MOCA IS OURS...
FREE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS FOR
NORTH MIAMI RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS

Bonnie Clearwater, executive director of North Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art, (MOCA) wants all North Miami residents to be a member of MOCA for FREE. "It's easy as stepping through the door," said Ms. Clearwater. "We have developed a program specifically to inform and encourage all North Miami residents and business owners to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to be a part of MOCA, a world class museum that attracts 85,000 visitors from around the world. And here we are, right in their neighborhood."

 

The new membership initiative is called MOCA IS OURS, MOCA SE POU NOU, MOCA ES NUESTRO because "the Museum of Contemporary Art belongs to everyone in North Miami," said Ms. Clearwater. MOCA has always extended the same benefits of a Family Membership to North Miami residents. This campaign aims to get the word out to North Miami residents that their FREE membership includes free admission for four people in same household to the museum, access to exciting events and enriching programs and discounts for classes and in the 10% member’s discount at the MOCA Gift Shop. “If you don’t live in North Miami, Family membership is $75 annually,” notes Ms. Clearwater.

 

For North Miami businesses, MOCA has created the MOCA Community Partnership, "which is just as quick, easy and simple to join as it is for a North Miami resident to join MOCA," said Ms. Clearwater. As a MOCA Community Partner, MOCA will list the business with a link from the business's web site to MOCA, mocanomi.org, which receives over 10,000 unique visits per month, and MOCA will provide the businesses’ customers free admission to the museum when they present a business receipt at MOCA. In addition, MOCA provides all MOCA Community Partners with a decal for the business's window "to show everyone that that business supports MOCA and that MOCA supports the area's businesses," said Ms. Clearwater. Over 150 North Miami businesses have already become MOCA Community Partners.

 

MOCA, which is renowned for its exhibitions and popular programs, such as Jazz at MOCA free outdoor concerts on the last Friday of every month, and MOCA by Moonlight Wednesday programs for adults, provides a year-round schedule of classes and special events for "everyone in the community to enjoy," said Ms. Clearwater."We are particularly proud of our education programs for children, teens and adults. Everyone wants to create, and what we do is provide the opportunity, guidance and the space for all ages to gather together and create!"

 

Over 20,000 children, teenagers and adults annually are engaged in the museum education and enrichment programs through the MOCA Art Institute. MOCA was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Museum Studies and Fine Arts Magnet Program in North Miami’s WJ Bryan Elementary School, North Miami Middle School and North Miami Senior High School. MOCA also provides free after-school programs for 5,400 middle and high school students five days a week during the school year. And during the summer MOCA has developed a full-day art camp for children ages 6-12, providing over 250 full scholarships to children in the community. Journalism, Photojournalism and Portfolio Development for middle and high School students is offered FREE throughout the summer.

 

“We are so proud that MOCA is based in North Miami,” said Bonnie Clearwater, MOCA Executive Director since 1997. “As an international arts destination, the museum draws over 85,000 visitors to North Miami, generating significant revenue for the area. We want to make sure our neighbors are engaged with MOCA, and all we offer. MOCA IS OURS, MOCA SE POU NOU and MOCA ES NUESTRO!"

 

The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami. For more information about MOCA's membership program for North Miami residents or the MOCA Community Partnership, please call 305 893 6211 or visit mocanomi.org