| MOCA DC |
| The only gallery in the greater DC area open to emerging artists & art forms throughout the year |
| MOCA DC is pleased to participate in BrushFire DC: a Landmark Public Arts Project. Sponsored by Provisions (www.provisionslibrary.org), this project coincides with BrushFire, "a national series of public art projects in the run-up to the Fall '08 elections that use the arts to heighten public engagement with key social issues. . . . economy, health care, immigration, the war in Iraq, food, housing, and the environment . ." The project will be anchored by a September '08 exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Center . . ." Our participation will include two exhibits at MOCA DC - The Homeless Arts Project in September and Art & Politics in October. The first deals with the problems of homelessness while the latter is open to any social issue an artist may care to tackle. The exhibits will be open to all types of art - paintings, drawings, sketches, sculpture as well as photography, written works, performance art and video presentations. These projects may receive considerable attention, given that they will be promoted along with other participating galleries and arts organizations. So far, and in addition to the exhibit at the Katzen Center, these include Connor Contemporary, Corcoran, Martin Irvine Gallery, Plan B Gallery and Transformer. Each have chosen specific topics made more relevant by the elections in November. I would like to make these serve as exemplary exhibits that demonstrate our collective ability to produce works that both highlight critical social issues and shock the viewing audience to become proactive agents of change. I look forward to being host to some of the most exciting and provocative works in this larger project. |
| Art & Politics September & October |