MOCA Cleveland + Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative/Pop Up City + Kurzner Arts present

SONIC ORPHANS

A one-night only evening of film, photography, discussion, and music with artist Bill Daniel

9pm to Midnight

LOCATION:

1025 Huron Road

Ground Floor

As part of his nine-week “hit and run” film + photo exhibition tour, Film Tramp Bill Daniel will show and discuss recently unearthed 16mm films (mostly silent) featuring lost concert footage of groups including The Beatles (1965) and various Austin New Wave bands, along with his photographs portraying the early 1980s Austin punk scene.

Music, dance, and image coalesce in a unique, one-night-only improvisational performance at MOCA Cleveland.  During this event, Martynuk (CAP 1999) will create new choreography as Krivda (CAP 2009) improvises long, sinewy jazz solos inspired by Martynuk's fleet footsteps.  McAdams will capture both performances on video, mediate the images, and project them in real time throughout the space.

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This event generously supported by:
The George Gund Foundation
Cleveland Foundation

MOCA Cleveland will be closed July 3-5 for the holiday weekend.

From vogue trendsetter to ignored renegade to celebrated master, artists have lives marked by peaks and troughs that reveal much about the art market and museum practice. On June 23, Ian Berry will give a special talk at MOCA examining the “long career” of the artist from a curatorial vantage point. Using Marilyn Minter as an introduction, Berry will use his exhibitions with artists such as Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Richard Pettibone, and Nancy Grossman to advocate for curatorial engagement with artists who are far beyond their student shows.

Ian Berry is the Associate Director and The Susan Rabinowitz Malloy ’45 Curator of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Berry is an esteemed specialist in contemporary art at the Tang Museum, an institution recognized for innovative, multidisciplinary exhibitions and programming. Berry has organized many significant exhibitions, including acclaimed monographic shows with artists including Richard Pettibone, Nina Katchadourian, Los Carpinteros, and Shahzia Sikander, among others. MOCA Cleveland featured Berry’s traveling exhibition, Jim Hodges, in 2005.

Join fellow Donor Members*, artists and our Summer 2010 Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Curator Ian Berry, prior to his public lecture at MOCA.

RSVPs are required. Please RSVP by June 18. Please contact Andrea Kormos at 'akormos at mocacleveland dot org' for additional information.
This event generously supported by:
Nesnadny + Schwartz

MOCA Cleveland will host an edgy GAL-LERY Night event that connects ladies who rock the "rocks" (we're not just talking diamonds) with the jewelry artists who make the hippest wearable art around.  From 5-9 pm, MOCA's space will be abuzz with fashion, art, and music.  In addition to this dynamic trunk show, patrons will enjoy entertainment by local rock band Rachel's Secret Stache along with signature cocktails and refreshments.

Featured artists include:

Brandon Holschuh

Creations by Celeste

Colleen Terry

Carina's Creations

red i

Patti Fields

Chad Verhoff

L. Sue Szabo

Reckless Eye Studio

Anne Marie Chagnon

Félixe Carole Dicaire

What does it mean to work as a team?  What can we learn through our senses?

Campers will investigate the world around them using the five senses as their guide.  Photography and video will be the tools Campers will use to collect the "sample senses" they'll use in artworks illustrating perception and memory.  Collaboration, installation and collage will be emphasized as a means of creating meaning.

Before arriving at camp, work as a team to choose a familiar spot in the house, identifying what can be found that meets the requirement for each sense.  Record the descriptions of what can be seen, heard, etc.

After camp, using the descriptions from the pre-visit, ask your Camper to find these senses in other areas of the house, neighborhood, or while running errands.  Always ask for alternatives to how the sense might be described, e.g. something that smells sweet may also taste salty.

Session 1 & 2 are scheduled on June 15 and 22, while session 3 & 4 are scheduled on July 13 and 20.  Click here for more information on the Circle Sampler camp.

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This fabulous, fun, FREE celebration features the Parade, presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Circle Village, presented by University Circle Inc.  Visit the MOCA tent in Circle Village, where the Art Squad will show you how to find art in unexpected places.  Create a compass using unusual materials to help find your way.  The event starts at 11 am and ends at 4 pm, and the Parade is at noon.

Click here to learn more about Parade the Circle and Circle Village, and visit MOCA's e-newsletter for information about the event's founder and Artistic Director, Robin VanLear. 

Sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art and University Circle, Incorporated.

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MOCA Cleveland unveils its summer season with a spirited exchange between Marilyn Minter and MOCA Senior Curator, Margo Ann Crutchfield.

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Mix and mingle with fellow art enthusiasts as you take in the Summer 2010 exhibitions: Marilyn Minter: Orange Crush and Aida Ruilova: The Singles 1999-Now.

7-8pm: Artist Talk with Marilyn Minter

7-10pm: Public Opening

7-9pm: Family Art Studio

Textures, shapes, and colors will be combined with thumps, plunks, and clanks during the Family Art Studio's hands-on project.  Kids and adults will draw inspiration from kaleidoscopes and noisemakers, combining what can be seen and heard, as they work together to build a unique artwork to enjoy at home.  The youngest art enthusiasts are able to read and play in the crawler-zone and everyone will enjoy treats courtesy of Whole Foods Cedar Center.

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This event generously supported by:
Whole Foods Market

—Please note: Patron Preview is Friday evening, June 4 —

MOCA Cleveland Board of Directors invites you to an exclusive preview of the Summer exhibitions, prior to the Public Opening.

5pm / Cocktail Reception

6pm / Welcoming Remarks

7pm / Artist Talk with Marilyn Minter and Public Opening

Reservations are required.

Please RSVP by June 2 to Andrea Kormos at 216.421.8671 ext. 21 or akormos@MOCAcleveland.org.

Preview the Art at this year's Live and Silent Auctions. You can bid by proxy by clicking here.

Click to purchase tickets to entire evening.

Click to purchase tickets to Samba Dance Party only.

Immerse yourself in a sensory experience of food, music + art

6pm-midnight

Start the evening with cocktails and hors d’ouevres before the thrill of MOCA’s annual live auction.

Then, expect the unexpected as you experience food like never before! Explore interactive, artistic

food environments, created by five of Cleveland’s top chefs, each representing one of the five senses:

sound: Sergio Abramof, Sergio’s and Sarava                                 

taste: Brandt Evans, Blue Canyon

sight: Doug Katz, fire food & drink

touch: Jonathon Sawyer, The Greenhouse Tavern

smell: Karen Small, Flying Fig

Then, kick off your shoes and sizzle at the sultry Samba Dance Party

10pm-midnight

Get swept away by the rhythm of samba drums as the party switches into high gear. Revel in

the live music and dance lines, then sample from the wine bars and enjoy light food.

RSVP by Friday, May 7

Don’t miss out on this one of a kind evening. 

Call 216.421.8671 for details.

This Mother’s Day weekend, MOCA Cleveland invites women of all ages—especially girls ages 13 to 18 and their mothers, grandmothers, aunts, female friends, and/or peers—to gather for a lively afternoon of art, performance, conversation, and community. Hear talks from artist iona rozeal brown and Senator Nina Turner. Watch local teenagers sing, dance, and act. Participate in hands-on activities ranging from groove yoga to song writing that promote personal ingenuity and community engagement. Don’t miss this opportunity to express your creativity and connect with other dynamic women in Northeast Ohio.

CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST: In association with this program, MOCA Cleveland is hosting a creative writing contest for female students in Northeast Ohio between the ages of 13 and 18. Students are invited to create an original rhyme, poem, or story using the prompt “What is your path and how do you stay on it.” Submissions are due by May 3, and first prize is $300 and publication in MUSE. Click here for more information on prizes and contest requirements.

This spring, take an inside tour of Gordon Square Arts District on Detroit Avenue .View the recent developments, such as the stunning restoration of the Capitol Theater, while shopping at boutiques and a variety of local-owned shops.

The evening will conclude with a private reception at MOCA Patrons Charles and Patricia Mintz's contemporary home, designed by architect Robert Maschke.

Additional information will be provided in the coming months.

RSVP required by April 29, 2010. Contact Andrea Kormos at akormos@mocacleveland.org or 216.421.8671 ext. 21 for more details.

Bring the whole fmily to experience art and make some of your own!Tour the exhibitions on view and enjoy delicious treats courtesy of Whole Foods - Cedar Center.

Pianist Omar Sosa and his Afreecanos Quartet will take the stage at MOCA as part of our annual collaboration with Tri-C’s Jazzfest. Sosa’s compositions are known for their exploration of African and Latin music as they combine modern jazz harmonies with the latest in electronic music. Downbeat magazine writes, "Sosa stokes the African and Cuban fires: Each burns distinctly from the other while illuminating the place between them. This is where Sosa pitches his musical camp and works his magic."

Due to limited capacity, advance ticket purchases are recommended. MOCA Members call 216.987.4049 to purchase your discounted tickets.

MEET THE ARTIST / 5pm

ARTIST INTERVIEW / 6pm

The CIM New Music Ensemble will present their second concert at MOCA Cleveland in conjunction with the exhibition From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African-American Art. The program will feature fascinating musical compositions by Keith Fitch, Eugene O’Brien, and Igor Stravinsky. Begin the night with a tour of MOCA’s captivating galleries, then stay for a reception and mingle with the evening’s extraordinary musicians.

(taken from Mr. Ligeti's MySpace page):

Transcending the boundaries of genre, composer-percussionist Lukas Ligeti has developed a musical style of his own that draws upon downtown New York experimentalism, contemporary classical music, jazz, and electronica, as well as music from Africa. Other major sources of inspiration include experimental mathematics, computer technology, architecture and visual art, sociology and politics, and travel.  He has participated in cultural exchange projects in Africa for the last fifteen years.

He often uses electronic percussion and performs on the marimba lumina, a rare electronic percussion instrument invented by Don Buchla.

Lukas Ligeti's MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/lukasligeti

Shirin Neshat's Women Without Men 2009, 97 minutes   Click to purchase tickets

Shirin Neshat's first feature-length film is based on a magic-realist novel written by Iranian author Sharnush Parsipur. The narrative interweaves the lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953, a pivotal moment in Iranian history when an American led coup d' tat brought down the democratically elected prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh and reinstalled the Shah to power. The film chronicles each woman's quest for change and their mysterious encounter in a magical orchard. Credits Producer: Susanne Marian, Martin Gschlacht, Philippe Bober Screenplay: Shirin Neshat Written By: Shahrnush Parsipur Cinematographer: Martin Gschlacht Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto Principal Cast Click for update on parking for patrons of the Cleveland International Film Festival. For more than a decade, MOCA Cleveland has collaborated with the Cleveland International Film Festival to present the recent work of contemporary artists forging new paths at the intersection of art and film.  This groundbreaking program has been sustained over the years through the visionary support of Toby Devan Lewis, who serves on both MOCA and the Cleveland Film Society’s boards

Registration for the Hip Hop Teen Workshop is closed. Attend our FREE Youth Party on Friday, March 12 to see a performance by Progressive Arts Alliance All Stars and the debut of film by Shaw High School in response to iona rozeal brown's exhibition.

Mix and mingle with fellow art enthusiasts as you take in the winter/spring exhibitions.

OPENING NIGHT TALK WITH iona rozeal brown / 6-7pm

FAMILY ART STUDIO / 7-9pm

A special place for kids to make art of their own, while enjoying the opening night excitement. Treats provided by Whole Foods: Cedar Center.

MEMBER VIP LOUNGE / 7-9pm

MOCA Members enjoy VIP treatment, a signed exhibition poster, and a complimentary cocktail, with exclusive access behind the velvet rope.