Jul 1, 2020-Jun 5, 2021 Martin Creed Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT Jul 1, 2020-Jun 5, 2021 ∆ Martin Creed, Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT , 2020. Installation view: moCa Cleveland, 2020. Multicolored Neon, 24 x 837 5/8 in (61 x 2127.5 cm). Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. © Martin Creed. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2020. Photo: Field Studio. ∆ Martin Creed, Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT , 2020. Installation view: moCa Cleveland, 2020. Multicolored Neon, 24 x 837 5/8 in (61 x 2127.5 cm). Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. © Martin Creed. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2020. Photo: Field Studio. ∆ Martin Creed, Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT , 2020. Installation view: moCa Cleveland, 2020. Multicolored Neon, 24 x 837 5/8 in (61 x 2127.5 cm). Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. © Martin Creed. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2020. Photo: Field Studio. Jul 1, 2020-Jun 5, 2021 Martin Creed Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT British artist Martin Creed made the first version of his text-based sculpture Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT in 1999. One of his most iconic works, variations of the site-responsive neon continue to appear in different sizes and colors throughout the world. The sculpture is emblematic of Creed’s artistic practice, which uses language, ordinary materials, and everyday interventions to communicate with the larger public. Commissioned for moCa’s Gund Commons, Creed’s Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT (2020) is a single line of unpunctuated text rendered in rainbow neon. The work’s simple statement ‘EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT’ stretches across an expanse of wall, revealing itself as you enter the museum. Creed’s sculpture is at once a hopeful, familiar, and reassuring phrase, and a gentle nod to the challenges lying ahead amid the current uncertainties. Major support for Martin Creed: Work No. 3398 EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT is provided by Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler.

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Fri. January 30, 2026 2026 Opening Night Celebration 6-9PM at moCa Cleveland Free to all SIGN UP Be a part of moCa's new season and celebrate with the artists at our exhibition opening. Experience FOUR new exhibitions: Ohio Now: State of Nature Sky Hopinka: The Myth is Now KING COBRA: When You Are Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea and Homing Instinct: Letting Go of The Shore Spoken word performance by Morgan Paige Sips from the cash bar and fresh tastes from food vendors 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.

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

Title Round Barry Underwood Linear Construction 13, Jacksonfield , 2020 Pigment Print 25 x 33 x 1 ½ inches Courtesy of the Artist Estimated Retail Value: $3,500 Starting Bid: $1,750 Barry Underwood transforms ordinary landscapes into immersive, often surreal scenes using staged installations and long-exposure photography. Drawing on his early theatrical training and influenced by staged photography and constructed set design, Underwood works on-site over several days to build temporary light-based interventions that both collaborate with and subtly disrupt the natural environment. Using LEDs and electroluminescent wire, his compositions emphasize shape, line, and vivid color to suggest how landscapes are divided, altered, and shaped by human activity. The glow of his temporary light installations and the final artworks he creates reflect, literally, on these environments as if to say that all of humankind’s actions or inactions eventually cast a light back on us all. +sign up to proxy bid return to auction menu More: Barry Underwood Barry Underwood (b. 1963; lives and works in Cleveland, OH) received his MFA in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has exhibited at moCa Cleveland, the McDonough Museum of Art, the Woodbury Art Museum, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Dorsky Gallery, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, and Johansson Projects, among others. His photographs are included in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Elton John Photography Collection.

Sep 23-Dec 31, 2016 Wall to Wall Carpets by Artists Sep 23-Dec 31, 2016 ∆ Alighiero e Boetti, Untitled , 1994, wool and cotton, 146 x 116 inches. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Alighiero e Boetti. ∆ Alighiero e Boetti, Untitled , 1994, wool and cotton, 146 x 116 inches. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Alighiero e Boetti. ∆ Alighiero e Boetti, Untitled , 1994, wool and cotton, 146 x 116 inches. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Alighiero e Boetti. Sep 23-Dec 31, 2016 Wall to Wall Carpets by Artists Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists studies some of the best contemporary art through the lens of craft: the woven carpet. Featuring 30 artists from across the globe, the exhibition shows this object to be a powerful locus of meaning today, one that cuts across issues of design, art, décor, production, and geopolitics. The “artist carpet” is a form that bears a long and distinguished historical pedigree, from Raphael and Peter Paul Rubens, to Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and Joan Mirò. Yet, Wall to Wall takes as its point of departure a history of art rather than history of medium, focusing on the ways in which these objects advance relevant ideas and practices today. Unlike exhibitions that examine artist carpets through an ethnographic lens detached from the world of art, Wall to Wall proposes that these carpets function in a continuum of modern art history as a critical form that is accelerating in use and application. The exhibition asks the simple question: Why? Wall to Wall is structured by five basic categories for comparative analysis: “Eastern,” Geometry, Icon, Text, and Materiality. Starting with progenitor Alighiero Boetti, one of the first contemporary artists to employ craft traditions in foreign ethnic contexts as a form of readymade, Wall to Wall explores artists whose work in carpets taps into, and bridges, traditional and histories from East to West, such as Faig Ahmed and Ken Lum. Pierre Bismuth, whose works draws upon mathematical and architectural traditions, is considered alongside Daniel Buren, whose signature stripes, applied to a carpet, reference form as well as frame. Artists like Joseph Kosuth apply their ongoing critical exploration of language and relationships to the carpet, while others like Polly Apfelbaum emphasize the carpet’s common function as something to walk on. Some, like Christian Jankowski, realize gestural practices like drawing and mapping in carpet-form, while others like Alexandra Kehayoglou transform the carpet into a lush fiber landscape. Franz West’s floral motif is featured, literally, wall-to-wall in the exhibition, while Maurizio Cattalan’s quirky, digitally-printed carpets are presented on the spine of the Museum’s externally-visible Donna + Stewart Kohl Atrium. The role of production and delegation is tended to as well in Wall to Wall . Carpets demonstrate the process spectrum, from the handmade to the industrially manufactured. The featured carpets represent diverse approaches to collaboration as well: artist and weaver, artist and designer, artist and producer, artist and commercial business. These relationships reveal the blurring of traditional domains between art, craft, and design, and emphasize shifts in artisanal traditions and weaving centers across the globe. Wall to Wall raises questions about the geopolitics of production and the art market as expressed in the carpet, and the ways in which both respond to and express the significance of the artist in creating value and demand. The artist carpet models the interwoven nature of art, design, craft, industry, and sociocultural politics today. With range and depth, Wall to Wall reveals how and why artists are advancing contemporary art practice through this ancient yet persistent medium. Artists: Faig Ahmed, Polly Apfelbaum, Stefano Arienti, Alan Belcher, Guillaume Bijl, Pierre Bismuth, Alighiero Boetti, Mircea Cantor, Flavio Favelli, Liam Gillick, Christian Jankowski, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Alexandra Kehayoglou, Joseph Kosuth, Ken Lum, Marilyn Minter, Jonathan Monk, Sarah Morris, Paulina Olowska, Jorge Pardo, Richard Prince, Julião Sarmento, Nedko Solakov, Rosemarie Trockel, Franz West, Christopher Wool, Heimo Zobernig. Major support for Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists is provided by Westlake Reed Leskosky. Generous support is also provided by Bello Design and Mannington Commercial. Community support is provided by InterContinental Hotel Cleveland. All 2016-2017 exhibitions are funded by Leadership Circle gifts from an anonymous donor, Yuval Brisker, Joanne Cohen and Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen and Kevin Rahilly, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, Michelle Jeschelnig-Shan and Richard Jeschelnig, Donna and Stewart Kohl, Toby Devan Lewis, and Scott Mueller. All MOCA Cleveland exhibitions are supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Cleveland Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, and the continuing support of the Museum's Board of Directors, patrons and members. Opening night celebration supported by BakerHostetler. About the Curator Cornelia Lauf Cornelia Lauf received her PhD in art history from Columbia University and began her career at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Lauf is the founder of Camera Oscura, an alternative space devoted to craft, art, and agriculture in Tuscany. She has organized exhibitions at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art; Busch-Reisinger Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Casa di Goethe, Rome; and Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome. Lauf was a founding partner of Three Star Books, Paris, a publishing house devoted to artist’s books. She co-founded the curatorial agency Golden Ruler in Rome and continues to act as its artistic director. She lives and works in Rome. Installation Images

Jan 31, 2020-Jan 2, 2021 Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom Leanne Betasamosake Simpson with Cara Mumford and Amanda Strong, Vaimoana Niumeitolu and Kyle Goen, John Edmonds, and Tricia Hersey Jan 31, 2020-Jan 2, 2021 ∆ Installation view: Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom . moCa Cleveland, 2020. Photo: Field Studio. ∆ Installation view: Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom . moCa Cleveland, 2020. Photo: Field Studio. ∆ Installation view: Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom . moCa Cleveland, 2020. Photo: Field Studio. Jan 31, 2020-Jan 2, 2021 Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom Leanne Betasamosake Simpson with Cara Mumford and Amanda Strong, Vaimoana Niumeitolu and Kyle Goen, John Edmonds, and Tricia Hersey “Historically Indigenous and Black artists have been visionaries in our struggles and movements. They have also affirmed our presence—created temporary spaces of joy and freedom, and enabled me to go on. In the academy I think about things, and lecture about things, but in performance I can set up space together with an audience to share something different. I really liked creating these islands of freedom, little glimpses of freedom where we stand together and we get to feel, just for a second maybe, what freedom might be like, and to get that feeling into our bones. These spaces open up different possibilities. These spaces are not just spaces of refusal, they are also generative. They are also spaces of joy and possibility.”—Leanne Betasamosake Simpson The group exhibition Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom honors the discussion that artist and scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Canadian poet and scholar Dionne Brand forged in their 2018 article of the same title * reflecting on colonialism, anti-Blackness, Indigenous and Black liberation struggles, and the importance of ephemeral expressions and the arts in creating freedom. Featuring the work of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson with Cara Mumford and Amanda Strong, Vaimoana Niumeitolu and Kyle Goen, John Edmonds, and Tricia Hersey. Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom continues the article’s vision by spotlighting artists whose work and practices refuse dispossession and foster generative modes that center and nourish Indigenous and Black life. Working across performance, video, photography, and sculpture, these artists celebrate dynamic modes of connection and soulful regeneration. Organized by La Tanya S. Autry, moCa’s Gund Curatorial Fellow, Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom is the prologue of a longer conversation at moCa that explores how artists create liberatory futures. The next chapter Imagine Otherwise will unfold February 19–June 27, 2021. *Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Dionne Brand, “Temporary Spaces of Joy and Freedom,” Literary Review of Canada , 26, (5), June 2018. Generous support for the exhibition provided by the Anselm Talalay Photography Endowment.

Press Release DOWNLOAD PDF Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Cleveland, Ohio—(July 9, 2024) The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) is excited to announce the appointment of DJ Hellerman as its new Deputy Director & Senior Curator. Hellerman most recently served as Chief Curator & Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) in Philadelphia, PA. In the spirit of moCa Cleveland’s newly clarified mission, Art Now, in progress, Hellerman will guide the museum’s curatorial vision and work collaboratively with staff and board leadership to support moCa’s outreach, engagement, and sustainability goals. In announcing the appointment, moCa’s Kohl Executive Director Megan Lykins Reich notes, “Across all of his positions, DJ has honed a responsive curatorial practice that is inclusive, flexible, and creative, one that aligns strongly with moCa’s new mission. He balances a passion for artists with a commitment to audiences that will further moCa’s vision to open and connect people through contemporary art.” “This is an exciting moment of growth and evolution for me and moCa. I’m honored to be joining such a dedicated team actively creating the foundation for moCa’s future,” Hellerman said. Curatorial collaboration is a key driver of moCa’s current and future work. Hellerman will organize exhibitions and also nurture relationships with curators in Cleveland and elsewhere to develop new projects, beginning as early as Winter/Spring 2025. He joins a newly restructured senior leadership team at moCa including Reich, Senior Operations Officer Tom Poole, Senior Engagement Officer Joshua Hill, Senior Advancement Officer Zakia Frontz, and Senior Finance Officer Susan Chiancone. Speaking on behalf of moCa’s Board of Directors, many of whom participated in the recruitment process alongside moCa staff, Board President Stephen G. Sokany reflects, “DJ understands that curatorial leadership balances confidence with humility. We are excited for how he will help drive artistic innovation at moCa and across our field.” Hellerman has been involved with numerous noted exhibitions and artist projects, including Yoko Ono: Remembering The Future at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; ProcessLAB: Paper Buck, Michelle Lopez, Sa’dia Rehman ; and Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Barthélémy Togu: Urban Requiem ; Ira Lombardia: Void ; and Doreen Garner: Pale In Comparison at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Seat’s Taken at Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT; and has collaborated closely with artists like Henry Taylor, Rose Simpson, and Jessica Campbell. 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 FWM, he held the position of 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. About moCa Cleveland For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. Since its founding in 1968, moCa has presented the works of more than three thousand artists, often through artists’ first solo shows. Soon after its founding, moCa was the first in the region to exhibit the works of many vanguard artists such as Laurie Anderson, Christo, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Adrian Piper, and Andy Warhol. Recent artist commissions and solo exhibitions include work by Tauba Auerbach, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanović, Michelle Grabner, Byron Kim, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tony Lewis, Kirk Mangus, Catherine Opie, Adam Pendleton, Sondra Perry, Joyce J. Scott, Do Ho Suh, Liu Wei, Renée Green, and Nina Chanel Abney, among many others. Museum Hours Thursdays-Sundays, 11AM-5PM Holiday hours available at mocacleveland.org 2024 Institutional Sponsors All current moCa Cleveland exhibitions are funded by leadership gifts from Doreen & Dick Cahoon, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, and Jan Lewis. moCa Cleveland receives lead institutional support in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Callahan Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, the Nord Family Foundation, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, PNC, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. ### Previous Next

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Sat. November 22, 2025 moCa Connect: Art of the Game 9PM-1:30AM at moCa Cleveland $25/advance $30/at the door GET TICKETS Join us at moCa Cleveland for an inspiring evening of conversation that bridges the worlds of art and athletics. This installment of moCa Connect explores "The Art of the Game," highlighting the creativity, discipline, and cultural impact that sports bring to our communities. We're back with another edition of moCa Connect, and we have an all-star conversation for the evening. Cavaliers' legend Campy Russell will be in conversation with a playmaker from the country's newest WNBA franchise, sharing stories about the duality of art and sports—moderated by Tiffani Tucker of Channel 19 News. Explore the road to their careers and the ways that culture and athletes impact each other. After the conversation, we’ll open up the dance floor for a celebration filled with music, drinks, and connection. The night will also feature a tip-off of musical energy with performances by St1XX, along with music from Cleveland Browns DJ Ryan Wolf and one of Cleveland’s rising female DJs, DJ Locbabe. Whether you’re a sports fan, art enthusiast, or someone curious about the intersection of both worlds, this event will leave you with a deeper appreciation of how the game itself is an art form. HOST COMMITTEE: Ally of W Sports Bar Charita Boseman Raphael Collins Kierra Cotton Booby Gibson Alishia Gullatt Austin Love Iman Warren SPONSORED BY

Date Title One sentence desciption + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Add a Title Add a Title Title + more Sat. April 11, 2026 CIFF: Paint Me a Road Out of Here 12:15-1:44PM at Cedar Lee Theatre Tickets available Mar 18 $1 off any ticket with discount code: MOCA GET TICKETS In 1971, artist Faith Ringgold created a monumental painting “For the Women’s House” for the women incarcerated at Rikers Island jail. Fifty years later, artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, who gave birth in prison 15 years ago, finds herself banding together with an eclectic group of activists, politicians, artists, corrections officers, and Faith Ringgold herself to free the artwork with the ultimate goal of freeing the women. Paint Me a Road Out of Here is a wild tale of the painting’s whitewashed journey and the two artists who challenged the same powerful and oppressive institutions, a half century apart, with their artwork, their voices, and their shared, persistent goals. COMMUNITY PARTNERS: moCa Cleveland National Congress of Black Women $1 discount applies to all films, with the exception of Opening Night, 7x7 Retrospective, and Day Pass purchases.

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Apr 6, 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 Sat. February 8, 2025 Silent Disco: moCa'ture 9PM-12AM at moCa Cleveland $25 advance; $30 at door SOLD OUT Tonight's event is SOLD OUT. Entrance only for those who have purchased advance tickets. Join us for a full night of hot dance and hotter looks as 3 DJs spin throughout moCa's iconic building. Dress to impress as we celebrate Fashion Week and bring your twist to utilitarian couture. EXCLUSIVE POP-UP EXPERIENCE 6th Street Vintage and YellowCake will present an exclusive pop - up shopping experience for attendees of Silent Disco. Get ready to fall in love with your next favorite fashion—your wardrobe will thank you! DJ Kyro DJ Yulissa DJ Zosimo Maximo HOST COMMITTEE

365.JPG Nov 20, 2035 Meet the makers, masterminds and visionaries behind the creative industry. About Meet the makers, masterminds and visionaries behind the creative industry. Meet the makers, masterminds and visionaries behind the creative industry.