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Prisms 2013

September 7 - 23, 2013
A collection of student artwork from MOCA's Summer Art Camp! …

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Prisms 2013

MOCA Faculty Exhibit

July 23-August 30, 2013
This exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art’s talented Studio School faculty. Works on view include painting, drawing, pastel, ceramics, photography and mixed media. Studio school instructors at MOCA teach over 250 classes benefiting over 1,800 students every year!     …

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MOCA Faculty Exhibit
MOCA Faculty Exhibit 2013.

moca satellite gallery: katie zickefoose

JULY 11 - OCTOBER 26, 2013
MOCA’s Satellite Gallery at Towne Pavilion II celebrates the work of Harrisonburg, VA artist, Katie Zickefoose. Katie’s body of work combines observational and imaginative environments with elements from contemporary culture. The artist creates narratives that prompt the viewer to construct their own stories inspired by her highly personalized imagery. The exhibition features a selection of drawings and paintings created over the past two years, including the Best in Show from MOCA’s New Waves 2012 exhibition titled All this white bread makes me wonder. Katie is a recent MFA graduate from James Madison University and received her BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.…

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moca satellite gallery: katie zickefoose

Out of Print: Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists

May 30 - July 14, 2013
Founded in 1982, The Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists is a membership organization which seeks to bring together watercolor artists of all levels of experience for the purpose of sharing knowledge, providing opportunities to exhibit, and learning more about the art and practice of watercolor through monthly programs with visiting artists, demonstrations, critiques, and workshops. For this exhibition, the artists connect to MOCA’s Brian Dettmer: Elemental exhibition by taking their inspiration from printed materials such as books, magazines and journals or the content found inside these printed materials.     …

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Out of Print: Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists
Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists at MOCA.

Stacey Steers: Select Films

May 30-August 18, 2013
MOCA presents three of Steers’ early films that play in a continuous loop in our Price Auditorium including PHANTOM CANYON (2006), TOTEM (1999) and WATUNNA (1990). Click on the title of the film below to see an excerpt from the film.  PHANTOM CANYON A curious woman meets an alluring man with bat wings in this personal recollection of a pivotal journey. This 10 minute animated film was created from over 4000 hand-made collages incorporating the figures from Eadweard Muybridge’s Human and Animal Locomotion, first published in 1887. TOTEM A stream of consciousness look at our evolving relationship to the animal world. WATUNNA Creation cycle mythology from the Yekuana Indians of the Orin…

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Stacey Steers: Select Films
Film still from Stacey Steers, Phantom Canyon, 2006.