Atlanta has a new place to experience the work of Georgia artists.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) has opened its new permanent home at the Goat Farm Arts Center in West Midtown, giving the museum more room to showcase its growing collection and connect Atlantans with artists from across the state.
Mayor Andre Dickens joined MOCA GA leaders, artists and supporters on Sept. 14 to cut the ribbon on the new museum at 1260 Foster Street NW.
The City of Atlanta invested $2 million in the project as part of MOCA GA’s capital campaign.
“Atlanta has never had a shortage of artists,” Mayor Dickens said at the ribbon cutting. “If Atlanta is going to continue calling itself a creative city, we have a responsibility to the people doing the creating.”
The new approximately 26,000-square-foot museum includes five galleries, along with space for educational programs, archives, research and other public programming.
It also gives MOCA GA’s permanent collection — now more than 1,600 works — a permanent home. When the museum was founded more than 25 years ago, its collection included about 250 works.
MOCA GA is dedicated to collecting, preserving and showcasing contemporary art by Georgia artists. Its new West Midtown home gives the organization additional space to introduce residents and visitors to that work while supporting the artists creating it.
“Institutions like MOCA GA say to Georgia artists: your work belongs in the record,” Mayor Dickens said.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia is located at 1260 Foster Street NW on the Goat Farm Arts Center campus.
