Don Wilkinson
Unlike many other regional art museums, it is not located amidst acres of lush woods nor across the street from a stately city hall or historic columned library. Instead, FR MoCA is located in a former nightclub in an industrial zone, surrounded by fast food joints and automobile repair shops.
But that said, passing through the front door is a revelation. As one enters through a quietly elegant foyer past a showcase cabinet and a vitrine into a flawless white wall gallery with a high black decorative ceiling and onpoint lighting, one might be reminded of a prestigious Fifth Avenue gallery.