Monira Foundation in collaboration with William S. Dutterer Trust presents: William S. Dutterer: Joe Diver Bill is to Joe as Joe is to Bill. “William S. Dutterer: Joe Diver” invites viewers to immerse themselves in a world where art and introspection intertwine. Completed in the...

Join us for the premiere of Cy Morgans's Studio Visit. Step inside the studios 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...

Monira Foundation proudly presents the Behind the Joe Diver Series in collaboration with the William Dutterer Trust. The four videos in this series feature Jamie Johnson, Head of the Dutterer Trust. She offers an intimate view into the life and practice of the late William...

Join us for the premiere of Film Diary NYC's Studio Visit. Step inside the studios 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...

Jersey Art Book Fair 2025 Starts on Friday, February 21st-23, 2025 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ, 07306 Presented by Dense Magazine, and hosted by Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary, Jersey Art Book (JAB) Fair will feature 200 exhibitors, including publishing houses, artists, designers, collectives,...

Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary proudly present OPEN BOOK(S). Join us for the exhibition opening on February 22nd, 4-6 PM Location: 1st Floor, Mana Contemporary Books have the power to spread ideas to vast audiences, enabling creators of all disciplines to share their visions and...

Curated by Deric Carner and Ysabel Pinyol Blasi    March 8 - April 15, 2025 Opening March 8, 4–6 pm   EFA Studios and Monira Foundation proudly present The Reality Principle, featuring EFA Studios and Monira Residency artists. The exhibition focuses on unfinished, rejected, or otherwise...

Tuesday, April 1st at 6pm, please join us for a panel discussion among exhibiting artists from OPEN BOOK(S) exhibition: Ana Paula Cordeiro, Ann Messner, John O'Connor and Jean Wolff moderated by Philip Glahn. The conversation will center around the book as a tool, as a...

By appointment: Saturday 12pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mana-contemporary-jersey-city-tours-tickets-1299332451339 Saturday 3pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mana-contemporary-jersey-city-tours-tickets-1299332461369

Please join us for the opening reception of Purvis Young, in conjunction with Mana Contemporary Chicago Spring Open Studios, Saturday April 26, 4-6PM: Monira Foundation presents: PURVIS YOUNG, an exhibition of over 50 works of art and books (mid 80's to early 90's) by the...

Photo Booth on the 6th fl.

Join us Saturday, April 26th from 2-10pm. 2233 S Throop Street Chicago, IL 60608   Mana Contemporary Chicago and Monira Foundation are pleased to announce our Spring Open Studios. We invite you to tour the current exhibitions, meet our studio artists, and attend our presentations!...

Join us for the opening of Night Car Play by Marzena Abrahamik, Jonathan Michael Castillo and Tom Van Enyde Mana Contemporary Chicago 2233 S. Throop St. Chicago IL 60608 6th fl.   Project statement: Marzena Abrahamik - Girl Play Girl Play explores the intersections of...

Join us for the opening of Fledgling by Mickey Alice Kwapis Mana Contemporary Chicago 2233 S. Throop St. Chicago IL 60608 8th fl.   Artist statement: I knew of the peregrine falcons at Mana Contemporary long before I actually moved into the building in 2022....

Join us for the opening of FFG by Mike David T Mana Contemporary Chicago 2233 S. Throop St. Chicago IL 60608 9th fl.   Mike David T – Filmmaker, Photographer, Cultural Curator Mike David T is a Haitian-American, award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer whose work bridges...

BOOKBINDING FOR ARTISTS : A Workshop Saturday May 3rd, 12-2pm   Discover the art of bookbinding—no glue required. This hands-on workshop introduces the beauty of pamphlet binding, where simple techniques and high-quality materials come together to create elegant, handcrafted booklets. Starting with large, uncut sheets,...

DO NOTHING AND PRINT : A Workshop Friday May 9, 12-3pm   What happens when we embrace stillness and let the sun do the work? Do Nothing and Print is an invitation to slow down, observe, and engage with cyanotype printing as a meditative practice....

AN AWE-INSPIRING EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS BY THE GIFTED JCARTS STUDENTS!   OPENING RECEPTION Wednesday, May 14, 2025 | 3:30 - 5:30 PM   DATES May 13-19, 2025 at Monira Foundation Gallery #250 888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City

Spring Open Studios 2025   Meet our five current residents - Cy Morgan, Peter Hoffmeister, Tyler Christopher Brown, Erick Hernandez, and Simon Benjamin. Step into their studios, and ask the questions you've always wanted to ask. We’ll also be screening films in the Monira Cinema...

Monira Foundation Gallery (ste 250) May 22 - 30, 12-4PM 888 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306  

Open Book(s): ILYSM (I Love You So Much) by Polwin Morton Presented by Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary Framed in the accessible format of a children’s board book, ILYSM (I Love You So Much) chronicles the collection of unlikely family memorabilia, such as cat hair...

Monira Foundation Gallery ste 250 888 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306

The Monira Foundation’s 2025 Special Projects Residency will support performing and movement-based artists in the New Jersey/New York area with dedicated space and time at the Monira Foundation Gallery from June 1 – August 30, 2025. Fin Productions, María Verónica San Martín, and Natanal Hyun...

Open Book(s): pAraDoOx of In Tolerance by John J. O’Connor Presented by Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary   pAraDoOx of In Tolerance, a conceptual and formally intricate artist book by John J. O’Connor.   Through an evolving word morph between TOLERANCE and INTOLERANCE, this accordion-style...

Presented by Monira Foundation: Take alook into the studio of Simon Benjamin at the Monira Foundation! Simon is a Jamaican multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker based in New York, whose practice considers how the past ripples into the present in unexpected ways. Using the sea and...

You are warmly invited to an afternoon of movement, art, and shared experience with Natanal Hyun Kim. 📅 Date: Friday, August 29, 2025🕑 Time: 4:00 PM📍 Venue: Monira Foundation Gallery, 2F #250, inside Mana Contemporary, Jersey City This 20-minute performance grows out of Natanal’s long-term...

Mana Contemporary x Monira Foundation at Art on Paper New York 2025September 4–7, 2025 | Pier 36, Manhattan Mana Contemporary, in collaboration with the Monira Foundation, warmly invites you to experience their specially designed booth at Art on Paper New York 2025—a week celebrating the...

Jonathan LeVine Projects with the support of Monira Foundation proudly presents:   Doras - "Pollinator"   "Pollinator" is a series of paintings that explore the propagation of stories and our fractured relationship with the future. Drawing on Irish storytelling traditions, where myths were carried from...

Presented by Monira Foundation: Take a look at the studio of Erick Alejandro Hernandez at the Monira Foundation!  Hernández is an artist who explores how traditional techniques like oil painting and drawing can be transformed to hold and express complex personal and collective histories. Hernández’s...

The Jersey City Poetry Festival (JCPOFEST) at Monira Foundation Monira Foundation is proud to host Day 1 of JCPOFEST at Mana Contemporary, with a breakfast Launch Party & Press Conference and a Private Screening of Film Poems by Jonas Mekas. September 19th Mana Contemporary, Jersey City...

Open Book(s): On Solitary Viewership by Rujuta Rao Presented by Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary   On Solitary Viewership is an artist book by Rujuta Rao, composed of 93 flashcards held together by a clamp. Using sublimation printing in an edition of 30, Rao reflects...

Presented by Monira Foundation:   Take a look at the studio of Peter Hoffmeister at the Monira Foundation!   Hoffmeister is an artist whose installations, sculptures, and prints confront systems of power in the United States. His work often draws on historical events, places, and...

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...

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: December 1, 2025 - Friday, January 30, 2026 at midnight. Finished Works due: No...

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...