Grantee Database
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Grant Year
2024-25
Grant Program
Arts Education – Exposure
Award Amount
$18,517.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, MOCA will sustain Contemporary Art Start (CAS), a high-impact classroom partnership program, to serve approximately 8,250 students and 165 teachers and make arts education more accessible, collaborative and learner-centered. Using discussion as a catalyst for inclusive learning experiences, CAS combines extensive professional development for teachers, an inquiry-based classroom curriculum, museum visits, and family involvement opportunities to build connections to the power of art. Rooted in inquiry-based methodologies, the program leverages the process of discussing and understanding art to buoy the development of critical thinking, communication, and visual literacy skills, which are applicable to core subjects such as reading, writing, math, and science.
Organization Summary
MOCA was founded in 1979 by a visionary group of artists, business leaders, philanthropists, and civic representatives committed to building a permanent forum for contemporary art in Los Angeles. Since then, MOCA has been dedicated to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of groundbreaking and critically acclaimed exhibitions. MOCA has grown significantly into an internationally-renowned institution that includes two Los Angeles locations of architectural renown; a world-class permanent collection of approximately 7,000 objects, global in scope and among the finest in the world; hallmark education programs that are widely emulated; award-winning publications that present original scholarship; groundbreaking monographic, touring, and thematic exhibitions of international repute that survey the art of our time; accessible digital platforms; and innovative opportunities for sustained public engagement and audience development.
Organization
Museum of Contemporary Art
Address
250 S GRAND AVE
LOS ANGELES
90012-3007
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(213) 621-1795
Congressional District
District 34
State Assembly District
District 54
State Senate District
District 26
