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The MoCCA Festival (or MoCCA Fest) is an annual fundraiser for the museum (and now for the Society of Illustrators).It is New York's largest independent comics showcase, [citation needed] featuring hundreds of creators and publishers on the main floor, typically accompanied with additional rooms devoted to educational panel discussions, slide shows, and interviews.
In 2005, the museum received part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, made possible through a donation by then-New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. [6] [7] The museum moved to a new site at 215 Centre Street in 2009. [8] The space was designed by architect Maya Lin and was six times as large as the old site.
New York Jazz Museum, Manhattan; New York Tattoo Museum; Onassis Cultural Center; Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Manhattan, closed in 2021. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in Soho in 2008, closed in 2010; Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016; Sports Museum of America, Manhattan, opened in 2008, closed in 2009
The Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island or simply MoCA Long Island is a Contemporary art museum located in Downtown Patchogue, New York. The museum is managed by the Patchogue Arts Council (PAC), Its granting agencies are The New York State Council on the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts. [1]
New York Jazz Museum in Manhattan; New York City Police Museum; New York Tattoo Museum in Staten Island; Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, closed in 2015; Ripley's Believe It or Not!, midtown Manhattan, 2007-2021; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex, opened in SoHo in 2008, closed in 2010; Sony Wonder Technology Lab, closed in 2016
MOCA's permanent collection exhibitions show how, when the museum was founded in the late 1970s, it represented something wholly new: the beginning of L.A. art's full-scale institutionalization.
The MoCCA Festival was held at New York's historic Puck Building from 2002 to 2008. The MoCCA Festival hosted the comics industry's 2004 and 2005 Harvey Awards. [2] [3] From 2009 to 2014, MoCCA Fest took place at the 69th Regiment Armory. The Society of Illustrators took over management of MoCCA Fest beginning with the 2013 show.
Collaboration among L.A.'s top art institutions reached new heights Monday as the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art announced the joint ...