Programs • MOCA

Nov November 2019

Sept 12 — Mar 9 2020

MOCA Store
Sept 12 — Mar 9 2020

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.
WAREHOUSE at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Saturday
Nov 2, 2019

All Ages
Saturday
Nov 2, 2019

All Ages

Grand Ave Arts: All Access

Celebrate Grand Ave Arts: All Access’s fifth year with free museum admission, activities for the whole family, food and drink, and a special screening to celebrate Merce Cunningham’s centennial.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Nov 7, 2019

All Ages
Thursday
Nov 7, 2019

All Ages

The Creative Thinking Project

Professor Peter O’Connor is the director of the Centre for Applied Research in Creative Thinking at the University of Auckland. He has created and researched theater in earthquake zones, prisons, schools, and psychiatric hospitals, after terror attacks, and with the homeless for nearly forty years. Over the course o…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Nov 10 — Nov 24 2019

All Ages
Nov 10 — Nov 24 2019

All Ages

Sunday Studio

Join us on NOVEMBER 10th at 12pm at the Go For Broke National Education Center (355 E. 1st Street, LA 90012) to view postcards created by participants from our last Sunday Studio workshop.
Sunday
Nov 10, 2019

All Ages
Sunday
Nov 10, 2019

All Ages

The Creative Thinking Project

Professor Peter O’Connor is the director of the Centre for Applied Research in Creative Thinking at the University of Auckland. He has created and researched theater in earthquake zones, prisons, schools, and psychiatric hospitals, after terror attacks, and with the homeless for nearly forty years. Over the course o…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Wednesday
Nov 13, 2019

Member Event
Wednesday
Nov 13, 2019

Member Event

MIX at MOCA

MOCA members at the Contributing level and higher are invited to MIX at MOCA, a special event offering exclusive access to the museum and its partners. Join us for a reception and a private walkthrough of With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985 led by exhibition curator Anna Katz.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Nov 14, 2019

Screening
Thursday
Nov 14, 2019

Screening

Filmforum at MOCA Presents All That You Can’t Leave Behind

In person: Darol Olu Kae and Sara Suarez All That You Can’t Leave Behind is a program of films mixing the personal and the political, using montage, memory, and archives as not only filmic strategies but tools of intervention. Taking its name from Ufuoma Essi’s deeply sensorial v…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Nov 15 — Nov 16 2019

All Ages
Nov 15 — Nov 16 2019

All Ages

Spaceland and Other Music Present: The Get Together 2019 Label Fair and Music Festival

Bringing together some of the most exciting independent record labels across genres, locally, nationally, and internationally, The Get Together fosters a vibrant music community of artists, fans, and industry alike. After three seasons programming the Come Together Label Fair at MoMA PS1 in New York, Other Music joi…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Nov 17, 2019

Lecture
Sunday
Nov 17, 2019

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Diedrick Brackens on With Pleasure

Diedrick Brackens combines weaving techniques from West Africa, strip-woven kente cloth from Ghana, European textiles, and quilts of the American South to create his intricate works. Using dreamlike imagery, he creates a symbolic landscape where the allegorical catfish occupies the realm of the spirits and swims in parallel to the Black body.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Nov 21, 2019

Screening
Thursday
Nov 21, 2019

Screening

Promiscuous Patterns: The Pleasure Overload Effect

Prepare yourself for an evening of visual pattern pleasure. Inspired by the exhibition With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985, this program presents films, videos, and hybrid forms of computer and net art that embrace of what curator Anna Katz refers to as “promiscuous patterns.” Sp…
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Nov 23, 2019

MOCA Store
Saturday
Nov 23, 2019

MOCA Store

OOF Books Presents: A Book Release with Kimi Hanauer

OOF Books is pleased to present a potluck celebrating the release of Calling All Denizens, an artist book published by the Women's Studio Workshop that compiles materials from the ongoing project by Kimi Hanauer.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Nov 4 2019 – Opened Sept 13 2016

Closed Nov 4 2019 –
Opened Sept 13 2016

Closed Nov 4 2019 – Opened Sept 13 2016

Selections from the Permanent Collection
MOCA Grand Avenue