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Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Feb 16, 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.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more 8AM-8PM Thu. November 20, 2025 Futureland AI Forward Summit GET TICKETS at moCa Cleveland $25 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!

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda May 11, 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 A Loving Portrait, by Sarah Curry Estimated Value Range: $1,500 - $2,000 Starting Bid: $700 Bidding increments: $100 One of the first auction items Char and Chuck Fowler won at a moCa auction in the 1990s was a commissioned portrait—a deeply personal painting of their three daughters that still hangs proudly in their bedroom today. Now, you have the rare opportunity to create a lasting treasure of your own. Beloved Cleveland-based artist and art educator Sarah Curry will collaborate with you to craft an expressive, dynamic portrait of the two subjects of your choosing. Known for capturing both likeness and spirit, Curry’s work reflects the essence of her sitters. This package includes an artist consultation and one, approximately 18x24 inch painting of two subjects, to be completed by May 1, 2026. More: A Loving Portrait, by Sarah Curry Sarah Curry is a painter, illustrator and printmaker who has taught at Charles F. Brush High School in Lyndhurst for 21 years. She received her BFA in Illustration from Kansas City Art Institute, and her love of teaching children and adults at The Cleveland Museum of Art inspired her to attain her master’s degree in Art Education from Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Institute of Art. She uses art to make connections between local schools, businesses, members of various communities and artists of all ages.

moCa Saturday: 3D Mobile Making w/ MC2STEM Aug 17, 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.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Thu. April 10, 2025 Mixology NOW at moCa Cleveland moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only INVITATION ONLY Celebrate art with hand-crafted drinks at this exclusive cocktail reception! This event is by invitation only to Insider & above moCa NOW Donor Members . For information on joining the moCa NOW Donor Program, visit mocacleveland.org/moca-now .

Kelli Connell LISTEN ON APPLE LISTEN ON SPOTIFY LISTEN ON I HEART + more 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. + more Talks ↓ All Events moCa NOW moCa Saturday Parties Talks This episode is hosted by DJ Hellerman. Produced by DJ Hellerman and Tom Poole. Edited by Tom Poole. Consulting Producer and Audio Engineering by Adam Zucarro. +more on the exhibition Kelli Connell: Double Life 52 min. Episode Guest: 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. Episode Host: DJ Hellerman DJ Hellerman is the Deputy Director & Senior Curator at moCa Cleveland. A Northeast Ohio native, Hellerman holds an M.A. in Art History from Case Western Reserve University and began his career at the Progressive Art Collection. Prior to his work at moCa, he held the positions of Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia, PA, Curator at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, Curator of Arts & Programs at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, and Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Burlington City Arts in Burlington, Vermont. This episode is hosted by DJ Hellerman. Produced by DJ Hellerman and Tom Poole. Edited by Tom Poole. Consulting Producer and Audio Engineering by Adam Zucarro. +more on the exhibition Kelli Connell: Double Life This episode is hosted by DJ Hellerman. Produced by DJ Hellerman and Tom Poole. Edited by Tom Poole. Consulting Producer and Audio Engineering by Adam Zucarro. +more on the exhibition Kelli Connell: Double Life Artist Kelli Connell’s exhibition Double Life is at moCa Cleveland through January 4, 2026. In this podcast, Connell talks about the technical and compassionate aspects behind the making of her work, the relationship she has built working with long-time Double Life model Kiba Jacobson, and the way that a project's meaning can evolve over a 20 year timeframe. LISTEN ON APPLE LISTEN ON SPOTIFY LISTEN ON I HEART WATCH ON YOUTUBE LISTEN ON AMAZON

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Apr 19, 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.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Fri. July 11, 2025 Contemporary Art Corridor Walking Tour 2-4PM The Sculpture Center Cleveland Institute of Art Reinberger Gallery moCa Cleveland Free with registration SIGN UP 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 Celebration Feb 3, 2024 FREE for all SIGN UP NOW 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 by Ariel Vergez: Sacred Garden , 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. About FREE for all SIGN UP NOW 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 by Ariel Vergez: Sacred Garden , 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. FREE for all SIGN UP NOW 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 by Ariel Vergez: Sacred Garden , 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.

Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 Kelli Connell Double Life Jun 27, 2025-Jan 4, 2026 ∆ Kelli Connell, Negotiation , 2025. ∆ Kelli Connell, Negotiation , 2025. 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.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Apr 24- April 25, 2025 Collecting NOW: Expo Chicago at EXPO Chicago moCa NOW Donor Event: Invitation Only INVITATION ONLY Explore an insider's look through EXPO Chicago along with an exclusive connecting opportunity with Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. This event is by invitation only to Director & above moCa NOW Donor Members . For information on joining the moCa NOW Donor Program, visit mocacleveland.org/moca-now .