The museum was directed by art historian and curator Bonnie Clearwater from 1993 until 2013. In 1996, the museum opened a new building, following the establishment of its permanent collection in 1995. The Museum of Contemporary Art began as the Center for Contemporary art in a single gallery space in 1981. The 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m 2) building was designed by the architecture firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, New York City. The Museum of Contemporary Art ( MOCA) is a collecting museum located in North Miami, Florida. SAFETY PROTOCOLS: For details on MOCA guidelines, visit /sample-page/reopening-safety-guidelinesĪ is a nonprofit source of theater, dance, visual arts, music and performing arts news. WHERE: Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA), 770 NE 125th St. on the last Friday of every month, rain or shine. 30: Dante Vargas & The Cat Band (trumpet player) July 29: The French Horn Collective (jazz, swing, and modern original French music)Īug. June 24: Julio Montalvo (trombonist, songwriter, producer, arranger) May 27: Chardavoine (guitarist) in celebration of Haitian Heritage Month
March 25: Fanni Sarkozy (pianist, singer)Īpril 29: Ed Calle (saxophonist, composer, orchestrator, producer)
25: Ike and Val Woods (Miami-based blues duo) in celebration of Black History Month “Certainly, artists and musicians are excited to play in person again.”įeb. “Now that we are back, I would say the plaza was animated as ever,” she said. Sheldon announced an “exciting lineup for the next six months.” The museum galleries are open from 7 p.m. The event takes place rain or shine, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. 25, honors Black History Month with a special performance of energetic-yet-soulful blues by Miami-based duo Ike and Val Woods.Īlthough Jazz at MOCA is an outdoor concert, seats are spaced out to allow social distancing, and guests are encouraged to wear masks. The crowd enjoys the music at MOCA Plaza during September’s Hispanic Heritage Month concert. “The energy was palpable across the plaza, with hundreds of neighbors filling our seats for an evening of fun and dance together,” Covach said. The crowds reappeared for the special occasion – “the response was incredible,” Sheldon said – and the jubilant sound of jazz resounded once again.įinally, in January, Australian saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts took the stage. The performance by the Luis Disla Latin Jazz Ensemble served to woo back the crowds and set the stage for the official relaunch in the new year. Then in September 2021, for Hispanic Heritage Month, MOCA organized an in-person concert at the plaza after months of virtual programming. That series, titled Virtual Jazz at MOCA, was hosted by Carter Jackson-Brown, and – though it’s no longer offered this year – past concerts are still available to view online.
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In this way, jazz lovers had access to continued free concerts via livestream and on the radio, at WDNA-FM 88.9. Like many institutions, MOCA pivoted to online programming to keep serving the community throughout the pandemic. “It brings people together, which is what MOCA seeks the most.”
“Over the course of COVID, the jazz program is one that we certainly missed,” says the museum’s executive director, Chana Budgazad Sheldon. The Luis Disla Latin Jazz Ensemble performed in September 2021 at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami event.
The lineup typically has ranged from classic staples to newer sounds, from acts like the South Florida Jazz Orchestra to the Ashley Pezzotti Jazz Quartet. Since 1999, Jazz at MOCA has invited people from diverse backgrounds to unite for a night of music in the heart of downtown North Miami, presenting a variety of styles including swing, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz. But then COVID-19 came along.Īlmost two years later, the music and voices, the lights and laughter are back at the plaza, with the official relaunching of Jazz at MOCA.īilled as South Florida’s longest-running free outdoor jazz concert series, this event is “one of the museum’s most beloved public programs,” said Amanda Covach, MOCA’s curator of education. Usually, the public square adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami and City Hall buzzes with music, voices, lights and laughter every last Friday evening of the month. MOCA Plaza had been quiet since March 2020. Jazz at MOCA in North Miami is billed as South Florida’s longest-running free outdoor jazz concert series.
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