MoAD celebrates our dynamic arts & culture neighborhood in conjunction with Downtown First Thursdays. Join us every First Thursday of the month for free admission to the exhibitions and programming at the museum from 4 pm - 8 pm. Be sure to check out the street party on Second Street between Market & Howard!

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Join us in the MoAD Salon at 6pm for CARIBBEAN COCKTAILS: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora. In conjunction with After the Island: Ornament and Ceramic Practice in the Jamaican Diaspora, this special First Thursday program brings together chef and cocktail creator Nelson German, James Beard Award–winning cookbook writer and culinary anthropologist Andréa Lawson Gray, in conversation moderated by Jamaican-born chef, restaurateur, and community leader Nigel Jones. Drinks & bites will follow the conversation. Learn more and register HERE.

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You will have free access to our current exhibitions: Dewey Crumpler: Sonic Lineages, After the Island: Ornament & Ceramic Practice in the Jamaican Diaspora, and Dorian Reid: Calling All Cats.