IN SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES Organized by MOCA Mobilization, an independent community group formed to support the Museum and its staff.
On November 19th 2008, the public was informed that the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles has for some time been in a grave financial crisis and extreme measures were about to be taken with regard to the institution and its collection. With the museum in even greater trouble as rumors and partial truths fly, we, the undersigned, make the following public statement:
MOCA has an incomparable reputation. Widely regarded as the single best contemporary art museum in the world, its exhibitions have become art history. Since 1979, MOCA's reputation has attracted the admiration of internationally renowned artists and patrons of the arts. It is one of Los Angeles's great cultural institutions.
We support MOCA's staff as they suffer through this crisis. It is their work, their talent and their integrity that give the luster to this Museum. We acknowledge with pride the exceptional quality and quantity of ground-breaking exhibitions produced by MOCA. We appreciate the excellence of its permanent collection. For any one of these things to be diminished is to diminish the entire institution.
We are a vigilant public who care for the integrity and autonomy of MOCA. The Board of Trustees is the guardian of this great institution. It is the Board's responsibility to insure the Museum's financial health and preserve its programming and staff. We call upon the Trustees to maintain MOCA's independence and to keep its collection intact and accessible to a wide and appreciative public.
IN SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES Organized by MOCA Mobilization, an independent community group formed to support the Museum and its staff.
On November 19th 2008, the public was informed that the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles has for some time been in a grave financial crisis and extreme measures were about to be taken with regard to the institution and its collection. With the museum in even greater trouble as rumors and partial truths fly, we, the undersigned, make the following public statement:
MOCA has an incomparable reputation. Widely regarded as the single best contemporary art museum in the world, its exhibitions have become art history. Since 1979, MOCA's reputation has attracted the admiration of internationally renowned artists and patrons of the arts. It is one of Los Angeles's great cultural institutions.
We support MOCA's staff as they suffer through this crisis. It is their work, their talent and their integrity that give the luster to this Museum. We acknowledge with pride the exceptional quality and quantity of ground-breaking exhibitions produced by MOCA. We appreciate the excellence of its permanent collection. For any one of these things to be diminished is to diminish the entire institution.
We are a vigilant public who care for the integrity and autonomy of MOCA. The Board of Trustees is the guardian of this great institution. It is the Board's responsibility to insure the Museum's financial health and preserve its programming and staff. We call upon the Trustees to maintain MOCA's independence and to keep its collection intact and accessible to a wide and appreciative public.
IN SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES Organized by MOCA Mobilization, an independent community group formed to support the Museum and its staff.
On November 19th 2008, the public was informed that the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles has for some time been in a grave financial crisis and extreme measures were about to be taken with regard to the institution and its collection. With the museum in even greater trouble as rumors and partial truths fly, we, the undersigned, make the following public statement:
MOCA has an incomparable reputation. Widely regarded as the single best contemporary art museum in the world, its exhibitions have become art history. Since 1979, MOCA's reputation has attracted the admiration of internationally renowned artists and patrons of the arts. It is one of Los Angeles's great cultural institutions.
We support MOCA's staff as they suffer through this crisis. It is their work, their talent and their integrity that give the luster to this Museum. We acknowledge with pride the exceptional quality and quantity of ground-breaking exhibitions produced by MOCA. We appreciate the excellence of its permanent collection. For any one of these things to be diminished is to diminish the entire institution.
We are a vigilant public who care for the integrity and autonomy of MOCA. The Board of Trustees is the guardian of this great institution. It is the Board's responsibility to insure the Museum's financial health and preserve its programming and staff. We call upon the Trustees to maintain MOCA's independence and to keep its collection intact and accessible to a wide and appreciative public.
7:32 am PST, Feb 26,Ralph Moore, Maine
Another opportunity to push back at forces of pragmatic cost-cutting that undermine creative movements in all the arts.
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7:17 pm PST, Feb 19,Name not displayed, California
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7:11 am PST, Feb 18,Elodie Moreau, Germany
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6:46 am PST, Feb 18,Claire Moreau, Czech Republic
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3:25 pm PST, Feb 17,Michelle Homme, California
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9:31 am PST, Feb 7,Name not displayed, California
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10:54 am PST, Feb 6,Judith Rühr, Germany
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8:31 am PST, Feb 6,Name not displayed, Germany
LA a is not known as the art/culture of the word. but this can not be an acceptable solution! I have lived in LA for some time and can say that only social wealth and understanding can be an outcome of this institution/ others like it.
Money may be of concern to those who live around art but do not live for it. Money can not be an issue threatening art of any kind and not the persons and artists surrounding themselves with it.
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12:45 am PST, Feb 6,Danji Buck-Moore, Maine
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11:34 pm PST, Feb 5,Philipp Rühr, Germany
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7:34 am PST, Feb 5,ANNE SOTELO, California
How such a sterling international reputation can continue undiminished without 30 staff is quite beyond my comprehension.
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9:46 pm PST, Feb 3,Jason Pearl, California
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12:37 pm PST, Feb 2,Name not displayed, California
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11:42 am PST, Feb 2,Mireya Escalante, Mexico
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8:40 am PST, Jan 30,Michael J Butash, Washington D.C.
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12:16 pm PST, Jan 14,Name not displayed, Belarus
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3:46 am PST, Jan 14,Janice Kim, California
MOCA is a vital part to the Los Angeles art scene. L.A. art culture is unique and an institution like MOCA is a source for education and leisure to those living in So Cal and also to those that are visiting from other parts of the country and world!!! SUPPORT THE ARTS!!!
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9:32 am PST, Jan 11,Jim Suhy, California
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1:06 pm PST, Jan 10,Janine Ferrell, Washington
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11:13 am PST, Jan 9,Elizabeth Jasper, California
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11:29 pm PST, Jan 8,Name not displayed, California
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7:36 am PST, Jan 7,Barbara Engelbach, Germany
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7:18 am PST, Jan 7,Prof. Dr. Bodo Von Dewitz, Germany
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7:16 am PST, Jan 7,Carla Cugini, Germany
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6:23 am PST, Jan 7,Kasper König, Germany
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10:24 am PST, Jan 2,Senam Okudzeto, Switzerland
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9:20 am PST, Jan 2,Jennifer Gardner, Florida
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9:18 am PST, Jan 2,Name not displayed, California
MOCA is necessary to hold Los Angeles's place in the arts as the vibrant, ever-growing city it is. Its integrity as a separate institution in LA must be upheld. It would not be the same museum community otherwise-- encompassing not only the museum's staff, but art educators, students, visitors, and those living in LA.
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8:56 am PST, Jan 2,Parinaz Mogadassi, New York
For more impact, add a personal comment here
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9:47 pm PST, Jan 1,Scott Olson, California
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10:41 pm PST, Dec 30,Leigh Lonsway, Michigan
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4:02 pm PST, Dec 30,Mark Seldis, California
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12:54 pm PST, Dec 30,Ema Carvalho, Portugal
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8:46 am PST, Dec 30,JESUS NAVAR, California
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8:59 pm PST, Dec 28,Nicolas Albert, Belgium
I agree & participe, even if never was invited here... :-D
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7:52 pm PST, Dec 27,Ando Pndlian, Armenia
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2:27 pm PST, Dec 27,Julia Bartholomew, Oregon
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4:01 pm PST, Dec 26,Eileen Estrada, California
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3:49 pm PST, Dec 26,Name not displayed, California
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9:51 am PST, Dec 26,Irelis Milhet, Florida
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6:58 pm PST, Dec 25,Treu Hahnenberger, Washington
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2:41 am PST, Dec 24,Harold Hyman, France
when so little funding is needed for arts, and so much goes into frivolous or dubious or vulgar nonsense, one is compelled to speak out.
By the way, this may well become a world phenomenon.
Let us attempt to survive the wave of bleakness of the financial crisis, crisis born of greed and unconscionable irresponsabiilty.
