MoCA CT

Paint & Sip (BYOB Optional)
2023-08-24 17:45 - 19:15, 2023-08-17 17:45 - 19:15 (America/New_York) | MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT, 06880, United States
Enjoy art studio time or set up an easel outside, where you can enjoy sketching, painting, or creating a mixed media work of art.
**Please note that this event takes place after gallery hours; the gallery may be closed/bar may not be open.**
Advance registration required.
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Docent-Led Exhibition Tour
2023-08-19 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-17 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-12 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-10 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-05 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-08-03 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-07-29 13:00 - 13:30, 2023-07-27 13:00 - 13:30 and 4 more dates
Join us for a docent-led tour of our Summer Exhibitions, offered Thursdays at 1 PM and Saturdays at 1 PM.
Advance registration requested. The tour is included in gallery admission.
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Featured Image: Richard Tsao, Everest, 2007, water-based mixed media on wood, 12 x 36 1/2 inches (30.5 x 92.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Art Projects International, New York.

Summer Paint & Sip (BYOB Optional)
2023-08-10 17:45 - 19:15, 2023-07-27 17:45 - 19:15, 2023-07-20 17:45 - 19:15, 2023-07-13 17:45 - 19:15
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. REGISTER HERE.
Offered over the summer months on Thursdays 5:45p – 7:15p “BYOB OPTIONAL”
Enjoy art studio time or set up an easel outside, where you can enjoy sketching, painting, or creating a mixed media work of art.
**Please note that this event takes place after gallery hours; the gallery will be closed. Our bar will not be open.

Music at MoCA: Charles Ives Music Festival – (Re)Imagine
2023-08-08 19:00 - 21:00
Come as early as 5:45 pm to grab a glass of wine and purchase delicious food from the Taste of Grill food truck!
The concert will feature works by Robert Honstein, Alyssa Weinberg, Paul Frucht, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Steve Reich, and Aaron Copland in various ensemble formats performed by Charles Ives Music Festival artists.
Join us at 6:15 pm for a pre-concert talk: CIMF Artistic Director Paul Frucht will discuss the role of composers in today’s society with guest composer Robert Honstein and CIMF Artists.
Katie Althen, flute; Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet; Remy Taghavi, bassoon;
Priscilla Rinehart, horn; Julia Choi, George Meyer, Jeremias Sergiani-Velazquez,
Chelsea Starbuck Smith and Kristen Young, violin; Jacob Shack, viola;
Mitch Lyon and Ariana Nelson, cello; Jonathan Borden, double bass;
Emily Levin, harp; Mika Sasaki, piano; and Eric Mahl, conductor
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Pre-Concert Talk
2023-08-08 18:15 - 18:45
Join us before the Charles Ives Music Festival concert as CIMF Artistic Director Paul Frucht discusses the role of composers in today’s society with guest composer Robert Honstein and CIMF Artists.
The pre-concert talk is complimentary. Concert tickets can be purchased here.

Sunday Drop-In Studio For Kids
2023-07-30 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-07-23 13:00 - 14:00
Offered on select Sundays from 1-2 PM for up to 1 hour for children ages 3-7 (must be potty trained).
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Register your child for an hour of Academy Art Studio time while you enjoy our exhibition. Parents must sign in, stay on-site, and provide a cell phone number so we may contact you during this time.

July Friday Coffee Hour | Soirée Planning
2023-07-28 09:30 - 10:30, 2023-07-21 09:30 - 10:30, 2023-07-14 09:30 - 10:30
Support the arts and meet new people! Join us for a casual get together on Fridays in July and learn about volunteering to help plan our Sept 30 annual benefit! Everyone is welcome; no RSVP required.
Learn more about The Surrealist Soirée here.

Fairfield County Dance Festival at MoCA Westport
2023-07-27 18:30 - 20:00
Join ECCB and Thomas/Ortiz Dance at MoCA Westport for one of eight outdoor performances throughout the month of July.
The performance will take place OUTDOORS. Please bring your own lawn chair.
The performance is FREE and open to the public; no advance registration is required.
Arrive as early as 6 PM to explore the Summer Exhibitions and to purchase a drink or cocktail.

Joe Bush Performance
2023-07-20 19:00 - 21:00
Come listen to an eclectic mix ranging from jazz to classical! Joe Bush and friends will be performing music by Rachmaninoff, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder and more.
Pianist Joseph Bush is joined by The Newburgh Calvary choir and “The Experience,” an ensemble that specializes in a fusion of Classical, Jazz, Rock, Pop, and R&B. The concert features vocalist Chavon Hampton, guitarist Jeffrey Velez, and drummer Elijah Hampton.

This event was organized and produced by the Constant Consulting Group.
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More About Joe Bush
Joseph Bush is a graduate of the University of Connecticut (UCONN) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music under the tutelage of Irma Vallecillo. He received his master’s in piano performance from Indiana University studying under Alexander Toradze. Joe has played in numerous venues over many diverse genres. He has taken part in the Wendell P. Whalum recital series at the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference. In December 2016 he debuted with the South Bend Symphony alongside his teacher Mr. Toradze playing the first movement of Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano concerto. After graduating he has been the artist in residence at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Newburgh, New York. Since being there, he has revived and developed their choral program to include 20+ members. He has also organized and performed in numerous concerts. In 2018 Joe was featured in the Howland Chamber Music Circle pop-up concert accompanying cellist Daniel Frankhuizen and soprano Rachel Hall, and playing solo works. In 2020 he won second place in the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM) New York, a regional competition where he was also the recipient of one of the two national encouragement prizes. Joe makes his living teaching privately, maintaining a studio of over 50+ students.
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MoCA Some Noise: Open Mic Night
2023-07-14 18:30 - 20:00
Join us for an Open Mic night at MoCA Westport featuring acoustic music, poetry, and slam poetry on Friday, July 14 at 6:30 PM! Everyone is invited to participate and attend.
Get your tickets to participate or attend here.
Click here to fill out this additional submission form for participants.
Open Mic night is FREE for Members.

Abstract Landscapes Workshop (Grades 2 - 5)
2023-07-09 13:00 - 14:30
Offered to students in grades 2-5 on Sunday, July 9th from 1p-2:30:
We will tour the Summer Exhibitions featuring the works of Richard Tsao and Sao, and then move to the studio to create works of our own. Inspired by both artists’ use of color and paint application, students will learn how paint can be used from transparent to opaque to create space in one’s own piece.
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Music at MoCA: Summer Camargo | Jazz at Lincoln Center Emerging Artist
2023-07-08 19:00 - 21:00
Summer Camargo, 21, is a trumpet student at The Juilliard School and Jerome Greene Fellowship recipient and is in her fourth year of college majoring in Jazz Studies. Summer, born and raised in Hollywood, Florida, most recently joined Lenny Pickett and The Saturday Night Live House Band on NBC, recorded her debut album (which will be out in spring 2023) under Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine, won first place in the International Trumpet Guild’s Ryan Anthony Trumpet Memorial Competition, covered for Wynton Marsalis on the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s 2022 Big Band Holidays Tour, and has been performing with her sextet in prestigious venues in NYC such as Dizzy’s and Birdland.
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