Fall Art Classes open for Registration!

Registration is now open for Kid, Teen, and Adult Classes this fall!

Introduction to Figure Drawing with Marisa Stratton or Drawing: The Art of Seeing with Melanie Kehoss! Interested in learning about a new material or technique? Look into Intro to Printmaking with Olivia Tripp Morrow or Mixed Media Mail Art with Jennifer Wilkin Penick! To learn more and register for a class, click here!

Do you have a creative kid or teen at home? We have so many wonderful options for all ages this season! For elementary kids, we are offering inspired classes like Comics and Cartoons, Painting: Big & Small, and Drawing & Illustration Exploration! For the teen and preteen groups we have classes like Beyond Drawing and Painting: Fundamentals and Discoveries.

Click below to see all the classes!

Kids & Teen Classes

Adult Classes

Save the Date: Galleries reopen September 9!

Art After Hours
Saturday / September 9 / 5-8pm
Free. Registration Not Required.

Join us for our opening celebration of FIVE new exhibitions this fall! Exhibiting artists will be in attendance and MoCA Arlington Resident Artists will also open their studios to the public.

An Adventure of Being
September 9 – December 17, 2023

Featuring work by Vincent Cy Chen, Nicki Cherry, Jeremy Olson, and Stephanie J. Williams
Meyer & Smith Galleries, Main Level

Andrew Barco: Understory
September 9 – December 17, 2023
part of SOLOS 23-24
Truland Gallery, Lower Level

Elliot Doughtie: Tomato
September 9 – December 17, 2023
part of SOLOS 23-24
Experimental Gallery, Lower Level

Judith Stone: Constructing Constructions
September 9 – November 19, 2023
Chairmen’s Gallery, Main Level

Marissa Long: Blister Pearl
September 9 – December 17, 2023
Wyatt Resident Artists Gallery, Upper Level

Zaq Landsberg: Reclining Liberty
Through June 28, 2024
Front Lawn

Exclusive Artists' Studio Tour in Maryland!

Artists' Studio Visit with Collectors Program
Saturday / September 23 / 5pm-8pm

$40 per person. Registration required.

Join MoCA Arlington's Collectors Program for a cocktail hour visit with Hedieh Ilchi, Andrew Hladky and Jacqui Crocetta at Breeze Block Studios in Kensington, MD. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Studio Visit Registration

Creativity in Motion this fall!

Yoga in the Galleries
Saturdays / 10am-11am
Mondays / 6pm-7pm (starting Sept. 18)

We're expanding yoga to Monday nights in September! Join us for a flowing yoga session followed by time to doodle, write, or meditate in a creative space. Registration required.

Yoga Registration

Meditation in the Galleries
Wednesday / September 13 / 6pm-7pm

Invite calm, connection, and clarity with an evening of Mindful Breathing and Meditation in the Tiffany Gallery. Free.

Meditation Registration

Sound Bath
Saturday / September 16 / 2pm-3pm

Join this lovely and relaxing event: a sound bath in the Tiffany Gallery. Emme Day will use a variety of sound instruments, including chimes, crystal quartz and tibetan sound bowls, to bathe you in sound as you relax comfortably on a yoga mat.

Sound Bath Registration

Country Swing Workshop with Inspira Dance
Saturday / October 7 / 1pm-4pm

Interested in learning to dance Country Swing? For beginners or those with experience, you can join Inspira Dance at MoCA Arlington for a three-hour workshop to learn dips, tricks, and more.

Dance Registration

Party Time!

We're having a gala and silent auction to benefit MoCA Arlington on September 27! Tickets from $250 - $500 per person and are on sale now.

Cocktail Attire; Neon Encouraged.

Neon Nights Tickets

Host your private or corporate event at MoCA Arlington!

The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington makes a unique backdrop for a variety of events, including corporate meetings, client events, cocktail receptions, private dinners, small weddings, retirement celebrations, memorial services, and birthday parties. We welcome events for groups of 10 to 200 guests.

For more information, email [email protected].

Celebrate birthdays with an artist workshop at MoCA Arlington!

Hey kids! Do you have a birthday coming up on your calendar? Have your birthday party at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington! Select a fun art project from our special birthday menu, and after an hour-long private art-making workshop, you and the party guests will have time to enjoy cake and refreshments.

For more information, email [email protected].