Museum of Childrens Art (MOCHA)

MOCHA is committed to bringing arts education programs to East Bay schools and communities. MOCHAs presence is feltin vulnerable communities, in public and private schools, in libraries, and at our Oakland based museum. Using the power of art as a learning tool, MOCHA collaborates with artists, educators, parents, and students. Arts education is a vital part of young peoples social, emotional, and cultural development. Over the years, MOCHA has enhanced the lives of nearly a million children with hands-on art learning experiences through our school, community, and museum programming. We have witnessed the transformative impact of art on childrens creative thinking, cognitive development, and sense of belonging. As a result of MOCHAs intimate relationship with the larger East Bay community, we have seen first hand the enormous impact and psychic injury that crime has inflicted on innocent young people caught in its collateral crossfire. We recognize a new approach is necessary to d...