Previous Exhibitions

Art For Change Mural

March - April, 2014

Art for Change, 2014 Recyclable materials Created by art students from Bayside, Green Run Collegiate, and Tallwood High Schools under the direction of art teachers Anne Baker, Erika Hitchcock, and Tricia Campbell. Can Art Inspire Change? Students explored this question through an in-depth unit of study inspired by renowned artist Vik Muniz. Muniz’s work explores the concepts of sustainability and awareness as a he created beautiful portraits from trash dumps in Brazil. Exposing students to big ideas through the arts develop an awareness and consciousness for critical thinking and personal action. This exhibition was created in collaboration with MOCA staff and local Virginia Beach Teache…

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Art for Change Mural (inspired by Vik Muniz) at MOCA.

Hampton Roads Student Gallery 2014

February 2014

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 2014.

Havet Sanger: Songs of the Sea

January 31-April 27, 2014

Havets Sånger / The Songs of the Sea Artist Lana Stephens and opera singer, musician and composer Simon Petersson first met on their way to an opera festival in Verona, Italy. A collaborative art and music project was the result of their chance meeting. Created during a residency in Sweden during the summer of 2013, the exhibition is strongly influenced by the landscape there. Visitors can experience 10 songs by Petersson with corresponding charcoal drawings by Stephens. Metaphorically expressed through references to nature, Petersson’s music is emotive and hauntingly beautiful. Stephens’ charcoal drawings are expressive and dream-like, oscillating between reality and fantasy…

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Havets Sånger / The Songs of the Sea

Art Lab Spring 2014

January 31 - April 27, 2014

Explore our interactive gallery, complete with hands-on activities, reading materials, and videos for connecting with art. Learn about current exhibiting artist Vik Muniz, his artistic process and works in the exhibition or become an artist yourself! EXHIBITION MATERIALS: Exhibition invitation Gallery Guide AUDIO TOUR: Exhibition Audio Walk …

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Art Lab Spring 2014 at MOCA.

Waste Land

January 31 - April 27, 2014

This film is presented with MOCA's Vik Muniz: Poetics of Perception exhibition. Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores”—self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. His collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Waste Land will be screened daily in Price Auditorium and …

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