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MOCA Cleveland

 


  Sunday, August 17, 2008
   11:00am - 06:00pm
   Summer Season closes

Last chance to view our summer suite of exhibitions including: Jean Luc Mylayne, MARKING TIME: the sculpture of jamie davis, and Michel Huelin.


  Saturday, August 2, 2008
   08:00pm - 12:00pm
   canceled: MOCA Mix: film: The Great ARTdoors
   The Lawrence Jordan Album
   $3 Members / $7 Non-members / Kids under 12 are FREE

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED:

OUTSIDE ON THE LAWN / films begin at dusk / With special guests: El Poeta (San Diego, CA / Dub Traffik Control)

Animator Lawrence Jordan’s 50-year career was based on a meticulous examination of collage, pace, and the juxtaposition of myth against the modern prism of moving pictures. Enjoy selections from his entire career, including the groundbreaking full-length masterpiece, Sophie’s Place.

“Jordan’s animated films are among the most beautiful short films ever made.”
–Jonas Mekas, San Francisco Cinematheque




  Thursday, July 24, 2008
   08:00am - 09:00pm
   Shop and Give at Whole Foods Market
   5% DAY AT WHOLE FOODS FOR MOCA
  http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/cleveland/index.html

WHAT Whole Foods Market will donate 5% of all net sales to MOCA for one day only.
WHY To help support MOCA’s cutting edge programs; elevate our cultural discourse through emerging art; educate adults and youth; and develop new audiences.
WHERE Whole Foods Market: 13998 Cedar Rd. / University Hts, OH.


  Saturday, July 12, 2008
   08:00pm
   CANCELED: MOCA Mix: tempo: electronic histories
  Members FREE / $6 Non-members

This program has been canceled

It is the fascination with the cut-up—the buried melody from an old Platter ’45, the hum of a tube amplifier revived from your Grandfather’s garage—that starts the journey. Sample practitioners and video artists will collaborate for an evening of personal narrative, electronic beatitude, and epic bounce.

Visit www.mocacleveland.org/blog for a list of artists and a discussion of the cut-up.




  Saturday, July 12, 2008
   08:45am
   A Bird in the Lens
  FREE and open to the public; RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Part 1: “Bird Watching for Beginners”
WHAT Bird watching lesson with CMNH orthnithologist, Andy Jones, accompanied by Megan Lykins Reich, MOCA Assistant Curator
WHEN 9am (meet at 8:45am in the Nature Center parking lot)
WHERE Shaker Lakes Nature Center 2600 South Park Boulevard, Cleveland, 44120
RSVP Space is limited; Reservations required by June 30, 2008. RSVP by calling Megan Lykins Reich at 216.421.8671 ext. 26
BY THE WAY Please wear walking shoes or boots; binoculars recommended

Part 2: “Why Watching Birds is Not Always Bird Watching”
WHAT Exhibition tour of Jean Luc Mylayne by MOCA Assistant Curator, Megan Lykins Reich
WHEN 11am / FREE and open to the public
WHERE MOCA Cleveland main galleries

[SOME INSIGHT]
To produce his work, artist Jean Luc Mylayne spends hours, days, weeks, and even months gaining an intimate knowledge of the environment and birds that he photographs. Mylayne’s conceptual practice bears formal similarities to bird watching, a popular and passionate activity for many Northeast Ohioans.

This two-part program will explore the relationship between birding and conceptual art. We begin with a bird watching expedition led by Andy Jones, Curator of Birds for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Using the Shaker Lakes Nature Center trails as our classroom, Jones will lead a one-hour introductory lesson on bird-watching. After this outdoor workshop, we will “migrate” to MOCA Cleveland for light refreshments followed by an engaging tour of the Mylayne exhibition led by Megan Lykins Reich, Assistant Curator.


  Friday, July 4, 2008
   Event Lasts All Day
   CLOSED in observance of the 4th of July Holiday

MOCA will be closed in observance of the 4th of July Holiday.


  Sunday, June 29, 2008
   01:00pm - 04:00pm
   Summer Family Fun Day
  FREE and open to families

Take a break from the heat with Family Fun Day! Spend time with the 2008 Wendy L. Moore artist Jamie Davis at our activities table and create artwork about your own life. In the galleries, investigate large-scale nature photographs using our Family Gallery and Activity Guide. Turn in your completed Guide for a prize and enjoy free summertime treats courtesy of Whole Foods Market.


  Friday, June 20, 2008
   Event Lasts All Day
   MOCA Mix: words: Cleveland Poetry Scenes Book Signing
  Members FREE / $6 Non-members

Independent Midwest publisher Bottom Dog Press presents a new anthology of Cleveland writers from 1945 – to the present. Reading will include works from Mary Weems, Katie Daley, Kelly Harris, Ray McNiece, and Michael Salinger. Vince Robinson and The Jazz Poets will provide the music.




  Sunday, June 15, 2008
   01:00pm - 03:00pm
   Marjorie Talalay Memorial Service
  FREE Event

Without Marjorie Talalay, MOCA Cleveland would not exist. Her story is one of a pioneering tastemaker who blazed a trail for contemporary art in Cleveland, and turned a small, struggling commercial gallery into one of the most important art centers in the Midwest.

Join us as we celebrate her spirit through an afternoon of dance, music, and stories from her family, friends and colleagues.

Program to include:

GroundWorks Dancetheater, a duet from Before With After, performed by David Shimotakahara and Amy Miller

Tributes from
Jill Snyder
Laurie Talalay
Roger Salomon
Toby Lewis

Tombeau de Mr Chambonnieres by Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, performed by musician Peter Bennett of Case Western Reserve University

Tributes from
Nan Ross
David Shimotakahara
Don Harvey
Kathryn Kay

Video tribute to Marjorie, originally produced in her honor for MOCA's Feel the Love 2007 Benefit


  Saturday, June 14, 2008
   11:00am - 04:00pm
   Parade the Circle
   “Skipping the Muse, Running the Fiddle”
  FREE and open to the public
  http://www.universitycircle.org/content/circle_village_2008.asp

OFFSITE: Wade Oval in University Circle

This high energy and interactive community arts event features The Cleveland Museum of Art’s vibrant, one-of-a-kind parade and University Circle Incorporated’s Circle Village. Hands-on activities, provided by more than 20 cultural institutions, accompany the parade all afternoon in Circle Village.

MOCA’s make-and-take art project is inspired by the 2008 Wendy L. Moore exhibition, MARKING TIME: the sculpture of jamie davis. Come to the MOCA tent and work with unlikely art materials as you create a unique time-keeping device.


  Thursday, June 5, 2008
   07:00pm
   MOCA Mix: jazz: Oblique Orchestra
  Members FREE / $6 Non-members

There is something mysterious about trios, almost as if a duet is being moderated, but you never know when the roles will switch. The jazz trio is where this play is most apparent—whether it’s the bass and drums as the sax gives a sublime play by play, or the tension created when all but the drums drop out, and then all three explode together. On bass, Bill Nichols, on soprano and tenor sax, Dan Wenninger, and on drums, the legendary Carmen Castaldi.


  Sunday, June 1, 2008 through
   Event Lasts All Day
   ARTspace clearance SALE!
  FREE and open to the public
  https://shop.mocacleveland.org/

TWO WEEKS ONLY!

Stop in for our semi-annual clearance sale for bargains on a variety of wares. You can also check out our wide selection of unique items for the MOCA-lover, the kids, the eco-friendly, the bibliophile, the artist (of course!), the fashionista, and everyone in between. ARTspace: the contemporary spot to shop!




  Friday, May 30, 2008
   07:00pm - 09:00pm
   Summer Opening: Kids
   NEW! Family Art Studio
  FREE and open to families with children 12 and under

Want to expose the kids to art? This season we début the Family Art Studio, a place to explore the art of now. The Studio will provide a family-friendly atmosphere during our season opening to engage you and your kids. Come for the party, see great art, and stay to create a work of your own! Located in MOCA’s Education Room, enjoy hands-on activities and refreshments, provided by Whole Foods Market.

This event generously supported by:
Whole Foods Market



  Friday, May 30, 2008
   05:30pm - 10:00pm
   Summer Opening Celebration
  FREE and open to the public

5:30pm
In Dialogue: Jean Luc Mylayne and Terrie Sultan

Join us for conversation* between featured artist, Jean Luc Mylayne and Terrie Sultan, newly appointed Director of The Parrish Art Museum, formerly Director of Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, and curator of the exhibition.

*Dialogue in French, translated in situ into English by Terrie Sultan

7–10pm
PARTY
(and THE NEW FAMILY ART STUDIO**)

Celebrate our new suite of exhibitions to the sweet beat of summer.
**Want to expose the kids to art? This season we début the Family Art Studio, a family-friendly place to engage and explore the art of now.


  Friday, May 30, 2008
   05:30pm
   Summer Opening Talk
   In Dialogue: Jean Luc Mylayne and Terrie Sultan
  FREE and open to the public

Join us for conversation* between featured artist, Jean Luc Mylayne and Terrie Sultan, newly appointed Director of The Parrish Art Museum, formerly Director of Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, and curator of the exhibition.

*Dialogue in French, translated in situ into English by Terrie Sultan


  Thursday, May 29, 2008
   06:00pm - 08:00pm
   Patron Preview*
  *For Director's Circle Members - become one today!
  https://shop.mocacleveland.org/index.php?cPath=26

MOCA Patrons: this is your special night. Meet the artists and mingle with friends. It doesn’t get much fresher than this… red hot cowboy boots, a seductive cyberworld, and a gift of time highlight a diverse summer season.

Reservations are required by May 22. To RSVP or to upgrade your membership to attend this program, please call Rob Sikora, Assistant Director of Development, at 216.421.8671 ext. 35.




  Tuesday, May 27, 2008
   12:00pm - 01:30pm
   Curator's Circle Brown Bag Lunch*
  *For Curator's Circle Members and above - become one today!
  https://shop.mocacleveland.org/index.php?cPath=26

Curator’s Circle Members are invited to join Wendy L. Moore emerging artist, Jamie Davis, and Emily Hall Tremaine Curatorial Fellow, Indra K. Lacis, for an informal dialogue and sneak peak of Davis’s first solo exhibition.

Lunches are BYO—beverages provided.

Reservations are required by May 20. To RSVP or to upgrade your membership to attend this program, please call Rob Sikora, Assistant Director of Development, at 216.421.8671 ext. 35.


  Wednesday, May 21, 2008
   06:00pm
   The New Face of Architecture
   CAMERON SINCLAIR of Architecture for Humanity
   $8 MOCA member / $10 non-member / $5 student / Please call for our special patron package

/// OFF-SITE Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at ideastream: 1375 Euclid Avenue / Cleveland, Ohio / 44115

2008 TALALAY LECTURE SERIES /// Winner of the 2006 TED [Technology, Entertainment Design] Prize, the motto of Sinclair’s group, Architecture for Humanity, design like you give a damn sums up his design vision. With projects ranging from designing mobile health clinics combating HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa to establishing mine clearance programs and building playgrounds in the Balkans his mission is to create sustainable and innovative living standards for the masses.

/// We believe good design can change the world and we can prove it. Our spring Talalay Lecture Series demonstrates how good design can do good work through meeting social needs, addressing global issues, and creating sustainable practices. The Talalay Lecture Series, which honors MOCA founder Marjorie Talalay, is made possible by a generous gift from Toby Devan Lewis and Peter Lewis and is produced in collaboration with ideastream with outreach support from Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.

This event generously supported by:
ideastream
Toby Devan Lewis
Peter Lewis
Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative



  Saturday, May 3, 2008
   06:30pm
   MOCA's 40th Anniversary Benefit
   FortyPlus: Entering a New Dimension

It all adds up.
Over forty years in existence.
Thousands of artists.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors.
Countless pieces of art.
Endless possibilities.
Come and celebrate the infinite.

Saturday, May 3, 2008
Sammy’s Metropolitan Ballroom
925 Euclid Avenue
Huntington Bank Building, 21st Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Valet Parking
Cocktail Attire

Tables + Tickets start at $290 / please call 216.421.8671 for more information and to reserve your seat today!


  Wednesday, April 23, 2008
   07:00pm
   MOCA Mix: jazz:The Vijay Iyer Quartet
  Members $20 / $25 non-members

In collaboration with Tri-C JazzFest

Vijay Iyer has been named the "#1 Rising Starr Jazz Artist" and "#1 Rising Star Composer" in Downbeat Magazine's International Critics Poll for two years running. He'll bring his remarkable quartet, with standout saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, to the MOCA Commons this spring.




  Tuesday, April 22, 2008
   06:00pm
   The New Face of Architecture
   CAROLYN STRAUSS of slowLab
  $8 MOCA member / $10 non-member / $5 student / Please call for our special patron package

/// OFF-SITE Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre at ideastream: 1375 Euclid Avenue / Cleveland, Ohio / 44115

2008 TALALAY LECTURE SERIES /// Award-winning designer, curator, and founding director of slowLab Carolyn Strauss has emerged as an innovator in the concept of slow design as a fertile, holistic framework to understand and advance sustainable design. For Strauss, slow design describes a design philosophy guided by elevated awareness of process, quality of outcome, and enrichment of the community.

/// We believe good design can change the world and we can prove it. Our spring Talalay Lecture Series demonstrates how good design can do good work through meeting social needs, addressing global issues, and creating sustainable practices. The Talalay Lecture Series, which honors MOCA founder Marjorie Talalay, is made possible by a generous gift from Toby Devan Lewis and Peter Lewis and is produced in collaboration with ideastream with outreach support from Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.

This event generously supported by:
ideastream
Toby Devan Lewis
Peter Lewis
Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative



  Friday, April 11, 2008
   08:00pm
   MOCA Mix: tempo: Baby Dayliner
   w/ special guests JJ Magazine and Stay Loose Hold Tight
  Members FREE / $6 non-members

The soul crooner vs. the dance DJ. The Smiths and Donnie Hathaway with Pete Rock on the wheels deconstructing the beat—pin-up sexy—it’s Baby Dayliner. WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.

This event generously supported by:
Scene Magazine
Pabst Brewing Company
Skyy



  Friday, March 21, 2008
   08:00pm
   rock! MOCA: Parts and Labor
   w/ special guests Bolmongani (Ryan from PAIK solo), Pterodactyl, National Suicide Day
  Members FREE / $6 non-members

Parts and Labor is alchemy.
Art-School-style.
Verve.
WANT MORE? Downloads, photos, links, and commentary at www.mocacleveland.org/blog.

This event generously supported by:
Scene Magazine
Pabst Brewing Company
Skyy



  Wednesday, March 19, 2008
   06:00pm
   Gregory Volk: Pushing the Envelope
   Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critic Series
  FREE and open to the public

Art is an adventure. For this lecture, Gregory Volk will focus on a handful of emerging, mid-career, and established artists who journey boldly into unexplored terrains of contemporary art. Up for discussion are the vibrant hallucinatory abstract paintings of Ati Maier, the elaborate foam dreamworlds sculpted by Folkert de Jong, and the ecstatic-cum-brutal cartoon paintings of Joyce Pensato, among others. Volk will also offer a “behind the scenes” look at the work of the art critic, homing in on the role of art writing today.

This event generously supported by:
Nesnadny + Schwartz





  Monday, March 10, 2008
   07:00pm
   MOCA Mix: film: Chinese Art Today: Cao Fei and Yang Fudong
   In collaboration with the 2008 Cleveland International Film Festival
  $9 for MOCA and CFS Members / $11 for non-members
  http://www.clevelandfilm.org

OFFSITE: Tower City Cinemas
With a critical eye on China’s culture and its ever-expanding urban environment, Cao Fei and Yang Fudong are breaking new ground in film and video art. This program will feature Yang Fudong’s acclaimed work Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, Part 1 (2003), recently featured at the 52nd Venice Biennial and Cao Fei’s current sensation Whose Utopia? (2006). Melissa Chiu, Director and Curator of Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art for the Asia Society Museum, will discuss these works during the program. A foremost scholar in the field, Chiu holds a PhD in Contemporary Asian Art from the University of Western Sydney. She is a founding member of the Asian Contemporary Art Consortium, a former Getty Research Fellow, and curator of over thirty exhibitions including Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific; Cai Guo-Qiang, An Explosion Event; and TOOBA: Shirin Neshat.

Exclusive CIFF sponsorship for this program is generously provided by Toby Devan Lewis.

This event generously supported by:
Scene Magazine
Pabst Brewing Company
Skyy



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