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Cleveland native and acclaimed music producer BIG DUKE, along with hi-fi audio-jewelry designer T10 Bespoke, have collaborated to create a fully customized in-ear computer to benefit moCa Cleveland and Big Brothers and Sisters of Greater Cleveland. Auction BID TO WIN Cleveland native and acclaimed music producer BIG DUKE, along with hi-fi audio-jewelry designer T10 Bespoke, have collaborated to create a fully customized in-ear computer to benefit moCa Cleveland and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland. This inspirational personal audio system valued at $6,500 features in-ear computers and charging case hand-made to reflect Big Duke’s insignia, the red, white, and black color scheme of his Alma Mater Glennville High, and the "Art Now, In Progress" mission statement of moCa Cleveland. BID NOW Unique materials: Cast bronze coated in matte black PVD. Brushed finish with carved enamel raised lettering. Mirror polished obsidian, black YPPZ ceramic zirconia for charger covers and ear computer forms. Custom leather inset with moCa-inspired geometric art and Big Duke logo rondel in black brushed cast bronze PVD and color enamel insert. What is an in-ear computer? In-ear computers are capable of doing much more than traditional wired or wireless earphones. For example: Stream music in full 96/24 high-resolution (no separate hi-res player required) Connect to and control nearly any other connected device (full IFTTT integration on board) Open platform: Runs the Bragi OS for hearables with Nano a.i. on board Capable of downloading and running hearables apps that extend and enhance functionality lt in 9-axis gyroscope for positional and momentum feeds movement data to connected appsBui Fully programmable Voice/Touch/Non-verbal Mouth/Head-motion control interfaces (patented) Twin Cadence Hi-Fi DSP’s for incredible personalized audio tuning and enhancement capabilities Stunningly clear telephony, plus ability to run apps that enable secure voice-activated walk- ie-talky communication to selected individuals or groups without the need to dial or conference Bionic ears are badass. Forward-thinking companies around the world are busy dreaming up exciting and incredible new use cases for ear computers. With T-10’s you can tap directly into the early stages of Singularity–the frontier where man and machine converge to become one.

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 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

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 .

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 .

At moCa, we support and amplify the work of artists who represent what's next— in Cleveland and beyond. moCa's Annual Fund directly supports day-to-day operations. Support Annual Fund Annual Fund donations are tax deductible gifts that support moCa Cleveland’s most urgent operations bolstering today’s art, artists, and audiences. Give today. Thank you! To explore individual giving opportunities, please contact: Hannah Ayers, Development Manager 216.658.6921 hayers@moCacleveland.org Donate Membership Annual Fund Institutional Giving Patrons

At moCa, we support and amplify the work of artists who represent what's next— in Cleveland and beyond. moCa's Annual Fund directly supports day-to-day operations. Support Support Your gift supports art now, in progress. Gifts to moCa's Annual Fund are fully tax-deductible. Donate Membership Annual Fund Institutional Giving Patrons

Thank you to our donors and supporters for making moCa's work possible. Patrons Patrons Thank you to our donors and supporters for making moCa's work possible. To explore patron giving opportunities, please contact: Zakia Frontz, Senior Advancement Officer at 216.658.6934 or zfrontz@mocacleveland.org . INDIVIDUALS $50,000+ Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly Becky Dunn Toby Devan Lewis± $49,999-$25,000 Doreen & Dick Cahoon Grosvie & Charlie Cooley Harriet Goldberg Agnes Gund $24,999-$10,000 Yuval Brisker Katy Dix Brahler & Gary Brahler Char & Chuck Fowler Stewart Kohl Jan Lewis Roy Minoff Casey & Garrett Monda Kim & Steve Myers Nicholas & Erin Reif Marian & Boake Sells Stephen G. Sokany & Matthew Katz Winifred & James Stone Kelsey & Alex Wolf $9,999-$5,000 Larry & Sandy Armstrong F. Allen Boseman, Jr. Leslie DiNovi & Beatty McDonald Leslie & John Dunn Chann Fowler-Spellman & Ed Spellman Barbara Galvin Nadya Haider Karen & Eric Hillenbrand Richard & Michelle Jeschelnig Mary Ann Katzenmeyer Tom Kiely & Tammy Pereira Carla & Jonathan Kurtz David C. Lamb Holley & Rob Martens Dennis & Tammy Matecun Steve & Laura Rice Edward B. Smith Jason M. Smith & Clare R. Taft Winifred & James Stone Michelle Tomallo Harriet Warm $4,999-$2,500 Jonathan D. Adams Benjamin M. Adams & Carmela Guerrero Cosmo Danielly & Tisha Thomas Judith Gerson J. Bennett Guess & James R. Therrien Jerry & Sheila Herschman Don & Lynda Insul Mara & Aaron Kamat Paul M. Katz & Lisa Arnson Gary Metzner & Scott Johnson Patricia & Charles Mintz Dr. & Mrs. Gil & Janet Padula Margo & Robert± Roth Charna Sherman Cindy Stull $2,499-$1,000 Anonymous Laura Ruth & Fred Bidwell Scott Bogard & Sherry Kim Elisabeth & Alistair Buchan Mary & Tim Boyle Marcella Brown Joan Tomkins & William Busta Irene Burma Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Daroff Laura & Eric Greig Chas & Jen Grossman Gregory L. Hail & Matthew J. Culler Hope Hungerford Monty & Kathy Johnson Derrick Lorand Jackson David Levine Linda & Jack Lissauer Nancy Lykins Dave McConoughey Claire & Sandy McMillan Marge & Dan Moore Katie & Ray Murphy Eric Myers Lauren Myers Dowling Ronald Neill & Ann Harlan Larry Oscar & Jeanne Shatten Trac Papish Robert & Robin Pelles Lenore Pershing & Jim Streff Jeffrey & Kyle Petras Frank H. Porter Beth & Clay Rankin Alan M. Rauss & Marcie Bergman David Reimer Heather Ross John R. Sedor & Geri Presti Alec & Jessica Shankman Emilie Leuchtag Unkrich Peter Whitehouse Ann & Dick Whitney, Jr. Michael H. Wojtanowski & Matthew L. Arnold Ellen & Dan Zelman Gifts-In-Kind 21c Hotel Abattoir Gallery Amber N. Ford Andrea Bowers Andrew Thomas Design Apteka Ariel Vergez Art Institute of Chicago Bloom Broadbent Gallery Casey Monda Art Advisory Chann Fowler-Spellman & Ed Spellman Cleveland Clinic Foundation Commonwealth and Council Corbett vs. Dempsey Daniel Kelly Doreen & Dick Cahoon EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute Evelyn Burnett Finnegan Shannon Fred & Laura Bidwell Gala Porras-Kim Great Lakes Science Center Harper's Gallery Hyde Park Art Center J. KURTZ Architects Jackson Lewis P.C. Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler Joshua Curry – Oura Digital Media Judy Barie Kate Rutter Florist Katy & Gary Brahler Kim & Steve Myers Manabu Ikeda Margo Roth Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, Mexico City) Marilyn and Larry Fields MCA Chicago Michael Weil Mizuma Art Gallery Murmurs Gallery Museum of Contemporary Photography Qian Li Richard & Michelle Jeschelnig Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya Sarah Curry Sears think[box] SHAHEEN modern & contemporary art Smart Museum Stephen G. Sokany & Matthew Katz Sundeep Mullangi and Trissa Babrowski Tell A Friend Promotions, LLC The Sunday Painter Tom Kiely & Tammy Pereira Yuval Brisker INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS $100,000+ Dealer Tire The George Gund Foundation $99,999-$50,000 The Cleveland Foundation The Sunday Painter $49,999-$25,000 Google Charitable Fund John P. Murphy Foundation PNC The Callahan Foundation The Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation The Nord Family Foundation $24,999-$10,000 Anonymous Connor Foundation David and Inez Myers Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation The Kulas Foundation The Robert H. Reakirt Foundation $9,999-$5,000 Anonymous Bank of America Case Western Reserve University Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation Cornerstone Family Office, LLC CRESCO Playhouse Square Management Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP McDonald Hopkins RPM International Inc. Sequoia Financial Group The Cleveland Museum of Art The Covia Foundation Thompson Hine LLP $4,999-$1,000 Anonymous Dan and Ellen Zelman Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland Jackson Lewis P.C. Kristine Bryan Charitable Fund NACCO Industries OUTFRONT Media RDM Foundation Robert & Robin Pelles Family Fund The Giant Eagle Foundation GOVERNMENT The residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency ±deceased Donate Membership Annual Fund Institutional Giving Patrons

▶ 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 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

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.

Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 Gala Porras-Kim A Hand in Nature Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 Gala Porras-Kim: A Hand in Nature . Installation view at MCA Denver, 2024. Photo: Wes Magyar Multi-disciplinary artist Gala Porras-Kim’s practice questions how knowledge is acquired and tests the potential for artworks and objects to function as meaning-makers outside of traditional museum contexts. For her exhibition, A Hand in Nature , which originated at MCA Denver, Porras-Kim extends lines of questioning into conservation, preservation, and care to the broader natural world and lived environment. The artworks on view distill natural processes into sculptures, paintings and drawings that will grow, evolve or degrade throughout the span of the exhibition. From sculptures rendered with salt-saturated concrete or copal resin wetted with local rainwater, to paintings created from slow drips of water drawing from the museum’s humidity and projections from light refractions off of brass panels, Porras-Kim’s work imagines what might be possible if natural forces and phenomena had the agency to self-determine. Generous support provided by The Robert H. Reakirt Foundation. This exhibition is organized by Leilani Lynch, Associate Curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Installation Images Gala Porras-Kim, A Hand in Nature. Installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2025. Photos: Jacob Koestler About the Artist Gala Porras-Kim Gala Porras-Kim Gala Porras-Kim lives and works in Los Angeles and London. Her work is about how the social and political contexts that influence history have been framed through the fields of linguistics, history and conservation. The work considers the way institutions shape inherited codes and forms and conversely, how objects can shape the contexts in which they are placed. Porras-Kim has had solo exhibitions at the MCA, Denver; Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York; Museo delle Civilita, Rome in 2024; Leeum and MMCA Seoul; the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles; Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla; MUAC, Mexico City; in 2023; Gasworks, London, Amant Foundation, Brooklyn, and Kadist in 2022, and the MOCA, Los Angeles in 2019 among others. Her work has been included in the Liverpool Biennial (2023), and Gwangju and Sao Paulo Biennales (2021), Whitney Biennial and Ural Industrial Biennial (2019). She was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (2019) and the artist-in-residence at the Getty Research Institute (2020-22).

Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 J.J. Adams Flowers in Temporary Hands Jan 28-Jun 5, 2022 J.J. Adams, Booker (by the creek) , 1959. Courtesy the artist's family archives J.J. Adams’s Flowers In Temporary Hands explores the role that privilege and race play into an assemblage of any one identity. With four distinct iterations–an artist book, video performance, sound, and sculptural landscape–Flowers In Temporary Hands abstractly layers images as language, culling from a steeply personal and concealed post generational memory. Through a staircased soundscape, the audience is guided into a layered installation of images mounted on a labyrinthine chain-link fence, an echo of the artist’s most significant detainment as a teenage child. Flowers In Temporary Hands addresses legacy through photographs from Adams’s estranged grandfather’s archive, pages from Adams’s teenage journal while institutionalized, and newly produced poems that reflect on the artist’s past state of mind. All come together to reveal a striking but not uncommon portrait of a boy whose narrative of self has been mostly shaped by their single white mother. A series of tender gestures paired with visceral critical inquiry, Flowers In Temporary Hands reminds us that identity, just like history, is both contingent and incomplete. This series of stories has been built from a myriad of people, places, and moments in time. About the Book J.J. Adams’s first publication, Flowers In Temporary Hands , pairs images with language to establish a symbolic universe that mixes personal memory, loss, and desire. Composed of three sections that address different periods in the artist’s life, Flowers in Temporary Hands acts as a timestamp to closure. In The Toothpaste Diaries , Adams shares pages of their journal: a collection of drawings, collages, and writing created during a defining moment of teenage incarceration. These richly layered pieces are juxtaposed with works from the Gregory Adams Archive . This collection of black and white photographs taken by the artist’s estranged grandfather document his own collegial life, from the playing field to the classroom. Poignantly capturing two distinct moments in time, The Toothpaste Diaries and the Gregory Adams Archive are threaded together by Boys Like Us: Part One , a series of formatted and densely layered poems that reflect on J.J. Adams’s past and the construction of family vs. identity. J.J. Adams’s Flowers In Temporary Hands is organized by Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriki Olivo) as part of Toby’s Prize, a biennial award made possible by Toby Devan Lewis. About the Artist Jesse Hoffman Jesse Hoffman (b. 1989, San Francisco, CA) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Hoffman’s practice is rooted in the examination of the transitional passages of self-acceptance, belonging, and image over time. With a background in performance, still life photography, and commercial set design, Hoffman uses the archive, the object, and the portrait as form. Hoffman’s work lays bare the complication inherent in identity, emphasizing the poignant resilience and fugue in image/world making.

Feb 2-May 26, 2024 BlackBrain SCRD GRDN Feb 2-May 26, 2024 BlackBrain, Diamond Heart , mural in process, 2024. SCRD GRDN is a new project by BlackBrain and guest artists from Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center, Unidos por el Arte. Representing a metamorphosis from lone artist into collective creative force and guided by the mantra "go fast, go alone; go far, go together," BlackBrain Group transforms solitary endeavors into dynamic collaborations grounded in a shared passion for storytelling through art. SCRD GRDN is an immersive painting installation about the resolute human spirit and its existential journey through oppression, justice, prosperity, and divine understanding. Fusing artistic styles and techniques, the series meditates on the interplay and influence between the inner self and the external forces that shape our existence. Each work includes symbolic, complex images floating within black voids, suggesting fertile seeds of existence that hold and balance tensions such as joy and melancholy, control and chaos, movement and stillness. Drawing inspiration from the awe and grandeur of Renaissance frescoes and monumental stained glass windows, the installation seeks to embody and express sacred meaning today. Comprehensively, SCRD GRDN creates a visual sanctuary where the diverse voices and experiences of the artists–and also, importantly, audience members–converge, intermingle, and resonate. As the artists’ encourage, “Join us on this visual odyssey—a journey that surpasses the conventional, ushering in a new era of shared experiences and inner growth.” SCRD GRDN is a project of moCa’s institutional and early career artist residency with the Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center (JDBCAC) from January 2023-May 2024. Situated within the heart of Cleveland’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood, JDBCAC is an organization committed to the transformational power of preserving, educating, and promoting Latino heritage through history, culture, and the arts. JDBCAC occupies and engages spaces on moCa’s first and third floors in relation to its mission and work, and co-designs programming with moCa aimed at nurturing the next generation of artistic voices, providing a platform for Cuyahoga County-based residency artists to present their creations in a group exhibition at moCa Cleveland last season. advance the work of Latino/a/x artists and artists of color and provide new professional development opportunities. In 2023, BlackBrain artist Ariel Vergez took on the role of mentor artist to a new generation of artist voices involved in the moCa/JDBCAC early career artist residency, providing a platform for Cuyahoga County-based residency artists to present their creations in the group exhibition ¡Juntos! last year. Vergez, with his experience and innovative spirit, guided these emerging artists, illustrating the reciprocal relationship between mentor and mentee. Generous support provided by Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, The Cleveland Foundation, and the Callahan Foundation Installation Images BlackBrain, SCRD GRDN. Installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2024. Photos: Jacob Koestler About the Artist BlackBrain Ariel Vergez, aka BlackBrain, is a seasoned artist with a rich heritage and a passion for storytelling through art. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Florida, BlackBrain is the child of two immigrants who came to the United States in search of opportunity and met each other while working in the service industry. Growing up in a household where art was a daily presence, BlackBrain pursued his passion for art at the collegiate level, studying Industrial Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art. With a background in product and graphic design, BlackBrain has worked with world-class brands and has a keen understanding of the importance of storytelling in design. He has fused that experience towards his first love art. This experience is evident in BlackBrain’s art series, which feature unique narratives, a cross-wiring of pop culture icons, and a vuja dé feeling of nostalgia. BlackBrain layers allegory, pop culture, and history to create new and at times, bizarre stories that inflect on the ‘remembered.’ Over the past decade, BlackBrain has been featured in a plethora of shows and has created a range of concentration of subject matter. He has completed a slew of murals worldwide, many of them focused in Los Angeles and Miami, his previous homes. BlackBrain is particularly known for his ability to tell stories through his art, which is a reflection of his pursuit to expound parody and symbolism as key tools to his method of creating rich visual stories. With a portfolio that spans across different mediums and styles, BlackBrain continues to push the boundaries of what art can be and challenge our perceptions of the world around us. His art is a dissection of ancient and pop cultural story telling. It work has a diversity that makes his art so unique and relate-able while maintaing mystery and depth.