UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

RAVEN CHACON: WHILE HISSING 

MARCH 24 - OCTOBER 22, 2023 | EAST GALLERIES
While hissing is an exhibition by artist, performer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon that celebrates sound as a medium for resistance and connection. Through video installation, graphic scores, and performance, Chacon amplifies Indigenous women's voices, centering their leadership and vision both as carriers of memory and authors of culture.  

NA MIRA: SUBROSA

MARCH 24 - OCTOBER 22, 2023 | EAST GALLERIES
Subrosa is an exhibition by Na Mira that imagines scenes from the final, unfinished, film by the late artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Mira engages Cha’s archive, integrates her own Korean matrilineal history, and embraces technological interferences to collide past and present. The immersive installation features non-linear films, radio sound, and the color red to explore thresholds of perception.

EAST WING EXHIBITION OPENINGS

MEMBERS PREVIEW: FRIDAY, MARCH 24 | 6-7PM 
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PUBLIC OPENING: FRIDAY, MARCH 24 | 7-9PM

MARCH PROGRAMS

MOCA LOCAL GENIUS TALKS 
Join us for a series of lectures by 2023 Local Genius Awardees as they discuss their creative and professional achievements. Presentations will be followed by a conversation and audience Q&A.

JENNIFER CARLSON & DON GUERRA
THURSDAY, MARCH 9 | 6-7:30PM

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KARLETTA CHIEF & CELESTINO FERNÁNDEZ
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 | 6-7:30PM
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FREE THIRD THURSDAY

THURSDAY, MARCH 16 | 5-9PM
Join us for a free evening at MOCA with galleries open late, live music by KXCI Community Radio DJs, food by Reservation Sensation Frybread, and free beer by Barrio Brewing Company.

The program will include the launch of a broadsheet artist print by Nika Kaiser, a poetry reading, and a talk to raise awareness and funds for the defenders of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta.

Third Thursdays are presented in collaboration with KXCI Community Radio.

NIGHT BLOOM: GRANTS FOR ARTISTS

APPLICATIONS OPEN THROUGH APRIL 20

We are pleased to announce the next round of Night Bloom: Grants for Artists! This program supports collaboratively-focused visual arts projects by individual artists and artist groups within Tucson and the broader Sonoran Desert region. Grants award amounts: $5,000 – $7,500

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2023 GALA & LOCAL GENIUS AWARDS

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 | 6-9PM

Join us for an in support of MOCA and in honor of the 2023 Local Genius Awardees: award-winning sociologist and researcher Jennifer Carlson; hydrologist Karletta Chief, Ph.D.; sociologist Celestino Fernández, Ph.D.; baker and Barrio Bread founder Don Guerra; and late writer and journalist Tom Miller.

This year’s Gala will feature dinner, music by Las Azaleas and Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, a silent auction, and dancing.

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MOCA SUMMER CAMP: SAVE THE DATE
Mark your calendars! MOCA Tucson is offering three sessions of summer camp again this year. Stay tuned for more information!
Session I (Ages 8-12): June 5-9 from 9-2PM
Session II (Ages 8-12): June 12-16 from 9-2PM
Session III (Ages 13-17): June 19-23 from 9-2PM