The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) took advantage of the presence of Cuban artist and educator Arturo Montoto in Mérida, Yucatán, on the occasion of his attendance at the opening of the group exhibition "Colección MoCAA en Yucatán," in which he participates with a painting, to invite him to produce an edition of prints at the Praxis Havana Workshop, directed for several years by renowned Cuban printmaker Enrique Miralles (Tente).
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A work by Cuban artist Alejandro Lorenzo Valdés (ALEVAL), based in the United States since 1993, has been incorporated into the Rodríguez Collection that underpins the holdings of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), in Florida.
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MoCA Americas thanks artist Andreina Fuentes for the generous donation of a copy of I, Me & Myself to our museum’s library. This publication adds to the resources available to our community and helps preserve and share the record of an artistic practice that examines identity, gender and the many ways in which we present ourselves to others.
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The group exhibition "Colección MoCAA en Yucatán," organized jointly by the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, Florida, and the School of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design of UADY, has been visited by a broad and diverse public at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida, Yucatán, during the months of September and October 2026.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MOCA Americas) is one of the sponsors of the Doral International Art Fair 2026, taking place November 12–15 at the Doral Cultural Arts Center, located at 8363 NW 53rd St, Doral, Florida. Admission is free, but advance registration is required through Ticketplate.
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Two of the artists included in the group exhibition «Colección MoCAA en Yucatán», master painter Arturo Montoto and printmaker and leader of the Praxis Havana graphic project, Enrique Miralles (Tente), took part in a guided tour with students from the art program of the School of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design of UADY.
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The exhibition Beauty as Protest: The Pattern and Decoration Movement opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), welcoming a magnificent turnout of visitors.
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Guided Tour of the Exhibition «Colección MoCAA en Yucatán» A representative group of students from the Visual Arts campus of the School of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design of UADY visited the exhibition «Colección MoCAA en Yucatán», currently on display at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mérida.
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Artist Ivonne Ferrer recently printed three engravings of her own authorship at the Praxis Havana workshop, based in Mérida, Yucatán, and coordinated by Cuban artist and professor Enrique Miralles (Tente), taking advantage of her official invitation to Mérida to take part in the program of activities for the 53rd Anniversary of the School of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design of UADY.
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Representatives of MOCA Americas visited Sky Islands, an exhibition by Colombian photographer Felipe Aguilar at The Miami Photographic Observatory (MPhO), a project of Aluna Art Foundation. Aguilar, a Colombian artist who has lived in Miami for ten years, is taking part in the MPhO artist residency as its sixth artist in residence.
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A work by artist Rosario Verdecia has been acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, following a pleasant meeting that took place this afternoon, Saturday, October 10, 2026, between the Cuban born creator and Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer, directors of the Florida art museum.
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Craft cultures and artistic productions have always been of great interest for the research and promotional purposes of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas in Florida (MoCAA). For this reason, Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer recently decided to visit the headquarters of Taller Maya and Ensamble Artesano, located in the Centro neighborhood of Mérida, Yucatán.
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As part of the program of activities carried out by MoCAA directors Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer during the month of September in Mérida, following their official invitation from the Faculty of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design at UADY, the schedule included visits to a representative group of artists’ studios, among them the one currently occupied by young Cuban artist Ernesto García Sánchez.
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Cuban artist Ivonne Ferrer welcomed to her studio in Florida the Cuban American photographer and educator Gary A. Añuez. Collector and director of MoCAA, Leonardo Rodríguez, also took part in this friendly conversation about projects and possible collaborations. Both thanked Gary for his visit and expressed to the artist their joy at his recovery.
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Cuban artist Claribel Calderius recently welcomed to her studio in Mérida Leonardo Rodríguez, collector and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas; Ivonne Ferrer, artist and deputy director of MoCAA; and David Mateo, art critic, curator and representative of the Florida museum in Mexico.
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"Expolios, habitar los límites. Cuba Yucatán" is the title of the exhibition being presented at the Mérida Visual Arts Center, produced by Cuban photographer Laura Capote, which Leonardo Rodríguez, founder and director of MoCAA, and Ivonne Ferrer, artist and deputy director of the institution, have just visited, accompanied by Cuban art critic David Mateo, curator of the exhibition.
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Taking advantage of their work visits to Mérida, Leonardo Rodríguez, founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), and Ivonne Ferrer, artist and director of said Florida institution, visited the creative studio of the young Cuban artist Ernesto García Sánchez in Mérida. There, his father, the Cuban master and painter Ernesto García Peña, is working for a season, immersed in the creation of a series of abstract works.
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Cuban artist Marco A. Castillo welcomed to his studio in Mérida the visit of Leonardo Rodríguez, general director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA); Ivonne Ferrer, artist and deputy director of the Florida institution; and David Mateo, art critic and curator, who has recently been appointed representative of MoCAA in Mexico.
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“Geometrías habitadas. Cuerpo, espacio y arquitectura en la obra de Ivonne Ferrer” is the title of the Cuban artist’s exhibition, currently on view in the gallery of UADY’s Faculty of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design.
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The director of the School of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design of UADY, David Reynaldo Alcocer, donated two emblematic books on the culture and visual arts of Yucatán to Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer, directors of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA). The titles are "MACAY. Ateneo de Yucatán Museum of Contemporary Art. 15 Years" and "Architecture of the Haciendas of Yucatán."
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Leonardo Rodríguez, founder and general director of MoCAA; Ivonne Ferrer, director of MoCAA; and David Mateo, MoCAA representative in Mérida, held a meeting with professors and students from the UADY Facultad de Arquitectura, Hábitat, Arte y Diseño. Architect David Reynaldo Alcocer, director of the academic institution, served as presenter and moderator of the panel.
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As part of the program of activities accompanying the opening of her solo exhibition in Mérida, "Geometrías Habitadas. Cuerpo, espacio y arquitectura en la obra de Ivonne Ferrer," the Cuban artist, who has lived in Florida for many years, held an exchange with students and professors from the UADY Facultad de Arquitectura, Hábitat, Arte y Diseño.
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Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer, directors of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA), and David Reynaldo Alcocer, director of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Hábitat, Arte y Diseño of the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (UADY), signed a letter of intent with the goal of advancing a collaboration agreement between both institutions.
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As part of the opening program for the exhibition "Colección MoCAA en Yucatán," Leonardo Rodríguez, founder and general director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA); Ivonne Ferrer, director of MoCAA; and David Mateo, art critic and MoCAA representative in Yucatán, gave a lecture for students, professors and art specialists.
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The group exhibition "MoCAA Collection in Yucatán" opened on September 18 at the Museum of the City of Mérida as part of the activities commemorating the 53rd anniversary of UADY's Faculty of Architecture, Habitat, Art and Design and the 20th anniversary of the founding of its Visual Arts program.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA) continues to strengthen its contacts and exchanges with Yucatán's artistic and cultural community. On this occasion, Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer, directors of the Florida-based institution, visited the Los Ceibos Arte Maya workshop in Muna, south of Mérida, where artisan Patricia Martín Morales works. For more than 40 years, she has been creating replicas of pre-Hispanic vessels.
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MoCA-Americas Magazine, the new publication of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas, is now available. The issue brings together exhibitions, curatorial projects, institutional collaborations, critical essays, and news that offer a broad view of the work developed by the museum over the past year, both in Miami and beyond. Published by the Rodríguez Collection and MoCA-Americas, the magazine extends into print one of the principles that has increasingly shaped the institution’s activity: the circulation of artists, artworks, and ideas beyond the physical limits of the museum, while building sustained relationships with other cultural communities.
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The Kendall Art Cultural Center (KACC), dedicated the past six years to the preservation and promotion of contemporary art and artists, and to the exchange of art and ideas throughout Miami and South Florida, as well as abroad. Through an energetic calendar of exhibitions, programs, and its collections, KACC provides an international platform for the work of established and emerging artists, advancing public appreciation and understanding of contemporary art.
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The Rodríguez collection is a blueprint of Cuban art and its diaspora. Within the context of the new MoCA-Americas the collection becomes an invaluable visual source for Diaspora identity. It represents a different approach to art history to try to better understand where we come from to better know where we are heading.
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