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\n\tThe Museum of Contemporary Art is located in Downtown Tucson Arizona.\u00a0 Slightly off the main stretch\u00a0 of the Twinned One-Way Streets of Broadway and Congress, it serves as both exhibit space, artist in residency program, and community outreach for current artists from Tucson and national/international work. The space is located about 10 minutes\u2019 walk from the Museum of Art Tucson.\u00a0 Its also about a 10 minutes walk from eateries on Congress Street including Historic Hotel Congress\u2019s Cup Caf\u00e9 or a shorter walk for drinks at the Owl\u2019s Club.\u00a0 Downtown Tucson has many public art displays and murals nearby.
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\n\n\tBrief Overview:
\n\n\tTucson\u2019s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is non-profit museum in downtown Tucson.\u00a0 MOCA was established in 1997 but did not find its current home until 2009. Housed in what was previously Tucson\u2019s Firehouse #1 on Church Avenue, the museum board has made renovations to the interior of the brutalist building. This building was created in 1973 by neo-brutalist William Wilde and served as a Fire Station until 2009, a total of 63 years; Fire Station 1 nearby and is within walking distance. The building is leased at a nominal value of $1 but extensive renovations were required to ensure the building was available for exhibitions. The museum board is responsible for continued upkeep costs.\u00a0 The original building was commissioned by the City of Tucson in 1967 alongside the Police Headquarters on 270 S Stone Avenue.
\n\n\tThese renovations allow for small scale exhibits inside and larger art installations housed in the Great Hall.\u00a0 The Great Hall repurposes the old firehouse\u2019s garage to a large gallery. The Great Hall retains the roll up doors to open into a Covid-safe open-air installation room that blends with the historic neighborhood on the north side of the building. Artists have previously included the windows and building perimeter as part of exhibit space. The high roof in the garage opens the space further or can allow exhibits to be feel dwarfed based on artist design. The founders spent many years itinerant or with short term leases in warehouse space, concert venues, and other non-traditional museum locations around Tucson before finding their current home.
\n\n\tWhat is Contemporary Art:
\n\n\tMOCA exhibits and mission are focused on contemporary art.\u00a0 Contemporary art includes works by living artists in any medium.\u00a0 Works have no unifying focus, style, medium, or theory other than the artists involved are creating art within the lifetime of most viewers. Works can be traditional or new mediums and can be singular or multi-medium in creation.\u00a0 Often, these works are avant-garde \u00a0or addressing social issues including and not limited to race, gender, sexuality, justice, and class consciousness.
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\n\n\tMOCA Exhibitions and Community Impact
\n\n\tMOCA exhibits and hosts multimedia installations which can include sound, video, community involvement, and touch in addition to historical mediums like photography, sculpture, paintings, et cetera.\u00a0 These exhibits are sourced from global artists or fostered by artist in residency programs.\u00a0 \u00a0Exhibits and programs are often focused on international identity or binational border issues The site also hosts pieces or talks that explore the specific space, explorations in color and many other exhibits/programs. Exhibits are limited run; generally, about 4 or 5 months at a time. The museum may shut down temporarily while transitioning from exhibit to exhibit.\u00a0 Temporary closures are listed on their website.
\n\n\tAccording to the MOCAs 2020 Annual Report, in 2020 they had over 5,000 youth in educational programs during 2020.\u00a0 Current educational programs are both direct action programs visiting Schools(MOCA Satellite) and mixed in-person/online hybrid programs. MOCA Satellite serves TUSD, Amphi, Marana, Flowing Wells, and Sunnyside. These satellite programs are mobile art bringing artists to Schools as a supplement to teacher programs.\u00a0 Title I schools, schools with 40% of enrollment being considered Low Income, have costs covered from funding provided by the Windgate Foundation and Robert Barber Fund. The majority of these programs are youth oriented, some are single night engagements for discussion of art and art history.
\n\n\tLocation Current Hours and Prices (updated 10/10/2021)
\n\n\tMOCA is located at 265 South Church Avenue Tucson, AZ, 85701.\u00a0 Current hours of operation are 11am to 6pm Thursday through Saturday and 11 am to 4pm on Sunday.
\n\n\tDaily admissions rates $7 for adults, $4 for students and Seniors. Youth are admitted for free. Additional donations are accepted. Visit their website for updates.
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\n\n\tClinco, Damien. \u201cTucson Police Department and Tucson Fire Department.\u201d #SOSBRUTALISM, https://www.sosbrutalism.org/cms/1857437
\n\n\t\u201cMOCA Catches Fire.\u201d The Architect's Newspaper, 10 Mar. 2010, https://www.archpaper.com/2010/03/moca-catches-fire/
\n\n\tRegan, Margaret. \u201cArt into the City.\u201d Tucson Weekly, Tucson Weekly, 7 Apr. 2021, https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/art-into-the-city/Content?oid=1909333
\n\n\tRing, Al, and Bob ring. \u201cClosing the 20th Century: 1970 - 2000.\u201d Closing the 20th Century, Tucson Fire Department, Oct. 2015, 5) http://www.tucsonfirefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Closing-the-20th-Century.pdf
\n\n\tStar, Tom Beal Arizona Daily. \u201cDoing More with Less.\u201d Arizona Daily Star, 24 July 2014, https://tucson.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/doing-more-with-less/article_78a5d1e2-53de-5634-8d92-b14dae214a13.html
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