Homemade Joy
MOCA Grand Avenue and collective Finishing School is helping you find joy tomorrow night. The first Thursday of every month is Engagement Party, a night where a local art-collective takes over, and through any medium, creates an interactive showcase to engage us regular, un-artistic people. Each collective gets a three month stay at the museum, and since tomorrow is Finishing School’s last night, they are sure to go out in style. Finding Joy, the title of their project, is actually a military term referring to “successful
establishment of radio contact on a battlefield”. Guests will actually create their own homemade radios from kits put together by the group. After the crafty session, they will go on a mission through the museum locating pre-recorded transmissions. The transmissions are from real people, talking about what brings them joy in life. Technical, sensitive, whatever kind of person you are, you are sure to be inspired at this event. The past two events have included Executive Order Karaoke where guests sang their favorite Bush executive orders, and Little Pharma Drug Run which included a costume-making workshop to dress like your favorite pharmaceuticals and a late night walk to local drugstores. Look forward to more great projects coming your way starting next month with a new collective. The Grand Avenue branch is free Thursday nights from 5-8PM, which means if you show up to this event before 8… well you get it.
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WHAT: Engagement Party
WHEN: Thurs., Dec. 4th – 7pm to 10pm
WHERE: MOCA Grand Avenue
$$$: FREE
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December 27th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
sorry, no more events after this one. irvine foundation pulled their grant money due to the financial situation at moca. pretty sad actually, that the irvine foundation pulls support for young emerging artists just because those big wealthy people at the top of moca’s board couldnt keep their financial situation straight.