Current Programs

Current Programs

Affordable Space

Affordable Space Programs provide affordable rentable/reservable physical space at MoHA for producing and presenting creative or community work. MoHA offers studio and office space, as well as event space and event production guidance.

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 Abundance Programs at MoHA focus on community engagement and empowering local leaders through sharing resources, food, and good company. Programs include Fellowships, Potlucks, Grant Writing Hangouts, and Fiscal Sponsorships.

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.

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, where visitors can engage directly with our studio artists, wander inside the walls of MoHA, and buy directly from local artists and makers at our pop-up vendor market. EAST is the perfect time to visit and get to know the MoHA community. Staff are on hand to share information about our artists and programs, and visitors can also take a break for refreshments at the MoHA bar.

Event Space

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

Exhibition

Exhibition Programs at MoHA present a series of exhibitions for artists to connect and share their work with audiences. Programs include Cage Match Project, The Mall, Holiday Show, and more.

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 can be a Fiscal Sponsor for artists and informal organizations to apply for and manage grant funding and donations. This document outlines MoHA’s fiscal sponsorship program.

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

Building on historical East Austin traditions, since 2013, MoHA has hosted a holiday show as an annual act of coming together. This celebration places community leaders on stage in leading roles. Historically we see the largest influx of new interest in the organization based on a fun, campy and approachable environment. This celebration provides a welcome space for joy amongst the community, many of whom the holiday season is a time of stress.

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.

Purpose

Please go to the About Us page to learn about The Museum of Human Achievement (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

Potlucks at MoHA are an intentional, uninterrupted place to socialize, celebrate, and connect with the MoHA community.

Professional Development

Professional Development Programs at MoHA help artists build the skills, network, knowledge, and confidence they need to pursue their professional goals through co-learning, skills-sharing, and community-building. Topics are based on community requests, prioritize supportive collaboration, and connect participants directly with subject matter experts.

Residency

MoHA's Residency Programs provide artists with dedicated time, space, or resources to make creative work. Residencies combine paid learning, free studio and workspace, collaboration, direct mentorship, exhibition/performance, and ongoing paid opportunities for alumnae to return and teach/share with future cohorts.

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.

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.