Previous Exhibitions

Hampton Roads Student Gallery 2015

February 2015

For over 30 years Student Gallery has provided students in 11th and 12th grade the opportunity to exhibit their artwork in leading museums and institutions in the Hampton Roads Region of Virginia. Students participate annually through teacher and school administrator solicitation. Student Gallery significantly impacts schools and communities throughout the Hampton Roads Region. Participation for the project comes from the following cities: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. A panel of knowledgeable art professionals are hired to act as un-biased jurors to review student work. These experts select 6 student Finalists and 20 Hon…

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Hampton Roads Student Gallery 2015.

ARTlab Winter/Spring 2015

January 31 - April 19, 2015

Visitors to MOCA’s ARTlab can curate their own exhibition, create their own skateboard and sticker designs, submit photographs to MOCA’s Instagram Challenge, learn about symbols, as well as Ryan McGinness and his influences …

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MOCAsnaps Instagram Challenge #1 in ARTlab

New Waves 2015

January 31 - April 19, 2015

MOCA presents its annual juried exhibition, New Waves 2015. To celebrate our 20th juried exhibition, MOCA is offering additional prizes including a special People’s Choice award this year! Over 230 artists from across Virginia submitted work in 2014 and proved, yet again, that the Commonwealth contains a rich and vast array of artistic talent. Each year this exciting exhibition demonstrates the diversity of materials and approaches that are used in contemporary art today. Accepted Artists: Sarah Bean, Radford Riana Bovill, Warrenton Shannon Castleman, Richmond Jennifer Creef, Chesapeake Catherine Day, McLean Josh DeWall, Norfolk Erika Diamond, Richmond Erica Fallin, Res…

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JOSH DEWALL 76 Yamaha, 2014 Flame worked glass Courtesy of the Artist

Selections from the AIGA SHRED Skateboard Art Show

JANUARY 31 - APRIL 19, 2015

MOCA has partnered with AIGA Hampton Roads to exhibit a selection of skateboards from their annual SHRED Design Competition. In 2014, over 50 graphic artists submitted skatedeck designs to be judges by a panel of art professionals. AIGA held the annual event at MOCA, where all skatedecks were displayed and awards were presented. In addition to the awards presented by AIGA, MOCA's Curators selected 19 of the skatedecks to be exhibited in MOCA's Community Gallery January 31 - Apri1 19 2015. Exhibiting Artists: Ashley Berkman Brian Villalon Cherilyn Colbert Christopher Kozak Ellis Chay Erika Wright Gabriel Pons Igor Turovskig Ishaway Friestad Jessy Davis Kim Moore Matthew Kuntz Mel Wil…

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Selections from the AIGA SHRED Skateboard Art Show

Becoming an Artist

January 31 - April 19, 2015

Enjoy an inspiring tribute to the power of mentoring and the vital role it plays in passing on our artistic cultural heritage from one generation to the next. The documentary features acclaimed artists across the disciplines, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Robert Redford, Rosie Perez, Bill T. Jones, Frank Gehry, John Guare and Kathleen Turner working with some of the nation’s most talented students selected by the National YoungArts Foundation. Becoming an Artist is a celebration of our cultural vitality and the need to ensure its continuance. Becoming an Artist will be screened daily in Price Auditorium and is free with admission to the museum. Courtesy of National YoungArts Foundation…

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