Programs • MOCA

Sep September 2023

Thursday
Sept 7, 6pm

Screening
Thursday
Sept 7, 6pm

Screening

MOCA Artist Film Series: Diane Severin Nguyen
Tyrant Star, 2009, 16 min.
IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS, 2021, 19 min.

MOCA Artist Film series is an active and dynamic platform for the presentation of artist films. Inspired by film and video works in MOCA’s renowned collection, the series offers engaging and notable screenings and live programs with MOCA collection artists and beyond. With presentations in the Ahmanson Aud…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Sept 9

Member Event
Saturday
Sept 9

Member Event

Leadership Circle Walkthrough with MOCA collection artist Gala Porras-Kim

Leadership Circle supporters at the Curators Circle level and higher are invited to an off-site walkthrough led by MOCA collection artist Gala Porras-Kim.
Saturday
Sept 9, 2pm

Saturday
Sept 9, 2pm

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Opening Celebration

Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who l…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sept 12 — Sept 26

Sept 12 — Sept 26

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Affinity Tuesdays

Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for t…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Wednesday
Sept 13

Member Event
Wednesday
Sept 13

Member Event

In Conversation: Reynaldo Rivera

Members at the Contributing level and higher are invited to a conversation with MOCA collection artist Reynaldo Rivera.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Sept 14, 6:30pm

Thursday
Sept 14, 6:30pm

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Artist Talk with Sheree Rose

Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who l…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Sept 17, 3pm

Panel Discussion
Sunday
Sept 17, 3pm

Panel Discussion

MOCA x East of Borneo present
Artist Hangouts

Co-organized by MOCA and East of Borneo, join us for a panel discussion focused on the formation of the city’s vibrant art scene as it existed through artists, their networks and relationships, and their social spaces and han…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Tuesday
Sept 19

Member Event
Tuesday
Sept 19

Member Event

Leadership Circle Walkthrough with MOCA collection artist Sean Scully

Leadership Circle supporters at the Director’s Forum level and higher are invited to an off-site walkthrough and reception led by MOCA collection artist Sean Scully.
Thursday
Sept 21, 6pm

Screening
Thursday
Sept 21, 6pm

Screening

MOCA Artist Film Series: Ai Weiwei
Chang’an Boulevard, 2004, 10 hr. 13 min.

Screenings of Chang’an Boulevard will take place during regular museum hours on Thursday, September 21 and Friday September 22. Ai Weiwei will be joined in conversation with MOCA's Executive Director Johanna Burton and artist Charles Gaines on Thursday, September 21 at 6pm, followe…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Sept 21, 6:30pm

Thursday
Sept 21, 6:30pm

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Workshop: Bootblacking, Rope, and Impact play

Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who l…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Friday
Sept 22, 11am

Screening
Friday
Sept 22, 11am

Screening

MOCA Artist Film Series: Ai Weiwei
Chang’an Boulevard, 2004, 10 hr. 13 min.

MOCA Artist Film series is an active and dynamic platform for the presentation of artist films. Inspired by film and video works in MOCA’s renowned collection, the series offers engaging and notable screenings and live programs with MOCA collection artists and beyond. With presentations in the Ahmanson Aud…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Sept 24, 4pm

MOCA Store
Sunday
Sept 24, 4pm

MOCA Store

MOCA Store Presents George Baker’s Lateness and Longing: On the Afterlife of Photography
Conversation and Book Signing

Join the MOCA Store for an exciting evening celebrating George Baker's latest book, Lateness and Longing: On the Afterlife of Photography (University of Chicago Press, 2023)…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Sept 28, 6:30pm

Thursday
Sept 28, 6:30pm

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Working Girls: The Blade. A Conversation about Street Based Sex Work

Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who l…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Sept 30, 11am

Environmental Council
Saturday
Sept 30, 11am

Environmental Council

MOCA Climate Conversations: Fluid States

Open to all, the new MOCA Climate Conversations series seeks to create a space for collective learning and dialogue, providing a platform for engaging with pressing topics, fostering awareness, and inspiring action around the diverse facets of climate, culture, and environmental justice.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Sept 30, 2pm

Saturday
Sept 30, 2pm

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Closing Celebration

Kink Out is a bi-coastal collective that unites people of diverse identities with lived experience in BDSM culture through art, activism, community organizing, and conversation. With KINK OUT: EPHEMERA, a month-long residency, the collective transforms MOCA’s WAREHOUSE into an active archive for those who l…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

MOCA Artist Film Series: Diane Severin Nguyen
Tyrant Star, 2009, 16 min.
IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS, 2021, 19 min.

Leadership Circle Walkthrough with MOCA collection artist Gala Porras-Kim

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Opening Celebration

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Affinity Tuesdays

In Conversation: Reynaldo Rivera

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Artist Talk with Sheree Rose

MOCA x East of Borneo present
Artist Hangouts

Leadership Circle Walkthrough with MOCA collection artist Sean Scully

MOCA Artist Film Series: Ai Weiwei
Chang’an Boulevard, 2004, 10 hr. 13 min.

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Workshop: Bootblacking, Rope, and Impact play

MOCA Artist Film Series: Ai Weiwei
Chang’an Boulevard, 2004, 10 hr. 13 min.

MOCA Store Presents George Baker’s Lateness and Longing: On the Afterlife of Photography
Conversation and Book Signing

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Working Girls: The Blade. A Conversation about Street Based Sex Work

MOCA Climate Conversations: Fluid States

KINK OUT: EPHEMERA
Closing Celebration