Thoughout Summer and Fall, select free admission days will feature free programming, including Ideas of Our Time: Jax Contemporary Artist Talks. Taking place in the MOCA Theater, these artist talks will showcase those selected for the triennial exhibition on view on the third floor of MOCA Jacksonville. Registration is not required but is recommended. Each artist will speak for thirty minutes.

Wed, April 2 | 7 p.m.
Michael Rakim, Marsha Hatcher, and Kaz McCue

April 5 | 3 p.m.
Ana Ion, Elena Øhlander, and Vivien Zink

Sat, May 3 | 1 p.m.
Sandy Harrington and Deshonna Buchanan

Wed, June 4 | 7 p.m.
Mark Creegan, Christopher Clark, and Mico Fuentes

Sat, June 7 | 1 p.m.
Overstreet Ducasse, Keith Doles, and Storm Rowland

Wed, July 2 | 7 p.m.
David Engdahl, Jeff Whipple, and Mary Joan Hinson

Sat, July 5 | 1 p.m.
Sarah Crooks, Gail Beveridge, and Jason John

Wed, August 6 | 7 p.m.
Zakriya Rabani, Stephen Heywood, and J. Adam McGalliard

Wed, September 3 | 7 p.m.
Lance Vickery, Robert Adams, Jenny Hager, and Erin Kendrick

Wed, October 1 | 7 p.m.
Susanne Schuenke PH.D., Hillary Hogue, Tanner Pletzke, and Chip Southworth

Wed, November 5 | 7 p.m.
Yna Cruz, Laura Colomb, Holly Blanton, and Joshua Cooper

Following the celebration of its centenary in 2024, MOCA Jacksonville is launching Jax Contemporary, a triennial art exhibition highlighting the immense talent of artists in Northeast Florida. Artists were invited to submit their applications in late 2024. Since then, each of the nearly 500 applications were reviewed by MOCA Senior Curator Ylva Rouse and Guest Curator Adeze Wilford and 64 artists were selected to be in the exhibition. Through this exhibition, MOCA seeks to support and promote the contemporary art practices of our area, sharing the broad vitality of artistic voices representing this moment in Jacksonville’s history with the general public.