Programs • MOCA

Nov November 2019

EVERY THURSDAY: 5:30PM & 6:30PM | EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12PM & 2PM

EVERY THURSDAY: 5:30PM & 6:30PM

EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: 12PM & 2PM

Exhibition Highlight Tours

Educators offer walkthroughs of current exhibitions at MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Walkthroughs begin in the lobby and last about 45 minutes; no reservations are required for individuals.
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Sept 12 11am —
Jan 6 5pm

MOCA Store
Sept 12 11am —
Jan 6 5pm

MOCA Store

OOF Books Pop-Up Store

MOCA Store welcomes OOF Books to our Warehouse location for a season-long pop-up shop celebrating artists’ books.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Saturday
Nov 2, 11am

All Ages
Saturday
Nov 2, 11am

All Ages

Grand Ave Arts: All Access

Celebrate Grand Ave Arts: All Access’s fifth year with free museum admission, activities for the whole family, food and drink, and a special screening to celebrate Merce Cunningham’s centennial.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Nov 7, 7pm

All Ages
Thursday
Nov 7, 7pm

All Ages

The Creative Thinking Project

Professor Peter O’Connor is the director of the Centre for Applied Research in Creative Thinking at the University of Auckland. He has created and researched theater in earthquake zones, prisons, schools, and psychiatric hospitals, after terror attacks, and with the homeless for nearly forty years. Over the course o…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Nov 10 — Nov 24

All Ages
Nov 10 — Nov 24

All Ages

Sunday Studio

Join us on NOVEMBER 10th at 12pm at the Go For Broke National Education Center (355 E. 1st Street, LA 90012) to view postcards created by participants from our last Sunday Studio workshop.
Sunday
Nov 10, 3pm

All Ages
Sunday
Nov 10, 3pm

All Ages

The Creative Thinking Project

Professor Peter O’Connor is the director of the Centre for Applied Research in Creative Thinking at the University of Auckland. He has created and researched theater in earthquake zones, prisons, schools, and psychiatric hospitals, after terror attacks, and with the homeless for nearly forty years. Over the course o…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Wednesday
Nov 13, 6:30pm

Member Event
Wednesday
Nov 13, 6:30pm

Member Event

MIX at MOCA

MOCA members at the Contributing level and higher are invited to MIX at MOCA, a special event offering exclusive access to the museum and its partners. Join us for a reception and a private walkthrough of With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985 led by exhibition curator Anna Katz.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Nov 14, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
Nov 14, 7pm

Screening

Filmforum at MOCA Presents All That You Can’t Leave Behind

In person: Darol Olu Kae and Sara Suarez All That You Can’t Leave Behind is a program of films mixing the personal and the political, using montage, memory, and archives as not only filmic strategies but tools of intervention. Taking its name from Ufuoma Essi’s deeply sensorial v…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Nov 15 — Nov 16

All Ages
Nov 15 — Nov 16

All Ages

Spaceland and Other Music Present: The Get Together 2019 Label Fair and Music Festival

Bringing together some of the most exciting independent record labels across genres, locally, nationally, and internationally, The Get Together fosters a vibrant music community of artists, fans, and industry alike. After three seasons programming the Come Together Label Fair at MoMA PS1 in New York, Other Music joi…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 17, 3pm

Lecture
Sunday
Nov 17, 3pm

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Diedrick Brackens on With Pleasure

Diedrick Brackens combines weaving techniques from West Africa, strip-woven kente cloth from Ghana, European textiles, and quilts of the American South to create his intricate works. Using dreamlike imagery, he creates a symbolic landscape where the allegorical catfish occupies the realm of the spirits and swims in parallel to the Black body.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Nov 21, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
Nov 21, 7pm

Screening

Promiscuous Patterns: The Pleasure Overload Effect

Prepare yourself for an evening of visual pattern pleasure. Inspired by the exhibition With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985, this program presents films, videos, and hybrid forms of computer and net art that embrace of what curator Anna Katz refers to as “promiscuous patterns.” Sp…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Nov 23, 2pm

MOCA Store
Saturday
Nov 23, 2pm

MOCA Store

OOF Books Presents: A Book Release with Kimi Hanauer

OOF Books is pleased to present a potluck celebrating the release of Calling All Denizens, an artist book published by the Women's Studio Workshop that compiles materials from the ongoing project by Kimi Hanauer.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA