Recurring Events
Exhibitions
Living With Injury
November 14, 2025 - June 2026
November 14, 2025 – June 2026 East Wing Galleries Living With Injury is an exhibition that represents the predominantly Mexican...
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Hilma’s Ghost: Light as Resistance
March 6 - September 27, 2026
March 6 – September 27, 2026 East Wing Galleries Light as Resistance is an exhibition of painting, drawing, video, and...
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Natalie Brewster Nguyen:
we need to talk
April 16 - June 28, 2026
we need to talk is a large-scale installation by artist Natalie Brewster Nguyen that combines weather balloons, text, and audio to...
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Learn
MOCA Satellite
free program
for title I schools
for title I schools
The museum’s signature education initiative, Satellite, is a free mobile arts learning program that brings teaching artists into K-12 classrooms...
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Hamrah Arts Club
Hamrah Arts Club (HAC) is a multilingual arts and mentorship program for youth ages 9-17 that fosters intercultural solidarity and...
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Minor Mutiny
Minor Mutiny is a 6-week art program for youth ages 13-18 offering an opportunity to explore collaboration through art, research,...
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School Tours
MOCA Tucson welcomes schools, community programs, and groups of all ages to schedule a chance to explore our current exhibitions...
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Stay Gold: Theater II Clown School
April 30 - May 28, 2026
5:30 - 8:00 PM
5:30 - 8:00 PM
Following the success of our first Theater workshop, we’re thrilled to welcome Kizmet Grace back for a second iteration! Theater...
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MOCA Summer Camp 2026
May 25 - June 12, 2026
This year, MOCA Summer Camp invites youth to imagine and build Fantastical Creatures! Through this hands-on project, youth will create...
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Programs/Events
Performance: And so we dreamt of flight
April 16, 2026 8:00 - 9:00 PM
As a part of the opening celebration the exhibition we need to talk, performers Natalie Brewster Nguyen, Serena Tang, and...
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we need to talk Artist Office Hours
Saturday, April 18th
2-6PM
2-6PM
Poetic Prescriptions, Dialectical Discourse, and Intuitive Innervation As a part of her exhibition we need to talk, artist Natalie...
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we need to talk Artist Office Hours
Saturday, April 25th
2-6 PM
2-6 PM
Poetic Prescriptions, Dialectical Discourse, and Intuitive Innervation As a part of her exhibition we need to talk, artist Natalie...
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Art Grants Writing Workshop
April 29, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 PM
FREE
5:30 - 7:00 PM
FREE
To support artists in the Night Bloom Grant application process, MOCA is offering a free grant writing workshop led by...
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Pajarito Panel and Performance
Thursday, April 30
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
FREE
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
FREE
Pajarito Panel and Performance: Arts, Academics, and Community Knowledge Addressing Contested Histories 6:00pm: Doors 6:30pm: Panel Conversation 7:30pm: Pajarito...
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we need to talk Artist Office Hours
Saturday, May 2nd
2-6 PM
2-6 PM
Poetic Prescriptions, Dialectical Discourse, and Intuitive Innervation As a part of her exhibition we need to talk, artist Natalie...
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Artist Talk: Natalie Brewster Nguyen
May 2, 2026 1 PM
In this artist talk, Natalie Brewster Nguyen will discuss the ideas and processes behind we need to talk, a large-scale...
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we need to talk Artist Office Hours
Saturday, May 9th
2-6 PM
2-6 PM
Poetic Prescriptions, Dialectical Discourse, and Intuitive Innervation As a part of her exhibition we need to talk, artist Natalie...
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Online Artist Talk: Hilma’s Ghost
Thursday May 14
3:30pm - 4:30pm MST
3:30pm - 4:30pm MST
MOCA presents an online artist talk with Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray, artists collectively known as Hilma’s Ghost. They will...
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Free Third Thursday
Thursday, May 21
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for an evening at MOCA with galleries open late, live music by KXCI Community Radio, a local food...
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Free Third Thursday
Thursday, June 25
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join us for an evening at MOCA with galleries open late, live music by KXCI Community Radio, a local food...
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