Arts Mission Oak Cliff (AMOC) opened its doors in February 2017. The massive restoration of the Winnetka Congregational Church in Oak Cliff’s Winnetka Heights historic neighborhood was a dream and labor of love for Founder Anastasia Muñoz and the investors behind the project, Lola and Todd Lott. Emerging conflicts and opportunities in Oak Cliff offer an optimal climate for the creation of art, but finding an affordable space to create and produce that art is challenging. AMOC meets this challenge.

AMOC is, all at once, a shared workspace, performance space, rehearsal space and community center offering artists a place to practice, teach, develop and display their crafts. The original sanctuary offers a space for full productions and workshops. The half-basement, nicknamed “The Underground”, is lined with Sunday School classrooms transformed into various creative workspaces including a recording studio, a music school, and private artist studios. The full kitchen acts as a prep space and springboard for various local culinary artists. As the first performance in the sanctuary in the Spring of 2017, Dallas-based Cara Mia Theater launched their world premiere of Caridad Svich’s De Troya.