Programs • MOCA

Feb February 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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Sunday
Feb 3, 3pm

Lecture
Sunday
Feb 3, 3pm

Lecture

Artists on Artists: MPA on Zoe Leonard

MPA is a performance and visual artist whose practice is rooted in the expression of how power and politics are manifested in the human experience. MPA reflects on Zoe Leonard: Survey, offering a perspective on the potent material and subjects at hand in the exhibition.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Feb 7, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
Feb 7, 7pm

Lecture

Lanka Tattersall: Cameron Rowland D37 Walkthrough

MOCA Associate Curator Lanka Tattersall leads a public walkthrough of artist Cameron Rowland’s exhibition D37.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Sunday
Feb 10, 1pm

All Ages
Sunday
Feb 10, 1pm

All Ages

Sunday Studio: Jimena Sarno

Sunday Studio is MOCA’s free, drop-in event featuring art workshops for makers of all ages and experience levels. Programs include family-friendly tours in the museum, art-making explorations, music, and Toddler Town, a space with activities designed for small hands. Join the fun!
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Feb 14, 7pm

Screening, All Ages
Thursday
Feb 14, 7pm

Screening, All Ages

SCREEN: MAP POINTZ

SCREEN: MAP POINTZ is an evening of video from artist Guadalupe Rosales' MAP POINTZ archive of 90s party crew, and rave imagery from Southern California. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Rosales on the archive, detailing its impact on culture internationally, and in Los Angeles.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Saturday
Feb 16, 7am

Lecture
Saturday
Feb 16, 7am

Lecture

MOCA Morning FRIEZE

Join MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist for the Brutally Early Club, followed by conversations with artists Lauren Halsey, Korakrit Arunanondchai, and Luchita Hurtado. Full schedule below: 7am Breakfast 9am FREE admission to:…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Sunday
Feb 17, 3pm

Lecture
Sunday
Feb 17, 3pm

Lecture

The Fae Richards Photo Archive: A Panel with Garrett Bradley, Huey Copeland, Lanka Tattersall, and Rebecca Matalon

On the occasion of The Fae Richards Photo Archive being featured as part of Zoe Leonard: Survey and concurrently on view as part of Outliers and American Vanguard Art at LACMA, a range of voices will address and reflect on the work's history, form, and content, and its poignant and urgent relevance today.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Feb 21, 7pm

Thursday
Feb 21, 7pm

Zoe Leonard and Gregg Bordowitz in Conversation

Over the last thirty years, artist and writer Gregg Bordowitz has generated performance and literary works about sexuality, death, and the AIDS crisis. An active member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), Bordowitz’s famous autobiographical video work Fast Trip, Long Drop (1993) grappled with the c…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Feb 21, 7pm

Screening
Thursday
Feb 21, 7pm

Screening

Blame the Audience #4: A Film Series Organized by Jason Simon

On the occasion of One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art, filmmaker, artist, and teacher Jason Simon, a former student of Farber’s, has organized a film series inspired by Farber’s teaching. The fourth installment in the series features shorts by Wendy Clarke, Liza Johnson, Chris Marker, and Steve Reinke.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Feb 28, 7pm

Lecture
Thursday
Feb 28, 7pm

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Frances Stark on Laura Owens

Frances Stark’s creative practice is deeply embedded and invested in language. Stark and Owens have been in sustained dialogue over the years as contemporary artists in Los Angeles. This special Artists on Artists offers insight into Stark’s own layered and porous practice, which ranges from carbon drawing, collage,…
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Closed Feb 25 – Opened Jan 9 2018

Closed Feb 25 –
Opened Jan 9 2018

Closed Feb 25 – Opened Jan 9 2018

MOCA Mural: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
MOCA Grand Avenue
Closed Feb 24 – Opened Nov 17 2018

Closed Feb 24 –
Opened Nov 17 2018

Closed Feb 24 – Opened Nov 17 2018

One Day at a Time: Kahlil Joseph’s Fly Paper
MOCA Pacific Design Center