Programs • MOCA

Oct October 2024

Wednesday
Oct 2, 6pm

Roski Talks: Rose B. Simpson

Conversation
Wednesday
Oct 2, 6pm

Conversation

Roski Talks: Rose B. Simpson

Join us for an evening with artist Rose B. Simpson.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Oct 4 — Oct 5

BUILD THIS HOUSE
Presented by MOCA and Banjee Ball Foundation
Featuring Ballroom We Care, Isaiah Victor, Isla Cheadle, Kevin JZ Prodigy, Purple Crush, and Michael Roberson

Performance
Oct 4 — Oct 5

Performance

BUILD THIS HOUSE
Presented by MOCA and Banjee Ball Foundation
Featuring Ballroom We Care, Isaiah Victor, Isla Cheadle, Kevin JZ Prodigy, Purple Crush, and Michael Roberson

In partnership with MOCA, Banjee Ball Foundation presents a weekend of community building workshops, performances, and of course, a Ball.
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Oct 17, 7pm

MOCA Artist Film Series: Seba Calfuqueo
TRAY TRAY KO, 2022, 6 min.
NGÜRÜ KA WILLIÑ (Fox and Otter), 2022, 4 min.
You will never be a Weye, 2015, 4min 46sec

Screening
Thursday
Oct 17, 7pm

Screening

MOCA Artist Film Series: Seba Calfuqueo
TRAY TRAY KO, 2022, 6 min.
NGÜRÜ KA WILLIÑ (Fox and Otter), 2022, 4 min.
You will never be a Weye, 2015, 4min 46sec

MOCA presents a screening of several short films by Seba Calfuqueo by a conversation with artist Carolina Caycedo.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Oct 18 — Oct 19

Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong, Soundless
Presented by MOCA, Fulcrum Arts, and Chapman University

Oct 18 — Oct 19

Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong, Soundless
Presented by MOCA, Fulcrum Arts, and Chapman University

Composer, instrument maker, and performer Ellen Fullman (b. 1957, Memphis, TN) has focused on the development of her signature project, The Long String Instrument, for over forty years. Using dozens of tuned strings, each over 50 feet in length, Fullman transforms physical space into a site-specific musical…
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Friday
Oct 18

Leadership Circle Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Member Event
Friday
Oct 18

Member Event

Leadership Circle Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Circle supporters at Curators Circle level and above are invited to a walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN led by MOCA Senior Curator José Luis Blondet and Associate Curator Rebecca Lowery.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Oct 19, 11am

Grand Ave Arts: All Access 2024
MOCA Saturday Studio
with Sustainable Skillbuilding Workshop

All Ages
Saturday
Oct 19, 11am

All Ages

Grand Ave Arts: All Access 2024
MOCA Saturday Studio
with Sustainable Skillbuilding Workshop

MOCA presents a day of community, creativity, and celebration centered around Art for All for Grand Ave Arts: All Access 2024. From the Central Library to The Music Center and everywhere in between, GAAAA invites visitors of all ages to experience the world-class arts and cultural institutions along Grand Avenue. Jo…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Oct 20, 12pm

A Climate Symposium:
Landscapes on the Edge

Sunday
Oct 20, 12pm

A Climate Symposium:
Landscapes on the Edge

Speakers from the wider Los Angeles basin focusing on climate history, public policy, activism, environmental justice and ecological conservation will convene to discuss the contemporary landscape as it is changed by climate imbalance. The symposium begins chronologically with the history of human-made cli…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Oct 26

Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Member Event
Saturday
Oct 26

Member Event

Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Members at the Contributing level and above are invited to a walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN led by Associate Curator Rebecca Lowery.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Oct 26, 6:30pm

Resonant Architecture
Featuring Carmina Escobar, Sharon Chohi Kim, and Jasmine Orpilla

Performance
Saturday
Oct 26, 6:30pm

Performance

Resonant Architecture
Featuring Carmina Escobar, Sharon Chohi Kim, and Jasmine Orpilla

A shared evening of new work highlights artists working directly with the voice. All classically trained vocalists, these artists have chosen to experiment, often in extreme ways, pushing the limits and scope of vocal expression. The invitation asks each artist to harness the natural resonance of WAREHOUSE to create…
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Oct 31, 6pm

MOCA Store Presents Jennifer Juniper Stratford
Screening and Book Launch

Screening
Thursday
Oct 31, 6pm

Screening

MOCA Store Presents Jennifer Juniper Stratford
Screening and Book Launch

Join the MOCA Store for a spooktacular evening with Los Angeles-based video artist Jennifer Juniper Stratford and the small press Bibliomancers as they launch their new book celebrating Stratford’s lifelong VHS obsession. The event will feature a wild “channel surf” through the best of JJ’s Telefantasy Stu…
MOCA Grand Avenue

Roski Talks: Rose B. Simpson

BUILD THIS HOUSE
Presented by MOCA and Banjee Ball Foundation
Featuring Ballroom We Care, Isaiah Victor, Isla Cheadle, Kevin JZ Prodigy, Purple Crush, and Michael Roberson

MOCA Artist Film Series: Seba Calfuqueo
TRAY TRAY KO, 2022, 6 min.
NGÜRÜ KA WILLIÑ (Fox and Otter), 2022, 4 min.
You will never be a Weye, 2015, 4min 46sec

Ellen Fullman and Theresa Wong, Soundless
Presented by MOCA, Fulcrum Arts, and Chapman University

Leadership Circle Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Grand Ave Arts: All Access 2024
MOCA Saturday Studio
with Sustainable Skillbuilding Workshop

A Climate Symposium:
Landscapes on the Edge

Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Resonant Architecture
Featuring Carmina Escobar, Sharon Chohi Kim, and Jasmine Orpilla

MOCA Store Presents Jennifer Juniper Stratford
Screening and Book Launch