Museum of Contemporary Art - Jacksonville, FL - Art Museums on Waymarking.com

The Museum is fully wheelchair and stroller accessible.

MOCA Jacksonville primarily collects work from 1960 to the present. They have a permanent collection as well as highlighted work.

The Museum’s permanent collection currently consists of almost 800 works of art, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, and photography. Artists represented in the collection include Hans Hoffman, Alexander Calder, Alex Katz, Robert Longo, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg, Paul Jenkins, Jules Olitski, Philip Pearlstein, Jim Dine, James Rosenquist, and Joan Mitchell. MOCA Jacksonville endeavors to create a permanent collection of significant depth, scope, and quality to be used for study, scholarly research, and exhibition – all tools that foster an education, awareness and experience with contemporary visual art.

One highlighted work from the collection is Ed Paschke’s Malibu. Born in Chicago, Paschke was allied with the Chicago Imagists who emerged in the 1960s, including artists such as Jim Nutt, Roger Brown, and Gladys Nilsson.

The Education Department at MOCA Jacksonville presents a wide variety of programs for audiences of all ages. They offer interactive and engaging guided tours for students and adults, weekly hands-on family art-making activities, popular ongoing Wednesday night film series, and special exhibition-related events such as lectures, gallery talks and art-making workshops.

MOCA Jacksonville’s fifth-floor Education Center offers visitors a host of new ways to understand and appreciate contemporary art. The Art Explorium Loft provides a broad range of interactive learning stations for children, while MOCA’s two large art studios are the setting for creative art-making experiences for teens, adults and families. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Education Gallery features exhibitions of emerging local artists and art educators.


Website:http://www.mocajacksonville.org/

Name: Museum of Contemporary Art Location: 333 North Laura Street Jacksonville, FL, 32202 USA Phone Number: (904) 366-6911 Fax: (904) 366-6901 Web Site: [Web Link] Agency/Ownership: Public Hours of operation: Monday CLOSED Tuesday 10 am – 4 pm Wednesday 10 am – 9 pm Thursday 10 am – 4 pm Friday 10 am – 4 pm Saturday 10 am – 4 pm Sunday Noon – 4 pm Admission Fee: $8 Gift Shop: yes Cafe/Restaurant: yes

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