Programs • MOCA

Apr April 2025

Friday
Apr 4, 6pm

First Fridays
MOCA Climate Conversations: Like Lichen

Friday
Apr 4, 6pm

First Fridays
MOCA Climate Conversations: Like Lichen

For those who care to look, lichen teaches many lessons: connectedness, cooperation, and in the words of slowness researcher Joe Dumit, a more attuned “speed of attention.” Moving slowly like lichen allows us to better live in our bodies and appreciate our world, welcoming wonder into the everyday. Similar…
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Apr 6, 3pm

MOCA Store Presents
Poetry of Fire: Chromatic Experimentation in the Films of Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff
Film Screening, Discussion, and Book Signing

Screening, MOCA Store, Panel Discussion
Sunday
Apr 6, 3pm

Screening, MOCA Store, Panel Discussion

MOCA Store Presents
Poetry of Fire: Chromatic Experimentation in the Films of Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff
Film Screening, Discussion, and Book Signing

MOCA Store and Del Vaz Projects presents Poetry of Fire, a screening of moving-image works by the artists Ana Mendieta (1946–1985), Derek Jarman (1942–1994), and P. Staff (b. 1987), all of whom are the subject of the current exhibition Earthshaker—on view at Del Vaz Projects in Santa Monica throug…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Apr 12

Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

Member Event
Saturday
Apr 12

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 Curatorial Assistant Emilia Nicholson-Fajardo.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Saturday
Apr 19, 11am

The Plant Sale

Saturday
Apr 19, 11am

The Plant Sale

The Plant Sale returns to The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for its third year. Artist Alika Cooper's itinerant collaborative event brings together artists and growers from across the Los Angeles basin to celebrate and sell plants & related wares. The event will also feature a Sustainable Skillbuilding herbalism w…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Tuesday
Apr 22, 6pm

Roski Talks: Mary Kelly

Lecture
Tuesday
Apr 22, 6pm

Lecture

Roski Talks: Mary Kelly

Join us for an evening with artist Mary Kelly. Presented in collaboration with the USC Roski School, Roski Talks lecture series offers engaging weekly presentations from leading visual artists, design innovators, scholars, performance artists, architects, and other influential figures througho…
MOCA Grand Avenue

First Fridays
MOCA Climate Conversations: Like Lichen

MOCA Store Presents
Poetry of Fire: Chromatic Experimentation in the Films of Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff
Film Screening, Discussion, and Book Signing

Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

The Plant Sale

Roski Talks: Mary Kelly

First FridaysMOCA Climate Conversations: Like Lichen

MOCA Store PresentsPoetry of Fire: Chromatic Experimentation in the Films of Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. StaffFilm Screening, Discussion, and Book Signing

Curator-led Walkthrough of Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

The Plant Sale

Roski Talks: Mary Kelly

First Fridays
MOCA Climate Conversations: Like Lichen

MOCA Store Presents
Poetry of Fire: Chromatic Experimentation in the Films of Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff
Film Screening, Discussion, and Book Signing