Connection through Movement Open Class all ages 5+ Class by Heather Warfel-Sandler In this open and playful class, we will spend time putting our bodies in motion to music in different ways, recognizing the potential in all of us to dance. Following a warm-up and...

Join us for the opening of Longing For Something, curated by Cydney Williams. On View November 13, 2021 to January 2, 2022   Monira Foundation Presents Longing for Something is an exhibition of 21 artists united by work which contemplate moments of anticipation, yearning, and...

Monira Foundation, in collaboration with ROQ Initiative, presents a free open-mic night of music, spoken word, laughs, and art from local creatives! Work, network, and share your passion with the community. Sign-up for open mic starts at 530P. Hosted by Diego. 5PM Doors Open 530PM...

In Good Company, a Mana Contemporary Chicago Community Exhibit. Artist Opening Reception December 10th 6-8pm, RSVP below General opening December 13th. Monday - Friday 11-5. RSVP to follow.

ATTENTION AS APPLIED SENSUALITY The ESTRAS Files 11 December 2021 – 2 pm EST The word “ATTENTION” comes from Latin roots that mean something like “a stretching toward.”  Can that stretching reach? Can it touch?  On the occasion of the US release of In Search...

End of the New Media Artists Residency Exhibition in partnership with SAIC on view at MFVS.

CANCELLED - Due to concern  over the Omicron variant we will be putting of celebrating together until is safer for all to gather in the new year. The Monira Foundation is full of joy this season and would like to invite you to a HOLIDAY...

Readings from “The Finding Aid Folder” A Milcom Room Attention Program Join us, virtually, on Saturday evening for another scintillating ESTAR(SER) “Scenes of Attention” whatnot! To kick off 2022, the inimitable text-conjurer JAC MULLEN will crack the spine of In Search of the Third Bird,...

Hosted by Katerina Belmatch, as part of the Monira Performance Residency with SMUSH. Open to the public, masks and proof of vaccination is required to attend.Please consider making a donation to help support the program: Proceeds will go directly to supporting the artist. $10 suggested...

Join Kate Meadows for a virtual visit of the Andy Warhol presentation by AYN Foundation at Mana Contemporary. * Please consider making a donation to help support the program.

“Pop Art took the inside and put it outside, took the outside and put it inside,” were the words written by Warhol at the beginning of his memoir with Pat Hackett, POPism: The Warhol Sixties.   January’s virtual tour provided a chance to view the...

Please join us for the opening of this year long exhibit Michael Heizer: HOLLYWOOD 24   Michael Heizer: HOLLYWOOD 24 is a presentation at Mana Contemporary Chicago of a group of unique screen prints produced in 1975 by this renowned American artist and are part...

Join us for a night of music, popcorn, and visuals directed by Juan Diego Roque featuring performances from the artists whose music videos will also be screened! Screening skits from Diego and music videos from artists: Olawumi, Adam Exha, Giordano Taylor, lvlalachi, Lue Beige.  ...

Schedule a visit of the exhibition: Ten Years Later, Highlights of the Mana Collection. At Mana Contemporary, New Jersey. 888 Newark Ave Ste 440 NJ 07306 On View: Jan-Mar, 2022 Visiting hours: Thursdays 11-4pm and by appointment

A Milcom Room Attention Program with Natilee Harren.   Join us, virtually, on Saturday afternoon for a special ESTAR(SER) “Scenes of Attention” program. Special guest Natilee Harren, a professor of contemporary art history at the University of Houston (and author of Fluxus Forms: Scores, Multiples,...

Jonas Mekas has always been known as a filmmaker making sketches, notes and portraits. In the 1990s, he started to exhibit photographic blowups of frames from his 16mm films presenting portraits of his friends cinematically imprinted in his life. Pretty rarely, however, one can see...

Join us for the opening if the exhibition: Ten Years Later, Highlights of the Mana Collection. Curated by Karline Moeller and Ysabel Pinyol Blasi

Please join us for a talk with Mashonda Tifrere, founder and director of Art LeadHER, in conversation with a special guest.

Join us for another iteration of Monira Fridays hosted by ROQ Initiative and in collaboration with Monira Foundation! From 5:30-9:30 pm on 3/4 join us for more extraordinary performances by Kyle Blvd, Rio the Messenger, and Yaya.  This time we're also featuring the photography of...

Every month, Open Book focuses on highlighting artist book makers around the world.  Please join us for: Sahand Heshmati Afshar on Mahbubeh. Mahbubeh is an artist book that turns a collection of narratives from touching a plant to ancient history, from tablets to amputated bodies after...

The program:  Jean Genet’s Un Chant d'Amour (1950, 26 min) preceded with a video introduction by Jonas Mekas (9 min) Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures (1963, 45 min)   A true supporter of freedom of artistic expression, in the early sixties Jonas Mekas fiercely fought some...

A Milcom Room Attention Program with Madeline Hollander ESTAR(SER) and the Monira Foundation are delighted to host artist Madeline Hollander for this month’s Second Saturday “Scenes of Attention” program. Jump on Zoom for a brisk and lively conversation about attention to the body, to missing...

Open Labs #1: April 8 @ 6pm Featuring High Concept Labs Artists in Residence Meredith Haines + Shalaka Kulkarni Join us April 8th from 6 to 8pm at Mana Contemporary Chicago. Free admission, reservations strongly encouraged. Reserve your spot today. On April 8, Choreographer-writer Shalaka...

Please join us for an exciting conversation between Steven L. Bridges, Senior Curator and Director of Cultural Affairs at MSU Broad Art Museum and Thomas Cvikota, Founder and Director of ETC Industries - C. Editions, about Heizer's unique process for HOLLYWOOD 24 followed by a...

Andy Warhol, Outer and Inner Space, 1965 16mm film, black-and-white, sound, 66 minutes; 33 minutes in double screen © The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved. Film still courtesy The Andy Warhol Museum    As a part of...

Filmmaking as Taking Notes. Poetry of the Mundane in films by Marie Menken and Jonas Mekas Curated by Lukas Brasiskis and Inesa Brašiškė      Jonas Mekas always celebrated the poetry of film. Marie Menken was his favorite film poet. In this screening we will...

Please join us for Open Book: Sonja Thomsen   About the Book: You Will Find It Where It Is: a reader by sonja thomsen, 2020 Edit & Design: Christina Labey. Design: Studio Elana Schlenker. Paper: Mixed Paper Stock (Uncoated, Translucent, Acetate) Cover: Colorplan (Smoke) Printed by...

Please join us for the opening of: Edges of Sight Presented by Monira Foundation in collaboration with Stevens Institute of Technology At Mana Contemporary, NJ. 888 Newark Ave. Ste 440. Jersey City 07306 On View: Apr 9, 2022 Visiting hours: Thursday 11-5pm and by appointment...

We're BACK! Artists, new/upcoming/experienced, EMERGE and share your music, poetry, comedy, on the stage + tune into the vibes of @bloodandsound, @jhette.plane, & @angeloctaves. Featuring work from photographers @alanaempanada @beautyfromthebeast92 & @zamoraloved1   Suggested donation: $10     This program is made possible by a...

Join us for the premier: Anne Muntges' Studio Visit! Step inside the studio’s of the Monira Foundation’s artists in residence. Learn about their unique processes during these short, intimate conversations with incredible artists as they talk about their ideas and give you special access to...

Juliann Wang: Pause in Time Friday, 13 May, 2022, 7pm-8:30pm Limited capacity. RSVP and proof of vaccination required for admittance. Pause in Time Juliann Wang presents Pause in Time, the second in-progress performance in her ongoing project series of participatory events, incorporating a hybrid use...

Schedule a visit of the exhibition: The Twelve Theses On Attention. At Mana Contemporary, New Jersey. 888 Newark Ave Ste 440 NJ 07306 On View: May-Aug, 2022 Visiting hours: Thursdays 11-4pm and by appointment

Anonymous Architectures Presented by Monira Foundation in collaboration with Mana Contemporary At Mana Contemporary, NJ. 888 Newark Ave (6th fl) Jersey City 07306 Opening May 14, 2022. 12-5pm   Anonymous Architectures investigates two aspects of NYC’s temporary transformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. With an incisive mind...

Ayako Kato: LUCA/Res Communis: ETHOS Episode III Friday, 10 June, 2022, 7pm-8:30pm Presented by HCL in Joint Residency with the Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary Limited capacity. RSVP and proof of vaccination required for admittance.    HCL Fellow Ayako Kato presents the in-progress performance of...

Kids and Families join us for a John Chamberlain Craft activity at Mana Contemporary entryway, pending any inclemant weather. Supplies Provided    

Join us for our June 11th Open House. Open House Schedule:   12-2 p.m. Kids activity Build it! 2-3 p.m. Anonymous Architectures: Meet the Artists 3 p.m. MM Serra's new curation of Jonas Mekas films, POETIC VISION OF JONAS MEKAS. RSVP Required. A shuttle from...

Jonas Mekas, Sleepless Night Stories (2011), color, sound, 114 minutes. “For two hours we stroll with Jonas Mekas through New York nights, through apartments, studios, backstage rooms, bars and clubs. We meet old acquaintances like Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Carolee Schneemann, Marina Abramovic, friends, brothers and sisters,...

Unfurl Unfold: the touch of a leaf, the page in a book felt Spudnik Press Cooperative This project is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency.     Join us for an Open Book session on zoom hosted...

Join Ariel Rivka Dance company members for an open-level, community dance class to explore the physicality of dance and self-expression. The class will begin with a modern dance-based warm-up, followed by opportunities to connect to our imagination, practice movement patterns, and move through space. Artistic Director,...

Join Ariel Rivka Dance company members for an open-level, community dance class to explore the physicality of dance and self-expression. The class will begin with a modern dance-based warm-up, followed by opportunities to connect to our imagination, practice movement patterns, and move through space. Artistic Director,...

Join us! Featuring artists: Art Jones (VJ) Chihiro ITO (Poetry) Mica Scalin (Poetry) Sally Beauti Twin (Video Poetry) Guidance (Video Poetry)

Meet the artists: Alexa Hoyer and Lauren Silberman Exhibiting their work at Anonymous Architectures 888 Newark Ave (6th fl gallery) Jersey City 07306 July 9, 2022. 1-5pm   Alexa Hoyer: With a background in sculpture, Alexa Hoyer now works mainly in photography and has recently...

Jonas Mekas, Awards Presentation to Andy Warhol (1964) B&W, Sound, 12 min Photographed by Jonas Mekas and Gregory Markopolous. “The Independent Film Award for 1964 is presented to Andy Warhol. We see Andy among his leading stars, Baby Jane Holzer, Gerry Malanga, Ivy Nicholsen, and we see...

The Attention Lab Supported by Monira Foundation The third installment in a pilot series of ATTENTION LABS dedicated to the collective practice and reclamation of radical human attention. These Labs are our response to the predation of the “Attention Economy,” a trillion-dollar industry that seeks...

Photo by Phil Dembinski Join us for an Open Book session on zoom hosted by SY Lim Featuring: Matt Austin Matt Austin is an arts worker, bookbinder, designer, and publisher who is in the midst of relocating to Los Angeles and is also still learning. He...