One of the strongest natural desires we all have is freedom of expression.

The MOCAH experience offers the often overlooked and under represented classes of our youth a chance to acknowledge themselves through art.
The MOCAH experience provides artists and non-artists alike with the opportunity to discover their own artistic sensibilities through hands-on art experiences that encourage and nurture the creative process.

Participants work alongside professional artists to create our public art projects and programs.
Students and community members involved in the MOCAH experience play a vital role in the reclamation and preservation of their own community.

The infusion of art, history and culture stimulates community pride, stewardship and neighborhood revitalization.
The MOCAH experience places the public in public art by engaging the community in the creation of our art projects. These projects help transform our neighborhoods into cultural and artistic destinations.

The impact that these projects have on the community are long lasting and reach broad and diverse audiences.

Queens of Creativity

The Queens of Creativity is a program of the Museum of Cultural Arts Houston (MOCAH). The purpose of the QoC is to provide artists and creative professionals with resources to strengthen their professional developent and creative abilities through workshops, seminars, exhibitions, special events and trainings.

Mission: The mission of the Queens of Creativity is to empower others through the arts and creativity.

Biography: In January 2011 a small group of artists gathered for an art workshop at the Museum of Cultural Arts Houston (MOCAH). Ideas, laughs and creativity energy was shared amongst the artists, which for the most part were all strangers. A candid photo was taken of the artists working and subsequently posted on Facebook. As the image circulated amongst the participating artists one photo in particular garnered exception attention as it embodied the vibrant energy that was shared in the studio that cold January morning. As the comments continued to build, Reginald Adams, MOCAH President/CEO made a comment to the affect, “The Queens of Creativity are in the house.” The comment sparked a firestorm of activity as each of the artists began to build on the moniker and ideas began to fly about that would birth the formation of what has become a living breathing entity, the Queens of Creativity. The charter members, Rhonda Radford Adams, Sam Turner, Ann Johnson, Nia Jacob, Cherry Meekins and Artistsa Elisabet began meeting regularly to build upon the concept and add structure to what has now become a creative force in Houston’s local arts community. Today, the QoC seeks to reach out to other artists and creative professionals to leaverage the power of collective consciousness and empower those young and young at heart in utilizing their own creativity abilities to improve on their own quality of life.