A NEW COLLABORATION IN 2023!
AN UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT

Plan Your Event At MoCA

Announcing a new event management collaboration for 2023 at MoCA Westport!
Joining forces with Marcia Selden Catering and The Cup Bearer, while boasting over 8,000 square feet of modern indoor and expansive outdoor event space, MoCA Westport is now positioned to be Fairfield County’s most coveted event venue.

Learn more and start planning your private event, from a cocktail hour to an intimate dinner to a corporate reception, at MoCA Westport.

MUSIC AT MoCA 2023:
TALISK (SCOTTISH FOLK) • SAT, FEB 18 • 7 PM
"Unless you’ve seen Talisk before you have no idea what you’re about to experience when you see this band live. They are a life affirming, blood pumping, heart filling, glorious beast." - B24/7

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Don't miss Talisk (Scottish Folk) on Saturday, February 18 at 7 PM! Talisk is one of the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade. Arrive early to explore the exhibition and to purchase delicious food and drinks. Learn more and get your tickets.

TOMORROW: THURSDAY, JAN 19 • 6 PM
"PAUL CAMACHO IN WESTPORT"

Join us for our Cocktails and Conversation series on Thursday evenings, focused on delivering engaging discussions relevant to the current exhibition. Arrive early to purchase a drink or cocktail of your choice. Free for MoCA members; $10 for non-members. Advance registration requested.

Thursday, January 19, 2023 | 6 - 7 PM
“Paul Camacho in Westport” 
Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, Westport’s Town Curator, joins Benjamin Ortiz, independent curator and collector, as they discuss how Westport’s art collection came to acquire numerous Camachos, the larger community in which Camacho lived, and his engagement with regional museums. In addition, WestPAC’s Chair Ive Covaci will discuss the abstract works in the exhibition’s Learning Gallery in relation to Camacho.
REGISTER HERE

Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 6 - 7 PM
The Intersection of Art, Fashion and Lifestyle
Join us for a special collaborative discussion at MoCA Westport. Sade Strehlke, Editor of POPSUGAR will guide a dynamic conversation discussing the intertwined nature of style and how we use creativity to define a look that pops and is entirely our own. Panelists will include style maven and owner of WEST, Kitt Shapiro, acclaimed photographer Jane Beiles, content creator and founder of Designport, Jen Berniker, and social artrepreneur and founder of Invest in Her Art, Diana Mashia.
REGISTER HERE

See the full schedule of Cocktails and Conversation discussions here. 

PAUL CAMACHO: EL RITMO Y LA UNIDAD
ON VIEW: JAN 13 - FEB 26, 2023

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Register for A Docent-Led Tour

Check out our new exhibition, Paul Camacho: El Ritmo y La Unidad, featuring selected works by Paul Camacho (1929-1989) primarily drawn from the Westport Public Art Collections (WestPAC), on view January 13 - February 26, 2023.

The exhibition was curated by Alexandra M. Thomas, an art historian, critic, curator, and PhD candidate at Yale in History of Art and African American Studies, with a certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. 

Visit the exhibition on a Sunday between 12 - 3 PM and the kids (ages 3 - 7) can enjoy one hour of Open Studio time ($20) while you explore the galleries. Advance registration requested; learn more. 

Coming to Happy Hour on a Thursday? Try a Paint & Sip class (age 21+) led by Agata Tria. 

MoCA Westport thanks Wendy and Jacques Bouthillier for their generous support in funding El Ritmo y La Unidad.

ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL EXHIBITION
WHO ARE YOU WHEN YOU ARE DREAMING
ON VIEW: JAN 13 - FEB 26, 2023

Simultaneous with El Ritmo y La Unidad, our annual high school exhibition, entitled Who Are You When You Are Dreaming, is also on view. Experience the works of close to 200 high school students from across the region.

SUPPORT YOUR ARTS WITH A MoCA MEMBERSHIP

Join Our Member Community Now

Join us as a MoCA member and experience culture, creativity and community! Members receive FREE unlimited gallery admission, FREE access to exhibition openings, and FREE admission to Cocktails & Conversation events. Members also receive early access to ticket sales and discounts on concerts, select classes and other programs.

NEW! MoCA has joined the Fairfield Westchester Museum Alliance (FWMA), granting MoCA members FREE admission to eight affiliate museums. 

IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY: MISHKAN MUSEUM OF ART

Learn More About The Arts & Culture Immersion Tour

As part of an upcoming Arts & Culture Immersion Tour, the Mishkan Museum of Art (Israel) will dedicate a youth studio in the name of the late Westport-based artist Ann Weiner. Weiner was a devotee of the Museum's art education and coexistence programming serving 12,000 Jewish and Arab Israeli children annually. Learn more about the Immersion Tour. 

Weiner was also a generous supporter of MoCA Westport, and her works in the When Caged Birds Sing exhibition are part of MoCA's permanent collection.