What"s Up?: Art NOW at moCa Cleveland

34 min. Artist Maggie Menghan Chen's exhibition Body Building Exercise is at moCa Cleveland through January 4, 2026. In this podcast, Maggie talks about collaborating during a pandemic, her creative process, and her journey to becoming an artist. Episode Guest: Maggie Menghan Chen Maggie Menghan Chen (b. 1998, Beijing) lives and works in Beijing and London. She obtained her MA degree in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts following her BA degree in Art History at New York University. Episode

Artist Erykah Townsend's exhibition "Happy" Holidays is at moCa Cleveland through January 4, 2026. In this podcast, Townsend talks about the pressures of the holidays, the significance of handmade experiences, and how pop culture reveals the parts of life we sometimes ignore. Episode Guest: Erykah Townsend Erykah Townsend, also known as E.T., is a conceptual artist from Cleveland, Ohio. Her art boldly confronts and questions the role of pop culture in our lives. She states, "I use pop culture

Artist Kelli Connell's exhibition Double Life is at moCa Cleveland through January 4, 2026. In this podcast, Connell talks about the technical and compassionate aspects behind the making of her work, the relationship built working with long-time Double Life model Kiba Jacobson, and the way that a project's meaning can evolve over a 20-year timeframe. Episode Guest: Kelli Connell Kelli Connell's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J

Artist Clotilde Jiménez’s exhibition Shapeshift is at moCa Cleveland through January 4, 2026. In this podcast, Jiménez talks about the evolution of his work, the use of color in his collages (and on the set of Seinfeld), the legacies impacting him, and the ones he wants to create moving forward. Episode Guest: Clotilde Jiménez Born in 1990 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Clotilde Jiménez now lives and works in Mexico City. He earned his MFA from The Slade School of Fine Art and his BFA from the Cleveland

What's Up? focuses on ART NOW: Conversations with artists about art, ideas, and why making matters. Hosted by DJ Hellerman, moCa Cleveland Deputy Director & Senior Curator, What's Up? explores the art in moCa's galleries and the reasons that drive the artists to keep creating. For more information, visit https://www.mocacleveland.org or subscribe for upcoming conversations in your podcast provider.