Mana Contemporary
Mana Contemporary is a cultural center in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States with affiliated centers in Chicago and Miami.
Mana Contemporary
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Mana Contemporary is a cultural center in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States with affiliated centers in Chicago and Miami.
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• Name — Mana Contemporary • Established — 2011 • Location — 888 Newark Avenue Jersey City, New Jersey • Type — Contemporary art center • Director — Kele McComsey • Public Transit — Journal Square • Illustration — Opening performance by Shen Wei • Illustration — Dance studio
History and founder
History and founder
Opened in May 2011, the center was founded by moving company mogul Moishe Mana. Shai Baitel and the artist Yigal Ozeri are among the co-founders. The 1 million-square-foot facility in Jersey City 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. In 2021 Mana Contemporary's Executive Director Eugene Lemay was placed on administrative leave due to his indictment of tax fraud and conspiracy for evading to pay nearly $8 million to the IRS while helping to run Moishe's Moving Systems. In February 2022, Kele McComsey was appointed Mana's new director. McComsey was the President and Senior Partner of SurroundArt prior to joining Mana Contemporary in 2015.
Art centers
Art centers
The Jersey City center provides services, spaces, and programming for artists, collectors, curators, performers, students and the community. It includes artist studios, exhibition spaces, and storage, and is home to the Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA); the archives of the International Center of Photography; the estates of Jonas Mekas, Walter de Maria, Irving Penn, and Dan Flavin among others; the Magnum Foundation; and foundations established by Eileen S Kaminsky (ESKFF) and Carole Feuerman, as well as the artist Amy Sherald who has her studio there. The Chicago art center gives spaces, a library, and programming for artists, artisans, curators, performers, students and the community. The Miami art center lends space to artist studios, exhibitions, and programming to allow conversation and collaboration in the community.
Richard Meier Model Museum
Richard Meier Model Museum
The building is also home to the Richard Meier Model Museum, an exhibition of architectural projects, sculptures and collages by Richard Meier.
Mana Decentralized
Mana Decentralized
Mana Decentralized is an online and physical platform selling artworks directly to collectors, launched in April 2019.
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• Mana Contemporary • Mana Contemporary Chicago • Mana Wynwood • MECA • Armitage Gone! Dance! • Shen Weid Dance Arts • Eileen S Kaminsky Family Foundation • Richard Meier Model Museum
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- 1.https://www.manacontemporary.com/about/locations/
- 2.Wright, E. Assata. Mana for the people With new multi-genre culture center, Jersey City's art scene comes of age. Hudson Reporter. October 2, 2011.
- 3.Artist Yigal Ozeri aims to mirror Mana Contemporary Jersey City in our hometown, Chicago!. Suzanne Lovell Inc. 2014-07-25.
- 4.Network, Artnet Gallery. How Shai Baitel, the Modern Art Museum Shanghai's First Artistic Director, Is Using Immersive Technology to Put Visitor Experiences First. Artnet News.
- 5.Morris, Bob. The New York Times. 20 July 2014.
- 6.Kozinn, Allan. From Moving Van to Art Complex. The New York Times. May 16, 2013.
- 7.Dealer Sean Kelly Heads to L.A., Mana Contemporary Chief Hit with Tax Charges, and More: Morning Links for November 11, 2021. 11 November 2021.
- 8.McCall, Tris. February 2022: State of the Arts. Jersey City Times. 2022-02-04.
- 9.themeca.org. Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA).
- 10.www.manafinearts.com. Mana Contemporary.
- 11.Musat, Stephanie. New art center focused on Middle East to open in Jersey City. March 31, 2012.
- 12.Gorce, Tammy La. The New York Times. 22 November 2014.
- 13.Kazanjian, Dodie. Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama's Portraitist, Readies her New York Debut. Vogue. 15 July 2019.
- 14.SHEETSJAN, HILARIE M. Architect Goes Home, to Recall and to Work Richard Meier Is Now Focusing on New Jersey Projects. The New York Times. January 24, 2014.
- 15.richardmeier.com. Richard Meier Model Museum – Richard Meier & Partners Architects.
- 16.The Richard Meier Model Museum & The Ana Meier Furniture Showroom.
- 17.Lee F. Mindel, FAIA. Tour Richard Meier's Masterful New Model Museum Architectural Digest. architecturaldigest.com. 30 April 2014.
- 18.Artnews.
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