MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY NTO_CANADA/MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN_TORONTO_CANADA
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Mission Statement
Artists, relationships, and experimentation are at the centre of everything we do. MOCA Toronto presents rotating exhibitions and programmes that prioritize twenty-first-century artistic production, primarily through commissioning new work. We foster active dialogue, participation and celebrate complexity; in order to serve as an inclusive cultural hub in this hyper-diverse city and world.
About This Cause
MOCA’s strategic priorities, developed within our 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, include presenting a range of exceptional, accessible and interdisciplinary programmes which strive for excellence from a multiplicity of perspectives, continue critical discourse, foster an artist-centred approach and provide a community space for education, enrichment, collaboration and creativity. MOCA strives to commission new works wherever possible and is dedicated to involving artists in the realization of their projects in order to deliver truly original and process-oriented exhibitions that reflect the best in contemporary art. Notable MOCA projects in recent years include I AM YOUR RELATIVE by Jeffrey Gibson (2022), Summer by Felix Gonzales-Torres (2022), Land of Dreams by Shirin Neshat (2022), HOUSE OF CARD by Thomas Demand (2022), Remediation by Kapwani Kiwanga (2023) just ahead of the artist’s representation of Canada at the Venice Biennale, The Separation by Liz Magor, and currently Ear Worm by Alex Da Corte (2024). In addition to compelling exhibitions, MOCA offers a range of interdisciplinary public programmes, learning activities for visitors of all ages and mentorship opportunities to support emerging artists. The museum is reviving and expanding its production of engaging publications and envisions developing a fulsome programme of artist residencies that venture beyond the traditional model. MOCA’s programming in the coming years will focus on presenting high-calibre contemporary art featuring world-renowned artists, both local and international, and fostering access to valuable arts education for diverse audiences. Alongside our Strategic Priorities, MOCA’s guiding values also include promoting equity, inclusion, and access; building reciprocal relationships; being locally rooted and globally connected to foster artistic exchange; and embracing experimentation and intentional risks while ensuring the institutional structure is stable, open and transparent. MOCA is aware of the particular need to support individuals from equity-deserving communities and is committed to embedding equitable, inclusive, accessible and anti-racist practices into all facets of the museum’s work. MOCA has identified partnerships as a valuable tool for elevating the voices of artists and communities as well as increasing access to the Museum and its programmes. MOCA aims to build stronger and long-lasting partnerships over the coming years and understands the intentional outreach this will require. This includes collaborations with local neighbourhood groups, interdisciplinary organizations, government agencies, and arts and cultural organizations based in the GTA, across Canada and worldwide. MOCA has initiated and sustained a number of strategies to increase accessibility, promote use of the museum’s community assets, and encourage low-barrier engagement with contemporary art including: maintaining the ground floor as an admission-free space that hosts fulsome exhibitions and hands-on art programming for visitors of all ages; providing free admission to Indigenous visitors; ensuring that everyone under 18 receives free admission to the museum and Student/Senior tickets are discounted; partnering with CANOO to provide newcomers to Canada with access to MOCA; developing opportunities to maximize free access such as Community Sundays (monthly) and Free Friday Nights (weekly). In 2023, MOCA welcomed more than 75,000 visitors.