Programs • MOCA

Nov November 2022

Friday
Nov 4

Member Event
Friday
Nov 4

Member Event

Members’ Opening for Henry Taylor: B Side

All MOCA members are invited to the Members' Opening of Henry Taylor: B Side. Surveying thirty years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, this retrospective celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, s…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Nov 5

Member Event
Saturday
Nov 5

Member Event

Members’ Preview Day for Henry Taylor: B Side

All MOCA members are invited to MOCA Grand Avenue for the Members’ Preview Day for Henry Taylor: B Side. Surveying thirty years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, this retrospective celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for hi…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Nov 5, 3pm

Performance, Lecture, Environmental Council
Saturday
Nov 5, 3pm

Performance, Lecture, Environmental Council

Art for Earth’s Sake: The Medium is the Message: Clean Artmaking from Earth to Outer Space
With Julia Christensen, Elizabeth Corr, Lily Kwong, and special performance by Modern Biology.

The purity of an artwork often belies the dirty materials that went into its making: toxic paints and glazes in painting and ceramics; poisonous particulates in the process of sculpting and smelting objects. A current generation of artists views the materials themselves as part of the artistic narrative, especially …
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 6, 11am

Sunday
Nov 6, 11am

Healing through Movement with Tatiana Zamir

Integrating various healing modalities, including movement therapy techniques, these workshops seek to release stress and cultivate joy. Tatiana Zamir encourages liberation from self-doubt, insecurities, fear, and limiting beliefs to support our healing journeys as individuals and as a collective. Starting from our world within, participants are guided to embody their strengths, increase confidence and creativity, and create a more peaceful and just world.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 6, 3pm

Lecture
Sunday
Nov 6, 3pm

Lecture

Exhibition Walkthrough
Bennett Simpson on Henry Taylor: B Side

MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson will lead a public walkthrough of Henry Taylor: B Side.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Tuesday
Nov 8, 6:30pm

Lecture, Environmental Council
Tuesday
Nov 8, 6:30pm

Lecture, Environmental Council

Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth

This panel brings together three individuals - an artist, an environmentalist, and a physicist - for a discussion on the global impact of human-made climate change, and the possibility of building a sustainable and equitable future through culture, activism, and education. Dustin Yellin is an artist who ba…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Wednesday
Nov 9

Member Event
Wednesday
Nov 9

Member Event

Walkthrough of Judith F. Baca: World Wall

MOCA members at the Contributing level and above are invited to a walkthrough of Judith F. Baca: World Wall led by MOCA Curatorial Assistant Anastsia Kahn.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Nov 12, 12pm

Saturday
Nov 12, 12pm

Envisioning a Safer Future: An Art Making Workshop with Compton G.IRLS Club

Taking inspiration from Judith F. Baca’s World Wall, members of the G.IRLS club, with support from an LA-based working artist, lead a workshop focused on imagining a safer, more equitable world.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Nov 12, 12pm

Saturday
Nov 12, 12pm

KCHUNG PUBLIC: Comment

In KCHUNG PUBLIC: Comment, KCHUNG Radio presents an opportunity to explore the asymmetrical channels of messaging in which the people are made to listen to the views of their government, but their government is not listening to the people. PUBLIC Comment is a podium and mic connected broadcasting just within range o…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Nov 17, 6:30pm

Lecture
Thursday
Nov 17, 6:30pm

Lecture

Containment and Community: The History of Skid Row and its Role in the Downtown Community Plan

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) is a multidisciplinary arts group whose artists live and work in Skid Row. At MOCA’s and Judith F. Baca’s invitation LAPD has focused this evening to weigh in on the City’s forthcoming new community plan for downtown. Skid Row Now …
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Friday
Nov 18, 11:15am

Friday
Nov 18, 11:15am

Art + Yoga with Marley Rae

Join us for a series of free one hour community based yoga sessions for all bodies and levels led by Namaste Marley Rae. Presented in conjunction with Judith F. Baca: World Wall and all classes will take place within the exhibition surrounded by Baca’s series of nine murals.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Nov 19, 4pm

Performance
Saturday
Nov 19, 4pm

Performance

An Only Child, Go to your room

An Only Child presents a dance and vocal performance featuring music from the album Prepare The Body. Accompanied by bassist and cellist, Crow Vendetta, the piece explores themes of identity, memory, and desire.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 20

Member Event
Sunday
Nov 20

Member Event

New Landscapes: Mercedes Dorame

MOCA members at the Curators Circle level and above are invited to an off-site conversation between artist Mercedes Dorame and artist and community organizer Emma Robbins.
Sunday
Nov 20, 12pm

Lecture, Environmental Council
Sunday
Nov 20, 12pm

Lecture, Environmental Council

Art for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art.
With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles.
Moderated by Jennifer Swann.

Many Angelenos live in neighborhoods devastated by the environmental blights of polluted air (from refineries, manufacturing, shipping, freeway and air traffic) and toxic waste at brownfield sites. Some LA artists have found ways to bear witness to this environmental (in)justice. Eric Avila
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 20, 2pm

Sunday
Nov 20, 2pm

The G•Spot
Organized with Rio Uribe of Gypsy Sport

Organized with fashion designer Rio Uribe, The G•Spot is a traveling festival that celebrates local communities and features influential LA-based LGBTQ and BIPOC artists. This iteration focuses on a panel entitled, Qué Onda: The New Wave of Chicanx Artists and Creators with
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Nov 13 – Opened June 3 2021

Closed Nov 13 –
Opened June 3 2021

Closed Nov 13 – Opened June 3 2021

Our House: Selections from MOCA's Collection
MOCA Grand Avenue
Opened Nov 6 – Closes Apr 30 2023

Opened Nov 6 –
Closes Apr 30 2023

Opened Nov 6 – Closes Apr 30 2023

Henry Taylor: B Side
MOCA Grand Avenue

Members’ Opening for Henry Taylor: B Side

Members’ Preview Day for Henry Taylor: B Side

Art for Earth’s Sake: The Medium is the Message: Clean Artmaking from Earth to Outer Space
With Julia Christensen, Elizabeth Corr, Lily Kwong, and special performance by Modern Biology.

Healing through Movement with Tatiana Zamir

Exhibition Walkthrough
Bennett Simpson on Henry Taylor: B Side

Pioneer Works: Perspectives on a Changing Earth

Walkthrough of Judith F. Baca: World Wall

Envisioning a Safer Future: An Art Making Workshop with Compton G.IRLS Club

KCHUNG PUBLIC: Comment

Containment and Community: The History of Skid Row and its Role in the Downtown Community Plan

Art + Yoga with Marley Rae

An Only Child, Go to your room

New Landscapes: Mercedes Dorame

Art for Earth’s Sake: Dirty Topic: Environmental Justice in L.A. Art.
With Eric Avila, Maru Garcia, and Kim Abeles.
Moderated by Jennifer Swann.

The G•Spot
Organized with Rio Uribe of Gypsy Sport

Our House: Selections from MOCA's Collection

Henry Taylor: B Side