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Museum of Contemporary Art CT Offering contemporary art exhibitions, performing arts events & award winning educational programs to all of Connecticut and surrounding areas.

10/23/2026

Planet Female Global StoryFest returns to MoCA\CT!

Planet Female Media brings its third annual Global StoryFest to MoCA\CTon Saturday, November 7 from 5-10pm. Get ready for teh best and brightest short films, documentaries, experimental work, series pilots, spoken word poetry, and music videos, all made by women.

There are seventeen pieces on the bill. Nine are independent films from women writers, directors, and producers in Armenia, Australia, Iran, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, and the UK.

Several filmmakers will stay after their screenings for Q&As. The galleries are open, so you can take in our current exhibition, Looking for History as you marvel at the performances.

Award-winning writer, director, and producer Dusty Noval McCullough started StoryFest to give women filmmakers a wider audience. Three years in, it has become a full day of their work.

Saturday, November 7
5-10pm at MoCA\CT - 19 Newtown Turnpike

Reserve your spot at: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/event/planetfemaleglobalstoryfest/

Please join us at MoCA\CT on Saturday, December 5, 2026, for the opening of Inside/Outside: three related exhibitions ex...
10/22/2026

Please join us at MoCA\CT on Saturday, December 5, 2026, for the opening of Inside/Outside: three related exhibitions exploring how artistic creation preserves memory, asserts identity, and sustains connection across the boundaries of incarceration. On view through March 14, 2027.

In Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts, the artist transforms clothing donated by currently and formerly incarcerated people into quilted portraits of home and memory. Drawing on his own experience of imprisonment, Krimes incorporates participants’ personal stories and symbolic animals.

An internationally exhibited artist, has work held in major collections including the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The traveling exhibition is organized by in partnership with , and curated by Kelly Shindler, with Hilde Nelson.

Inside/Outside also includes two exhibitions curated by Jeffrey Greene: The CPA Prison Arts Annual Show presents more than 700 works by over 150 artists in Connecticut prisons.

Veronica May Clark: Singing Inside a Glass of Water features Clark’s richly layered, intricate handwoven abstractions, reworked from limited materials.

Both exhibitions highlight creative expression through Community Partners in Action’s longstanding Prison Arts Program.

Opening Reception
Saturday, December 5, 2026, 4–6:00pm
RSVP: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/event/insideoutside/

Members, Sponsors + VIP Preview
December 5, 2026, 3–4pm
RSVP: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/event/insideoutsideopeningreceptioncopy/

10/21/2026

What do we build—and what do we keep out?

Join MoCA/CT for an evening of conversation moderated by the Museum’s Executive Director, Robin Jaffee Frank, featuring artist Rick Shaefer; Avon Theatre Executive Director Peter H. Gistelinck; architect, educator, and urban-policy leader Rick Bell from Columbia University.

Together, the panel will explore the ideas behind Shaefer’s monumental charcoal drawings, including history, ambition, preservation, infrastructure, and the human impulse to build boundaries.

The CORA Foundation Community Conversation
Saturday, October 24 | 4–5 pm
Free with registration, thanks to the CORA Foundation.

Reserve your spot at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/event/ccwmbc/

Holiday gifting, but make it handmade.Make something personal at our Lunch + Learn MultiBowl Pottery Workshop with local...
10/20/2026

Holiday gifting, but make it handmade.

Make something personal at our Lunch + Learn MultiBowl Pottery Workshop with local ceramicist Leah Corbett!

Bring lunch, settle into the studio, and spend two creative hours turning clay into a unique multi-bowl centerpiece. Leah will walk you through hand-building each bowl and joining the forms into a design that’s entirely your own. No pottery experience needed!

The finishing touch? Your choice of glaze. Leah will handle the firing, and your centerpiece will be ready for pickup about a week later—just in time for holiday gifting. (We wouldn’t blame you for keeping it!)

Wednesday, November 4 | 12–2 PM
$85 per person | Materials included
Adult class | BYO lunch or your favorite beverage
Register at: https://mocact.org/class-workshop/multibowl-pottery-workshop-with-leah-corbett/

10/19/2026

Stuck in a creative rut? Good. Break something open.

Forget the rules. Lose the plan. Follow the color, chase the movement, make the unexpected mark at Intuitive Abstract Expressionism with Melissa Benedek.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
12-3:30PM

Led by artist Melissa Benedek, this immersive adult class invites you to explore Abstract Expressionism through music, texture, movement and instinct. No pressure to get it right. No perfect picture to chase. Just the freedom to experiment, let go and see where the process takes you.

Come curious. Leave the inner critic behind.

Reserve your spot at https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/event/intuitiveabstractexpressionismanimmersiveartexperience/

All materials included. No experience necessary. Just you, an open mind and a willingness to see what happens.

10/16/2026

Less planning, more play. Bring the kids to MoCA\CT for art-making, exploring and creative fun.

From drop-in art classes to school-break camps, we offer a welcoming, low-stress space for kids to make, explore and try something new.

Mark your calendar for these upcoming Camps, Classes + Events:

Saturday Art Adventures! Every Saturday, starting October 17 | 12–1:30 PM | Ages 4+

Election Day Recess Camp: November 3 | 9 AM–12 PM | Ages 5–10

FREE Family Fun Day: November 14 | 10 AM–12 PM | All ages. Enjoy autumn crafts, a gallery scavenger hunt and free professional family portraits—perfect for holiday cards! Portrait sign-ups upon arrival, first come, first served.

MLK Jr. Day Recess Camp: January 18 | 9 AM–12 PM | Ages 5–10

No art experience needed—just bring your imagination.

Save the dates! Details and registration here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/

10/16/2026

What do we build to keep the world out—and what are we really trying to protect?

Join us at MoCA\CT for a provocative conversation sparked by artist Rick Shaefer’s monumental charcoal drawings, where imposing walls, altered landscapes, and abandoned machinery raise questions that feel anything but distant.

Moderated by Executive Director Robin Jaffee Frank, the conversation brings together Shaefer, Avon Theatre Executive Director Peter H. Gistelinck, and architect and urban-policy leader Rick Bell of Columbia University to explore the intersections of art, history, architecture, power, and preservation.

Who gets to belong? What deserves to be preserved? And when does protecting a place become a way of keeping people out?

Saturday, October 24 | 4–5 PM
FREE with registration, courtesy of the CORA Foundation.
Register at: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/mocactevents/event/ccwmbc/
Come for the art. Stay for the questions.

Reminder! MoCA\CT is closing early today at 3pm for a private event. Please check back with us tomorrow or this weekend ...
10/15/2026

Reminder! MoCA\CT is closing early today at 3pm for a private event. Please check back with us tomorrow or this weekend for regularly scheduled hours:

Friday | 12pm – 5pm
Saturday | 10am – 5pm
Sunday | 12pm – 5pm

If you would like to host a private event at the Museum, visit mocact.org/about/event-rentals

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