| Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1968 |
| Location | (current) 8501 Carnegie Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (future) 11400 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44106 |
| Director | Jill Snyder |
| Curator | David Louis Norr |
| Website | MOCA Cleveland |
The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, better known by its acronym, MOCA, is a contemporary art museum located in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1968 by Marjorie Talalay, Agnes Gund, and Nina Castelli Sundell as The New Gallery, the museum was renamed the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art in 1984. In order to expand its exhibition space, in 1990 the museum moved to a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) former Sears store on Carnegie Avenue that is now part of the Cleveland Play House complex which was renovated by Richard Fleischman + Partners Architects, Inc. to retrofit the space. In 2002, CCCA changed its name to Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland.
Works by such artists as Andy Warhol, Christo, and Claes Oldenburg are regularly shown, and past exhibits have featured art by Jim Hodges and Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, among others. The museum places a special focus on artists from Greater Cleveland and the rest of Northeastern Ohio. During the course of its three annual exhibition seasons, MOCA presents works by emerging local artists through the PULSE series, and works by local female artists under 30 through the Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series.
A new $32 million iconic home is currently under construction, designed by world-famous London architect Farshid Moussavi.[1] It will be completed in late 2012. The new location in University Circle will place it very close to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Art, and other cultural institutions in the neighborhood. The project is being underwritten partially by Uptown project with funding from University Circle and Case Western Reserve University.