FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 | 8-11PM

Don’t miss MOCA’s one-night-only genre-hopping dance party at the museum!

Music by DJs: xsonazx, MIJITO, Violet, NGHTFVR, Fingerlust, and altrice, immersive video art by Inner Freq, gallery takeover by Last Night’s Makeup, and glam photo ops with All Frills Pop-Up Photo Boutique. Plus, bites from the Chinese Chorizo Project x Barrio Bread, and LOCALE, specialty cocktails by Suncliffe Gin, spirits from INSÓLITO Tequila, NA beer from Visitor, brews from MotoSonora, and a pop-up beer truck by Love Your DIRT!

Party Tickets

$35 General Admission

$75 VIP — Skip the entry line and get free drink tickets and more!

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Supporter Tickets

Want to support MOCA, but don’t feel like dancing? This ticket is 100% tax-deductible and directly funds MOCA's artistic program. For donations of $100 and above, you will be listed as a Supporter online.

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Keioui Keijaun Thomas: Magma & Pearls
OPENING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20

Celebrate the first solo museum exhibition by artist and performer Keioui Keijaun Thomas that expands on her practice of world-building to create spaces of safety, joy, and healing. Thomas transforms the Great Hall into a speculative geography with large-scale installation, video, performance, and community-generated programming to imagine new ways to exist in relation to the American landscape.

MEMBERS’ PREVIEW
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 | 6-7PM

Curator remarks and toast sponsored by Rune Wines
MOCA Members register here or become a member today!

PUBLIC OPENING + ARTIST PERFORMANCE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 | 7–9PM
Celebrate Magma & Pearls with refreshments, food, and music!

+ 8PM: Artist Performance
Thomas initiates the exhibition with an immersive multimedia performance

AFTERPARTY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 | 9PM
Hosted at Splinter Collective with DJs, performance, and dancing

ARTISTIC INQUEERIES
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 | 6-9PM

Featuring 2SLGBTQIA+ artists, drag performers, poets, and vendors
Presented in partnership with University of Arizona Institute for LGBTQ+ Studies

Keioui Keijaun Thomas: Magma & Pearls is organized by Alexis Wilkinson, Assistant Curator

Film Screening: Feelings are Facts
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 | 2PM

MOCA proudly supports Southern Arizona Senior Pride's screening of Feelings are Facts at The Loft Cinema. The documentary tells the story of Yvonne Rainer, who revolutionized modern dance and influenced performance art and experimental filmmaking.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Jack Walsh.

Concert: Raven Chacon’s Voiceless Mass
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13-15

True Concord Voices & Orchestra presents Raven Chacon’s 2022 Pulitzer Prize winning work, Voiceless Mass, in conjunction with While hissing, the artist's MOCA exhibition. Purchase tickets via True Concord here.

Free Third Thursdays
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 | 5-9pm

Enjoy a free evening at MOCA with galleries open late, music, food, and free beer. This month, we celebrate the publication of the 2023 Sonoran Desert School Gardener’s Almanac with talks, activities, and more.

Stay Gold
NOVEMBER 7-9 | 4-6pm

Exhibiting artist Keioui Keijaun Thomas leads participants in an exploration of making, holding, and sharing space. This is a joint session with participants from Mapping Q, an arts program for LGBTQIA+ youth at The University of Arizona Museum of Art. Register now.

MOCA Membership Drive

Our annual membership drive is underway with a superbloom of fresh new programs, a wave of new grants seeded, and a bunch of vibrant new gear from artist Yu Yu Shiratori to outfit our members.

Membership helps MOCA thrive, and when MOCA thrives, artists, new ideas, and creativity blossoms.

HELP US CREATE A SUPERBLOOM SEASON!

JOIN OR RENEW NOW!