Programs • MOCA

Dec December 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

Sunday
Dec 1

MOCA Store
Sunday
Dec 1

MOCA Store

Museum Store Sunday

Be a patron and shop the MOCA Store on the second annual Museum Store Sunday on December 1
MOCA Grand Avenue The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Dec 5, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
Dec 5, 7pm

Screening

STILL BEGINNING: The 30th Annual Day With(out) Art

MOCA is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for the 30th annual Day With(out) Art by presenting STILL BEGINNING, a program of seven newly commissioned videos by artists Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen Tan Hoang, Carl George, Viva Ruiz, Iman Shervington, Jack Waters/ Victor F.M. Torres, and Derrick Woods-Morrow that respond to the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Dec 7, 11am

Member Event
Saturday
Dec 7, 11am

Member Event

Members' Behind-the-Scenes Museum Tour

See the museum from the inside out! Get an insider’s look at MOCA Grand Avenue from the rooftop to the basement on this exclusive tour for members.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Dec 7, 1pm

All Ages
Saturday
Dec 7, 1pm

All Ages

Earl Sweatshirt x MOCA

In/between us: a conversation on art, music, and life with Thebe Kgositsile & Cheryl Harris.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Dec 8, 1pm

All Ages
Sunday
Dec 8, 1pm

All Ages

Sunday Studio: Self Help Graphics and Art's Barrio Mobile Art Studio

Join Self Help Graphics & Art’s Barrio Mobile Art Studio to create prints inspired by your own personal stories and MOCA’s 40th-anniversary exhibition, The Foundation of the Museum: MOCA’s Collection.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Dec 8, 1pm

All Ages
Sunday
Dec 8, 1pm

All Ages

Student Art Connection

Explore works in MOCA’s collection through the eyes of youth. Throughout the galleries, specially trained 4th–12th-grade student educators lead conversations and hands-on activities that encourage visitors of all ages to look closely and think deeply about the works on view.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Dec 12, 6pm

MOCA Store
Thursday
Dec 12, 6pm

MOCA Store

Book Signing: Jonas Wood

Los Angeles–based artist Jonas Wood creates vivid images, rendering space and everyday life with a compressed perspective in bold graphic hues. This monograph—the first on the artist’s work—brings together Woods’s most significant paintings and drawings.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Dec 12, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
Dec 12, 7pm

Lecture

Exhibition Walkthrough
Bennett Simpson on The Foundation of the Museum

Senior Curator Bennett Simpson leads this final walkthrough of The Foundation of the Museum: MOCA's Collection before it closes.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Dec 15, 6pm

All Ages
Sunday
Dec 15, 6pm

All Ages

LACMDS presents SLIGHTLY GUIDED DANCE PARTY: WINTER WONDERLAND EDITION

L.A. City Municipal Dance Squad (LACMDS) is a high-energy, all-woman dance troupe leading monthly community workshops for women across the city. For this special holiday-themed program, LACMDS hosts its now-famous Slightly Guided Dance Party (for Women!) at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA’s Warehouse space.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA