Current Programs

Affordable Space

Affordable Space Programs are programs that provide affordable rentable/reservable physical space at MoHA for producing and/or presenting creative or community work. These programs prioritize providing resources to individuals and organizations that have historically lacked access to institutional resources.

CATS+

The Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+) is a program for artists interested in expanding their work in digital and new media. The CATS+ Residency Program is a paid opportunity that brings cohorts of artists and tech wizards together to learn and collaborate on new work. CATS+ promotes troubleshooting, curiosity, and critical thinking around emerging and ubiquitous technologies. We host artist-led workshops, gatherings, mentorships, public showcases, a media art studio, an online wiki to remove the mystery from tech by foregrounding human connection, process, and experimentation.

Cage Match Project

Cage Match Project (CMP) is an experimental gallery that lives in an industrial caged-trailer. This weathered and rusted container resides in a gravel parking lot in Austin, Texas where it is under constant exposure to the elements and 24-hour public viewership. Its current curator is Aryel René Jackson, an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Cage Match Project was developed in 2015 by Ryan Hawk, a fellow video artist and sculptor.

Community Abundance

Community Start

Digital Arts

Digital Arts @ MoHA empowers a diverse population of artists to use emerging and ubiquitous digital technologies in thoughtful and unexpected ways. We build community and support careers by connecting artists with mentors, each other, access to affordable resources, and by providing stipends. We run online and in-person residencies, workshops, exhibitions, a production studio, equipment library, and resource wiki with learning guides.

Digital Do-Si-Do

Digital Do-si-do is an online media exchange presented in partnership with Games Y'all, taking place seasonally in our Discord servers. It is a fun, low-stakes opportunity to make something creative, try new software or digital techniques, and meet friends. The program is currently on hiatus.

Drive-In

The MoHA Drive-In is a program for artists or event organizers to host screenings, performances, and community gatherings at the pop-up outdoor theater in MoHA’s parking lot.

EAST at MoHA

EAST at MoHA is an annual hangout that takes place over two weekends in November. EAST is the perfect time to visit and get to know the MoHA community. Staff will be on hand to share information about our artists and programs, while we host our annual pop-up vendor market. Visitors can also take a break for refreshments at the MoHA bar.

Event Space

Event Space is a variety of rentable/reservable physical spaces at MoHA that are available to individuals, groups, and organizations for the purpose of teaching, producing, and/or presenting creative or community work.

Exhibition

Exhibition Programs are programs that present a series of exhibitions and may include support for their creation.

Fantastic Arcade

Fantastic Arcade is an annual festival that showcases a curated selection of groundbreaking talks and independent games. It celebrates underrepresented independent game developers and digital artists.

Fellowship

MoHA's Fellowship program is a paid professional development opportunity for students to gain work experience in their expressed interest in the categories: grant writing, event production, arts administration, or digital arts at a non-profit arts organization.

Fiscal Sponsorship

The Museum of Human Achievement acts as Fiscal Sponsor for many artists and informal organizations to apply for and manage grant funding as well as donations. Fiscal sponsorship is a legal structure and tax mechanism to umbrella individuals and informal groups, events, or programs under the non-profit status of a 501c3 organization. This can help with eligibility for certain grants as well as reduce tax liability when receiving grant funds.

Games Y'all

Games Y’all is a monthly meetup that celebrates, amplifies, and supports the unique and underrepresented within indie games and beyond.

Grant Writing Hangouts

Grant Writing Hangouts are facilitated co-working time where MoHA staff, artists, community organizers, and grant writers share space, eat snacks, and work together on applications for grant funding.

Holiday Show

The MoHA Holiday Show is an annual celebration of community and performance! This beloved tradition is a fun, campy, and welcoming event for joy among our community and their chosen families.

IRL

IRL is MoHA’s digital arts studio, a flexible meeting and work space outfitted with gaming-quality PCs, open-source creative software, and a DIY tech library for use by Digital Arts program participants.

Jobs

Job postings at MoHA.

MoHA

Peanut

Peanut is a retrofitted 90s city transit bus that hosts community-led gatherings and celebrations in neighborhoods and rural areas. This collaborative, mobile art space seeks to: facilitate grassroots relationship-building, celebrate the voices of often-overlooked communities, and reduce barriers to accessing innovative arts programming in Austin and Central Texas.

Potluck

Potluck is an intentional, uninterrupted place for people to socialize and connect.

Professional Development

Professional Development Programs are programs that endeavor to develop participants' professional repertoire (skills, ability, confidence, resilience, network, etc) through teaching specific skills or sharing knowledge.

Residency

Residency Programs provide individuals with dedicated time, space, or resources for a pre-determined length of time.

SPACE

Station to Stations

Station to Stations is an art gallery housed within the destination sign of a former San Antonio city bus named Peanut. As the bus travels from place to place, or station to stations, the destination sign features a rotating exhibit of text-based artwork from around the globe.

Studio Space

MoHA provides radically affordable studio and office space for artists and organizers to create, gather, and share their work.

Test Program

The Mall

The Mall is a small art gallery outside of MoHA that helps artists make a living, with a particular interest in uplifting women artists, queer artists, and artists of color whose voices are more often marginalized, and to create an exciting and beautiful platform and context for their work.

Unlisted Projects

Unlisted Projects is an arts and culture residency program based in Austin, TX, that supports local, national, and international artists in their practice and in community.

Volunteering

Volunteers are an important part of the MoHA community! Volunteers help set up for events, build projects, organize production materials, and so much more. Get involved with our community, collaborate with creatives, and learn new skills by helping out.

Welcome to my Homepage

Welcome to my Homepage is an international online residency program and non-traditional art venue for the creation and appreciation of new net art. Founded in 2014, Homepage offers artists a low-stakes opportunity to experiment and explore the web as a site for creative production. We have hosted over 100 artists from across the world wide web.