Mana Contemporary

Mana Contemporary
Established 2011
Location 888 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°44′14″N 74°04′14″W / 40.7371°N 74.0705°WCoordinates: 40°44′14″N 74°04′14″W / 40.7371°N 74.0705°W
Type Contemporary art
Director Eugene Lemay
Public transit access Journal Square
Website http://www.manafinearts.com

Mana Contemporary is a cultural center in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Opened in May 2011, the center provides services, spaces, and programming for artists, collectors, curators, performers, students, and community.[1] It includes artist studios, exhibition spaces, and storage and is situated in a 1920s-era brick former manufacturing building in the city's Marion Section near Marion Junction that is also an extension of the fine arts transportation department of Moishe's Moving Systems.[2][3] The one million square foot facility is home to the Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA),[4][5][6] the dance companies of Karole Armitage[7] and Shen Wei, and foundations established by Eileen S Kaminksy (ESKFF) and Carole Feuerman.

The building is also home to the Richard Meier Model Museum>[8][9][10] [11]

See also

Opening performance by Shen Wei
Dance studio

References

  1. ↑ Wright, E. Assata (October 2, 2011). "Mana for the people With new multi-genre culture center, Jersey City’s art scene comes of age". Hudson Reporter. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/arts/design/moving-magnate-is-the-impresario-behind-mana-contemporary.html?_r=0
  3. ↑ Kozinn, Allan (May 16, 2013). "From Moving Van to Art Complex". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  4. ↑ "Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA)". http://themeca.org/. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Mana Contemporary". www.manafinearts.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  6. ↑ Musat, Stephanie (March 31, 2012), New art center focused on Middle East to open in Jersey City, retrieved 2012-04-01
  7. ↑ Cruz, Araceli (April 24, 2012). "‘Punk Ballerina’ Karole Armitage Finds a New Home at Mana Contemporary". Jersey City Independent. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  8. ↑ SHEETSJAN, HILARIE M. (January 24, 2014). "Architect Goes Home, to Recall and to Work Richard Meier Is Now Focusing on New Jersey Projects". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  9. ↑ http://www.richardmeier.com/?projects=richard-meier-model-museum
  10. ↑ http://www.artmanafest.com/richard-meier-museum-opening.php
  11. ↑ http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/architects-eye/2014/05/richard-meier-model-museum-article

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