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The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), will celebrate its 16th anniversary of serving the community through the arts with its 2nd annual MoCADA Masquerade Ball, to be held Thursday, May 19, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Lepercq Ballroom. T

The annual Spring Gala is a fundraiser that will benefit the museum as it embarks upon a new capital campaign to raise monies for community programs and to continually fund the development of their new larger museum in Brooklyn. 

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The MoCADA Masquerade Ball will celebrate individuals who have positively influenced the Contemporary African Diasporan Arts and the community, including Derrick Adams for the Artist Advocacy Award The Rockefeller Foundation for the Philanthropic Advocacy Award and Studio One Eighty Nine Founders Rosario Dawson and Abrima Erwiah for the Social Justice Advocacy Award.

The MoCADA Masquerade Ball is set to feature confirmed Honorary Gala Chairs: Singer/Songwriter/Producer Maxwell, Grammy Award winning international recording artist and songwriter Estelle, and Television Personality Bevy Smith with many other celebrity and VIP guests expected to attend in support of the museum.

MoCADA will also partner with Paddle8, the award winning online auction house that offers museum-worthy works and contemporary collectibles, for an unprecedented online auction curated by Mickelene Thomas that will include works from artists such as Renee Cox, Sanford Biggers and Carrie Mae Weems.

The online auction will commence prior to the gala on May 5th and conclude post event on May 19th.  For more information, please visit www.Paddle8.com