The MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts was established by The MOCA Projects Council in 1994 to recognize the many gifted women providing leadership and innovation in the visual arts, dance, music, and literature. Its programs serve 30,000 students and community members each year.” “The focus of the Projects Council support group is MOCA Education, which has a long history of collaborating with artists and community organizations to bring the rewards and challenges of contemporary art to a broad audience. “We hope that the community will join us in recognizing and celebrating the achievements of this accomplished and exceptional artist, and in supporting one of the leading contemporary art education programs in the United States,” said The MOCA Projects Council President Pamela J. “This unique fundraising opportunity celebrates the work of a brilliant artist, who has created powerful statements of conviction and social commentary for more than three decades.” “MOCA is thrilled to honor Jenny Holzer with the 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts,” said MOCA Chief Executive Officer Charles E. The 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon is presented by BVLGARI.
Edythe Broad will present the award to Holzer and remarks will be made by MOCA Projects Council President Pamela J.
Hosted by one of the museum’s major support organizations, The MOCA Projects Council, this fundraiser benefits MOCA’s award-winning educational programming.
Holzer will be honored for her extraordinary talent and contributions to the arts during an exclusive award luncheon on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. With these pressing priorities in mind, we have concluded that the singular role of one director to oversee a museum of our size cannot best further our mission and serve our community and team.”īiesenbach will remain in his current role until the executive director comes aboard.Los Angeles – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), is pleased to announce artist Jenny Holzer as the recipient of the 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts. “We also feel the weight of limited governmental support for museums like MOCA, leading to a heavy reliance on private fundraising. “It is now more important than ever to examine and elevate the role of cultural institutions and to adapt in order to meet this moment and stay accountable to the needs of our community and our team,” the email read. Based on its email, officials at MoCA, which saw 26 percent of its revenue and 32 percent of its membership vanish over the fiscal year between 20, realized that the restructuring of leadership duties was necessary to facilitate the kinds of changes the institution will need to undergo in order to endure.
The changes come amid a bumpy time for MoCA, which, like other museums nationwide, has sought over the past year to address both the continuing Covid-19 crisis and the recognized need to address issues of institutionalized racial injustice that grew out of the events surrounding the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police last summer. Both parties will be expected to fundraise, with the executive director overseeing the efforts of the advancement department, which also fundraises. MoCA is slated to begin a search for an executive director, with whom Bienbach will work in tandem to oversee the museum, with both reporting to the museum board.Īs reported in the Los Angeles Times, a February 11 email sent to staffers limned Biesenbach’s duties as more art-attendant, as he focuses on programming, collections and exhibitions, and digital initiatives, as well as “increasing the museum’s cultural visibility and artist relations, while at the same time growing the museum’s international profile and partnerships.” The executive director will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the institution, including what the email described as “staff-forward initiatives,” including those surrounding inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art has announced that it is restructuring and that Klaus Biesenbach, who has served as the institution’s director since 2018, will assume the role of artistic director. LA MoCA Restructuring Klaus Biesenbach to Become Artistic Director