http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/art ... -new-jersey-projects.html

Richard Meier model exhibit at Mana.

I just went up to Mana and was disappointed to learn it's not open on weekends. I thought for the exhibit it would have been open on weekends. While there I spoke with an artist who was similarly frustrated by the management of the place. There were other people hoping to see the exhibit today.

From what I understand, at least for now Mana will only be open to the public during these one-day exhibition events. You can also have a tour of the facility if you make an appointment. To be sure I always know what they have coming up I joined Mana's mailing list -- you can sign up for it in the top right-hand corner of this page:
http://www.artmanafest.com/upcoming-events.php

is the exhibit continuing? or was it just a one-day event?

This is the second event at Mana that we've attended and I must say I continue to be impressed. We enjoyed a modern dance performance by Shen Wei Dance Arts in one of the bigger gallery spaces, a live piano performance with incredible large-scale animation in another gallery (which our 5-year old LOVED) and saw some very interesting artwork in all types of media as we made our way through some of the artists' studios. It was terrific to be able to chat with the artists in their studios as well. If you haven't been here before I highly recommend it. It is an amazing addition to the JSQ area -- we rode the PATH over -- it affords such a rich opportunity to enjoy art in so many forms, and it's free!

(good for the JSquare hood)


Mana Contemporary opening day sees thousands
By Felix Alarcon/The Jersey Journal

on January 12, 2014 at 8:11 PM, updated January 12, 2014 at 8:17 PM


Thousands of art goers attended the opening of several new exhibits at Mana Contemporary on Newark Avenue in Jersey City Sunday. The new art exhibits brought people to the large converted industrial space by the busload.

full JJ piece (with photos)

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... ousands.html#incart_river

(Gee right in my hood...I think I will go to the exhibit and then treat myself to some TACO BELL up JSquare!)

Mana Contemporary opens huge new exhibit in Jersey City

By Summer Dawn Hortillosa / For The Jersey Journal
on January 10, 2014 at 10:58 AM

Mana Contemporary in Jersey City is opening several new art exhibits this Sunday.

New shows include ?Photorealism Revisited,? which features works by well-known Photorealists like Robert Bechtle, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack and Richard Estes; and ?Sala Gaspar: The History,? a retrospective show paying tribute to the Barcelona gallery that put the spotlight on avant-garde artists like Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dal? and Joan Mir? and reopened last July after a 17-year closure.

Full JJ piece?

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index ... _huge_n.html#incart_river