exhibitions
CFS Exhibition
Reception: Thursday, May 8, 2025 | 5:00 - 8:30pm
Location: Nile Hall at Preservation Park (668 13th St. Oakland, CA)
Exhibition (at MOCHA): May 10, 2025 - until
For more information, contact Director of Curation:
Kaya Fortune (kaya@mocha.org)
Celebrate with us for our upcoming benefit event and student art showcase. Together, we can lift up the brilliance and big visions of Bay Area children and youth. We will host a silent auction. All proceeds from the event go to support the Museum of Children's Art and the children we serve.
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Current Exhibition
MOCHA selected three elementary schools: Oakland Academy of Knowledge, Bridges Academy at Melrose, and Laurel Elementary to receive weekly 50-minutes hands-on visual and poetry art lessons with a MOCHA Teaching Artist and classroom teacher. This exhibition showcases the artworks students have created in the classroom for the past 6 months.
Reception: Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 4:30pm - 7:00pm
Exhibition: March 20 - April 30, 2025
Location: MOCHA - 1221 Broadway LL-49 Oakland, CA 94612
Past Exhibitions
The Color Gallery
February 13, 2025 - March 17, 2025
This exhibit featured former MOCHA kid and current Oakland School of the Arts (OSA) art students. These talented Oakland youth artists are on the rise!
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Teaching Artist Exhibition
November 27, 2024 - January 17, 2025
Our TAs lead thriving creative lives producing their own works of art in addition to their year-round dedication as providers of art enrichment and instruction to hundreds of Bay Area youth. Featured artists: Ariel Goldman, Faith Padgett, Jill McLennan, Keyaisha Garth, Meghan McLean, Sydney Yount, and Thea Hurwitz.
Knowledge From Our Ancestors
September 6 - October 31, 2024
Featuring MOCHA Teaching Artist alumni Joaquin Newman and Founding MOCHA Teaching Artist, Kaya Fortune. Joaquin is an artist, activist, and art instructor, who works at Ashland Youth Center. Kaya has been working as a Teaching Artist at MOCHA for more than 30 years. His current position at MOCHA is Director of Curation and Culture Keeping. Together, they have inspired children in the Bay Area for more than 25 years and are mentors for countless young artists.
