Grantee Database
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Arts Education – Exposure
Award Amount
$15,300.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) will continue to implement Contemporary Art Start (CAS), the museum’s classroom partnership program connecting 5,000 students and 100 teachers grade 3–12 to critical arts education programming. Established in 1986, CAS works to increase the presence of art in schools, develop students’ critical thinking and communication skills, and cultivate lifelong relationships to art, museums, and learning.
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
