Events

On October 18–19, we’re participating in Open House Chicago with the @Chicago Architecture Center! We’re one of more than 200 sites in 25+ neighborhoods welcoming visitors for this FREE annual architecture festival. Every October, the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) is proud to host Open House...

Curator Tour: “Purvis Young” Presented by Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025Time: 2:00–3:00 PMLocation: Mana Contemporary Chicago Join Intuit Art Museum and the Monira Foundation for a curator-led exploration of Purvis Young, with curator Ysabel Pinyol Blasi guiding participants through selections...

Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary proudly present OPEN BOOK (altered). Join us for the exhibition opening on Oct 19, 12-5 pm  Location: 1st Floor, Mana Contemporary   Books have the power to spread ideas to vast audiences, enabling creators of all disciplines to share their...

Monira Foundation Cinema Screenings October 19, 202512 PM – 6 PM888 Newark Ave. 07306 Jersey City, NJ Monira Foundation invites you to cinematic screenings at the Mana Contemporary Open House in Jersey City. Join us for a curated series of screenings featuring our artists in...

Event Description Join us for a day of screenings, exhibitions, and open studios celebrating the work of Monira’s artists-in-residence alongside guest artists. Experience moving images, performances, installations, and exhibitions that expand the boundaries of cinema and visual art. Screenings (Screening Room) 12–1pm | Monira Artists...

A.I.R. (Artists in Residence)October 19–24, 2025 | Monira Foundation 888 Newark Ave 1st fl, Jersey City, NJ   Monira Foundation present A.I.R., a group exhibition featuring the works of artists in residence. Showcasing the creative outcomes of the Artists in Residence program, A.I.R. highlights diverse...

María Verónica San Martín (she/her) is a Chilean New York–based multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work explores the impacts of history, memory, and trauma through archives, artist books, installation, sculpture, and performance. Her practice uncovers and reactivates suppressed histories, particularly those connected to the Chilean...

Hyun Kim is a multidisciplinary choreographer and artist whose work explores the essential potential of human existence, how we adapt and evolve within the shifting relationships between body, nature, and time. Deeply inspired by the idea of the “human in motion,” Kim’s practice examines how...

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 Time: 12:00–2:00 PM Location: Monira Foundation, Jersey City Languages: English and Spanish   Join Monira Foundation for an afternoon of guided tours of the exhibition Dignidad and works from Deportation Series in the Open Book(s) exhibition, presented in connection with...

Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 Time: 2:00–4:00 PM Location: Monira Foundation, studio 250, Jersey City   Join Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary as they host Fin Productions open rehearsal for Clown Show. "When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The...

Iterations of Love: Tender Films on HIV Date: Monday, December 1st, 2025 Time: 4-5 PM.  In celebration of World Aids Day, Mana Contemporary, in collaboration with the Monira Foundation and Hudson Pride Center, is eager to showcase the work of two talented artists: Eric Rhein and Umbreen Butt. ...

Presented by Monira Foundation: Take a look inside the studio of Tyler Christopher Brown at the Monira Foundation! Brown’s sculptures and installations investigate the conflict between personal autonomy and societal norms. By reappropriating natural forms and celestial phenomena, his work transforms ubiquitous materials to reveal...

OPEN CALL: Reflections: Portraits That Define Community A Fundraiser for The Sharing Place and Monira Foundation   Exhibition and Event: Friday, April 24th, 5 PM Sign up to reserve your Panel: January 12, 2026 - Friday, February 27, 2026 at midnight. Finished Works due: No...

Counter-Archiving through Altered Books – Rebellion, Reclamation, and Re-Imagining the Future   Exhibition and Event: February 4, 3 - 5 PM Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary’s running exhibition Open Book (Altered) is both a love letter to and an interrogation of knowledge: the artists on...

OPEN CALL: Reflections: Portraits That Define Community A Fundraiser for The Sharing Place and Monira Foundation   Exhibition and Event: Friday, April 24th, 5 PM Sign up to reserve your Panel: January 12, 2026 - Friday, February 27, 2026 at midnight. Finished Works due: No...

Pierogi, in partnership with Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary, presents Flat Files, a program and exhibition series developed as an expansive, interactive archive of portfolios containing original works on paper, presented alongside a long-standing schedule of solo and group exhibitions featuring emerging and mid-career artists....

Pierogi, in partnership with Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary, presents Flat Files, a program and exhibition series developed as an expansive, interactive archive of portfolios containing original works on paper, presented alongside a long-standing schedule of solo and group exhibitions featuring emerging and mid-career artists....

Join us for a screening and conversation for Art21’s “Between Worlds”     SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 TIME: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM LOCATION: Monira Cinema, Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306   Join us for a free screening and conversation for...

We’re pleased to share a series of free, hands-on printmaking workshops for K–12 art educators to be held at the Monira Foundation in Spring 2026. Practical and Affordable Printmaking Methods: A Guide for Art Educators: https://www.teachprint.com/about Led by printmaker and educator Mizin Shin, these workshops...

Join interdisciplinary artist Rujuta Rao for an artist talk as she guides audiences through a selection of books and garments, activating each work through live demonstration and discussion.  Gathered around a shared table, Rao will speak about her broader practice, which spans sculpture, installation, book...

Applications for Monira Residencies CHICAGO open March 30 - May 1, 2026   The Program The Monira Foundation’s  Residency program in Chicago for 2026–27 provides time and space for interdisciplinary artists to focus on a specific project. Beginning in mid-September 2026, up to two artists...

We’re pleased to share a series of free, hands-on printmaking workshops for K–12 art educators to be held at the Monira Foundation in Spring 2026. Practical and Affordable Printmaking Methods: A Guide for Art Educators: https://www.teachprint.com/about Led by printmaker and educator Mizin Shin, these workshops...

Sun Ra photograph by Hans Kumpf   Join us for a special screening of SUN RA: DO THE IMPOSSIBLE directed and produced by Christine Turner for Firelight Films, in celebration of the opening of Ayé Aton, Another Kind of Intellect, presented by MARCH in collaboration...

Mana Contemporary Chicago 2233 S Throop Street Chicago, IL 60608 9th floor Join us for the opening of Mana Contemporary Chicago Highlight, featuring Kathryn Rodrigues and her work New Mountains. Every Day Has Something In It Whose Name Is Forever is an ongoing photographic series...

Join us for the opening of Artist Alina Nazmeeva and the work The Mine, The Cloud & The Dump. Alina Nazmeeva will present work in progress—the first prototype of The Mine, The Cloud & The Dump, an interactive “triptych” installation. The project draws on the...

Rose (Magenta) Chromogenic Analog Print, 11x14" 1 of 1 Join us for the opening of Mana Contemporary Chicago Highlight, featuring Sara Condo and her work Gone From My Sight: Imperfect Pictures. In the exhibition Gone From My Sight: Imperfect Pictures the artist responded to the question,...

Mana Contemporary Chicago 2233 S Throop Street Chicago, IL 60608 8th floor 1:30-2:00pm Join us for the opening of Mana Contemporary Chicago Highlight, featuring Mary Griffin and the work The Big Sky. Mary Griffin presents a large scale painting, approximately five feet high by seven...

Cindy Trim Photography Mana Contemporary Chicago 2233 S Throop Street Chicago, IL 60608 4th floor 1:30-2:00pm Join us for the opening of Mana Contemporary Chicago Highlight, featuring Dana Major and the work LightLab. Dana Major presents LightLab, part of her Lumières light sculptures that re-articulate...

Join us for the screening: A Man on a Mission a documentary film by Dina Bruno Ciborowski and Dr. Robert Albrecht. A celebration of the life of Jersey City community artist and educator Carmine Tabone. April 18th, 2-4pm. Monira Cinema

Pierogi, in partnership with Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary, presents Flat Files, a program and exhibition series developed as an expansive, interactive archive of portfolios containing original works on paper, presented alongside a long-standing schedule of solo and group exhibitions featuring emerging and mid-career artists....

David Scher, Untitled (Book), Ink and mixed media on paper, 17.75 23.25 inches Pierogi, in partnership with Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary, presents OPEN BOOK (S):  Observations   Books disseminate ideas to some of the largest audiences in the world, empowering makers of all disciplines...

We’re pleased to share a series of free, hands-on printmaking workshops for K–12 art educators to be held at the Monira Foundation in Spring 2026. Practical and Affordable Printmaking Methods: A Guide for Art Educators: https://www.teachprint.com/about Led by printmaker and educator Mizin Shin, these workshops...

Applications for Monira Residencies CHICAGO open March 30 - May 1, 2026   The Program The Monira Foundation’s  Residency program in Chicago for 2026–27 provides time and space for interdisciplinary artists to focus on a specific project. Beginning in mid-September 2026, up to two artists...

Open Book(s): Croatian Prayer by Aileen Bassis Presented by Monira Foundation Croation Prayer (2013) is an intimate and beautiful altered book by Aileen Bassis, weaving together thread, transfer prints, lithography, and ink into a poetic visual meditation. Its stitched surfaces and layered imagery evoke acts...

Join us for the fourth annual Jersey Art Book Fair, May 1–3, 2026, hosted at Mana Contemporary, with support from Monira Foundation and Jersey City's Office of Cultural Affairs. Over 145 artists, designers, small presses and independent publishers will showcase books, zines, graphic novels, posters,...

Open Call May 4th - June 12th, 2026 The Program Since 2011, the Monira Foundation (formerly Mana Residencies) has awarded five artists each year with 12 months of rent-free, non-living studio space in Jersey City. Founded by Karline Moeller and Ysabel Pinyol Blasi, the residency...

A Paradigm Shift: The Passing Presented by Monira Foundation At Mana Contemporary, NJ. 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07308 Preview: May 15th, 4 – 7pm On View: May 17 – 30, 2026 Visiting hours: by appointment, please email us to schedule your visit: info@monirafoundation.org  ...

InterArts Poetry Lab – JCPOFEST Kids 🎬 Presents: The Red Balloon 🎈 In partnership with Monira Foundation With support from The Theater and Poetry Project / The Poetry Center at PCCC Join the Jersey City Poetry Festival & Monira Foundation during Mana Contemporary’s Open Studio...

Spring Open Studios 2026 Join us for a full day of art, performance, and workshops at Monira Foundation as part of Mana Contemporary’s Spring Open Studios. Sunday, May 17, 202612–6 PMMonira Foundation888 Newark Ave, Basement, 1st Floor, 2nd FloorJersey City, NJ This event is free...

Grain a performance featuring dance, live music, and sonic sand sculptures  MANA Contemporary, Room 116 Show times: 2pm (15 min show) 3pm (30 min show) 4:30pm (60 min show) Choreography + Costumes: Meagan Woods Dancers: Shawn Brush + Meagan Woods Music Composition: Paul Pinto Music...

Reflections: Portraits That Define Community A Fundraising Art Sale for The Sharing Place and Monira Foundation Join us for a special evening celebrating artists, community, and the power of collecting art for a cause. On Wednesday, May 20th, from 6–9 PM, Monira Foundation will host...

Monira Foundation Gallery #243a May 27, 6-8PM 888 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306

LAIA CABRERA & ISABELLE DUVERGER - QUALIA & PERENNIAL LAND / THE DATA FOREST Opening June 6 from 1-4pm and June 7 from 5:00pm-8:00pm Ongoing Showings June 6 - 26 Ages 12 and up. Monira Foundation Gallery 888 Newark Ave 07306 NJ Upcoming events: BILL...

IN 7, the experimental video residency, returns to Jersey City for its sixth iteration, bringing together artists, filmmakers, musicians, and creatives to produce experimental videos in just seven days. Using Jersey City as both backdrop and inspiration, the residency culminates in a public screening of the...

LAIA CABRERA & ISABELLE DUVERGER - QUALIA & PERENNIAL LAND / THE DATA FOREST Opening June 6 from 1-4pm and June 7 from 5:00pm-8:00pm Ongoing Showings June 6 - 26 Ages 12 and up. Monira Foundation Gallery 888 Newark Ave 07306 NJ Upcoming events: BILL...