection ," ; " Skinchangers: Begotten of my Flesh " and " A PLACE meant ." Previous Next

Search the names of current moCa Cleveland Board Directors moCa Board Executive Marcella Brown President Casey Monda Vice-president Jason Smith Treasurer Jonathan Kurtz Secretary Directors F. Allen Boseman, Jr. Tim Boyle Dick Cahoon Joanne R. Cohen Grosvie Cooley Cosmo Danielly Leslie DiNovi Leslie Dunn Nadya Haider Donald Insul Michelle Shan Jeschelnig Audra T. Jones Paul M. Katz David Lamb Kim Myers Grafton Nunes Dr. Gilbert Padula Susan Petersen Nicholas Reif Stephen G. Sokany James Stone Michael Weil Kelsey Wolf Emeritus Directors Timothy Callahan Becky Dunn Char Fowler Barbara Galvin Harriet Goldberg Agnes Gund Hope Hungerford Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Stewart Kohl Scott Mueller Lawrence Oscar Boake Sells Harriet Warm Honorary Directors* Peter Galvin Bill Ginn Jack Katzenmeyer Toby Devan Lewis Roger Salomon Nina Sundell Marjorie Talalay *in memory