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Discovering Andy Warhol, Arnulf Rainer, John Chamberlain and Dan Flavin: Poetry in the Galleries with Jersey City Reads Poems
September 21 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Free
Join us on Saturday, September 21st, 2024, from 4-6pm for a new presentation of Discovering: Poetry in the Galleries with Jersey City Reads Poems, during Art Crawl Journal Square. Audience members will have the opportunity to participate in a multisensory experience while touring the galleries at Mana Contemporary.
Sara Munjack, Sam Circle, Idris and Shannon Pulusan will present poetry works in dialogue with the long term settings of artists: Dan Flavin, Arnulf Rainer, Andy Warhol and John Chamberlain, exploring the connections between art and language through ekphrastic poetry.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP recommended.
The performances will be recorded on video for documentation. Any members of the audience who wish not to be recorded, please let us know upon arrival to the event.
About Jersey City Reads Poems and guest performers:
Jersey City Reads Poems is a poetry series amplifying marginalized voices in Jersey City.
Sam Circle is a writer and artist based in Jersey City. They recently graduated from New Jersey City University with an MFA in Integrated Media Arts Production. They publish the biweekly newsletter Last Week’s New Yorker Review, which is what it sounds like.
Shannon Pulusan is a Fil-Am writer, illustrator, plant tita, and arts education administrator based in Jersey City. Her poetics explore how foodways, superstition, and the natural world can offer reparative insight and joy. Her poems appear in Ecotone, SRPR, underblong, and more. She has received support from ARTS by the People, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, and Brooklyn Poets and holds an MFA in Poetry from Rutgers University-Newark.
Idris, AKA Mizi Maré is a rapper out of Jersey City, NJ. Mizi is the embodiment of many whimsical characters with maniacal minds, all of which with the goal to usher you into the many worlds said minds race through.
Sara Munjack is the Founder of Jersey City Reads Poems and holds an MFA from Rutgers-Newark. She is currently Director of DEI at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Her poems appear in Cosmonauts Avenue, Pigeon Pages, BOAAT, Gandy Dancer, ISO Magazine, tele-art mag, The Common and Grist Journal. You can follow her Substack HYBRID MACHINE.
About Art Crawl Journal Square:
The Art Crawl is a self-guided tour that focuses on a single, walkable neighborhood in Jersey City, bringing together arts events and exhibitions with local businesses.
Date: Saturday, September 21
Time: 4-6 pm
Location: Mana Contemporary, 1st floor. Lobby & galleries.
Schedule & Itinerary:
4:00- 4:30: Reception & Opening remarks
4:30: Performance at Arnulf Rainer’s gallery
4:50: Performance at Dan Flavin’s gallery
5:05: Performance at John Chamberlain’s galleries
5:20: Performance at Andy Warhol’s gallery
This is a presentation of the Discovering public program. Discovering is a monthly program that welcomes the public into AYN Foundation and other long term presentations at Mana Contemporary to further learn and experience the practice of their featured artists: John Chamberlain, Michael Heizer, Rammellzee, Fred Sandback and Andy Warhol, through the scope of other artists and the multiple languages of art.
This program is made possible by a generous grant by the Hudson County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs.
