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...
A Milcom Room Attention Program with David Scher. Join us on Saturday evening as inimitable artist David Scher leads us in another Zoomtastic Monira Foundation & ESTAR(SER) “Scenes of Attention” program! SHARPEN YOUR PENCILS for a drink-and-draw cocktail workshop on avian imagism. Never more...
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
Schedule a visit of the exhibition: ANONYMOUS ARCHITECTURES At Mana Contemporary, New Jersey. 888 Newark Ave 6th fl NJ 07306 On View: May-Aug, 2022 Visiting hours: Monday-Friday 3pm 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...
Join us for an in person Open Book session at Mana Contemporary hosted by SY Lim Featuring the works by Ana Cordeiro and Regina Parra. More about the presenting artists: Art is my key to understanding the current underlying my identity and the world....
A Milcom Room Attention Program with Jared Rankin Join us on the occasion of the Mana Contemporary Spring Open House, ESTAR(SER) and the Monira Foundation will have the Milcom Memorial Reading Room and Attention Library open to the public for a special live, in person,...
Three programs that will consist of one of Jonas Mekas’ feature films that speaks to his mission of personal cinema. He believed that everyone could and should create a film. Each title will be paired with a different filmmaker whose radical or visionary work Jonas...
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...
This month’s program is curated by Pip Chodorov, a dear friend of Jonas and devoted member of “the Gang.” He is founder and director of Re:Voir, a Paris-based company that publishes and distributes DVDs of classic and contemporary experimental cinema. Their catalogue includes over seventy titles: films...
Please join us for an special tour about Heizer's unique works for HOLLYWOOD 24 followed by a screening of the documentary film: Troublemakers, The Story of Land Art, 2015
The 491 Broadway Installation at Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 2013. An afternoon featuring three installations by the late poet, filmmaker and artist, Jonas Mekas (1922-2019). Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR (four-channel video installation, 2009) The original film (289 min.) "is made up...
Join Peruvian Artist: Ernesto Carozzo for a presentation of his book and series: Illuminated Flora and its magical surroundings About the artist: Ernesto Carozzo (1979 Lima, Perú) Completed his studies in Photography at the Centro de la Photography of Lima in 2007. From the beginning...
Join us for an in person Open Book session to celebrate New York Art Month, featuring the works for the artists: Ernesto Carozzo Helga Palina Brynjolfsdottir Ingiridur Odinsdottir Svanborg Matthiasdottir
In an ongoing series of virtual conversations, Mana Contemporary and Monira Foundation invite leading curators, artists, writers, and art professionals to discuss and comment on the arts and culture at large. This month, Nolan Jimbo hosts curator Ellen Tani in a discussion of their work....
Join us for an afternoon celebrating Jonas and his friends through poetry curated by Charity Coleman. With the contribution of: Anselm Berrigan, Charity Coleman, Luba Drozd, Bradley Eros, Gabriela Galvan, Christy Gast, Masha Godovannaya, Will Heinrich, Brenda Iijima, Evan James, Hollis Melton, Nathlie Provosty,...
Join us for the Opening exhibition: Right Time Right Place, curated by Katharina Gruzei Public space has become a highly contested territory in the past decades. The term itself is a fluid concept that is constantly being redefined by its intricate cultural, historical, ecological,...
Melanie Kress, Associate Curator at High Line in conversation with Katharina Gruzei, artist-curator of Right Time, Right Place Ysabel Pinyol Blasi, Executive director & curator at Monira Foundation and participating artists: Eginhartz Kanter, Ann Messner, Nancy Nowacek, and Stefanos Tsivopoulos. This talk is hosted in...
Join us for an afternoon of dance and performance with Monira Foundation and High Concept Labs FREE REGISTRATION Doors open at 6:00pm “Extended Play” by Christopher Knowlton “Raíces to Roots (excerpt),” by María Luisa Torres and Luis Tubens “The F____, the Fawn, and the Boss...
💥 Hosted by Sara Munjack & Diego Roq 💥 Presented by: Monira Foundation x ROQ Initiative x Jersey City Reads Poems presents: Join us for an evening of poetry featuring Jiaoyang Li, Emily Luan, and Rashad Wright followed by musical performances by JaeFrmJerz, Larry Crack,...
Our booth at 14C features works from Monira artists-in-residence Miriam Parker, Andrew Moeller, Mara De Luca, Heechan Kim, and Kevin Quiles Bonilla. Click here to register for your free ticket
Image courtesy of Nancy Nowacek The Attention Lab Supported by Monira Foundation in collaboration with Katharina Gruzei and participating artists of Right Time, Right Place. Sunday, November 13th 10:30am—2:30pm 888 Newark Ave, ste 440. 07306 Jersey City, NJ Lunch is included! Over the...
Jonas Mekas Studio and Monira Foundation presents: Nojo Hotel with performances by Dalius Naujo, Michael Coleman and Kenny Wollesen Opening set by Panagiotis Mavridis
Join us at Mana Contemporary Chicago (2233 S. Throop) from 2:00PM to 5:00PM before THE BRIG screening - show any ticket to a program in Jonas Mekas 100! at the Film Center and enjoy complimentary snacks, wine and music, and learn about our upcoming Jonas...
The Monira Foundation is pleased to present AIR 2022, a selection of recent works of the current cohort of artists-in-residence: Patricia Ayres Mara De Luca Kevin Quiles Bonilla Andrew Moeller Miriam Parker Visiting hours: T-F 11-5pm and by appointment
Art Jones Chihiro ITO Matt Mottel with NJCU Digital Media Ensemble Mica Scalin Sage Ó Tuama Sally Beauti Twin Devon Narine-Singh ...and more. Curated by Chihiro ITO
Illustration by Martin Flores Come visit us at JAB, we will be featuring our Open Book artists as well as exhibiting our Jonas Mekas chapbook and limited edition silk-screen "Good Mood Good Mood". Book artists, zine makers and small press publishers across genres and subjects....
💥 Hosted by Diego Roque and Cara O'Brien 💥 💥Presented by: Monira Foundation x ROQ Initiative in collaboration with Adam Echa. 💥 Join us for a new MONIRA FRIDAYS EMERGE || A film noir themed event hosted by Diego Roq and Cara O'Brien, in collaboration...
Jonas revisiting with his brother their first home in New York, where they lived together on the corner of Union and Meserole in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, from October 29 to November 1949. Photo: Adolfas Mekas, 1974. Monira Foundation proudly presents Jonas Mekas, Open Archives, a...
A Night to Remember takes you to the formal event you’ve watched on tv all your life. Whether you’ve always wanted to attend a private screening, reminisced about your high school prom, or simply just love exclusivity and an excuse to go out; we invite...
Join us for: Oaths? Questions? by Marjorie Welish, James Siena Granary Books, 2009. Item #GB_145 7 x 11 in., 32 pp., cloth over boards with Plexi slipcase. Commissioned by Granary Books to create an innovative book-object, Marjorie Welish conceived it on a graphical / lexical nexus...
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