Free Third Thursday

Join us for a free evening at MOCA with galleries open late, live music by KXCI Community Radio, food by Sumaj Bolivian Street Food, and drinks by Brick Box Brewery! Don’t miss this lively time to gather with friends and family around art, music, and drinks; all ages are welcome!

At 7 pm, join us for a book launch by artist Michael Hyatt, a documentary and street photographer known for capturing American subcultures and humanitarian efforts along the US/Mexico borderlands. His newest book X: On the Road & At the Crossroads offers a sweeping look at the Los Angeles punk band X, captured over several decades.

More than just a photo album, this collection serves as an important record of a groundbreaking music scene and the people who powered it. Hyatt’s direct, honest style of photography follows the band’s story from their raw beginnings in 1980 until their The End is Near tour in 2024.

About the Exhibitions

On view in the Great Hall is Tlazohuelmanaz (offering of love), a solo exhibition by artist Fernando Palma Rodríguez that features a series of newly commissioned robotic sculptures that interweave art, nature, and technology exploring shared issues like climate, water, and the care for Indigenous knowledge, which impact both the artist’s home and community in Milpa Alta, Mexico as well as communities in the Sonoran Desert. On view in the East Wing Galleries is Living With Injury, an exhibition centering the environmental justice movement led by Mexican American community members in their fight against defense industry pollution that caused widespread illness in the southside of Tucson in the 1980s. Featuring archival materials, and the work of local artists, journalists, researchers, and community members, the project reflects on the power of community organizing, disability justice, and collective healing in the face of environmental racism; and (~) Echo (  ), a two-part installation environment by artist Rebeca Bollinger that combines sculptural objects, architectural interventions, light refractions, and audio installations in collaboration with Gus Tomizuka in the first phase and Patricio Coronado in the second phase.

Monthly Free Thursdays are presented in collaboration with KXCI Community Radio.