#tbt — Introducing Kiriyo Kuchina’s work in the United States and into the permanent collection of the #metropolitanmuseumofart #kiriyokuchina #saganishiki #weaving #gildedjapanesepaper #silk #brocade #woventapestry #kamakura #japan [portrait of Kiriyo Kuchina @paulmanangan ]
I'm honored to be among the recipients of the 2021 Individual Artist Fellowship Awards from New Jersey State Council on the Arts in the category of Interdisciplinary Art. With thanks, appreciation, and congratulations to the other artists.
The Individual Artist Fellowships are competitive awards to New Jersey artists in 12 rotating disciplines granted solely on independent peer panel assessment of work samples. The anonymous process is focused on artistic quality, and awards may be used to help artists produce new work and advance their careers. New Jersey artists applied for awards this year in the categories of crafts, interdisciplinary performance and interdisciplinary visual art, photography, and playwriting and screenwriting. This program is carried out in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. #newjerseycouncilonthethearts #midatlanticartsfoundation #interdisciplinaryart #thedepartmentofreparativehistory
Hudson County Community College proudly presents Curious Matter: A Legacy of Art & Inquiry, an exhibition celebrating the transformative vision and enduring contributions of Raymond E. Mingst and Arthur Bruso, co-founders of the contemporary art gallery Curious Matter in Jersey City.
For nearly two decades, Mingst and Bruso have explored the intersections of art, literature, and community through thought-provoking exhibitions and projects. This show highlights their innovative curatorial vision, publishing legacy, and artistic collaborations, while offering a glimpse into their personal art practices.
Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, 71 Sip Avenue, 6th Floor, Jersey City, NJ, Dates: January 28 to March 28, 2025, Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 4pm, Artist Talk: February 27, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
#curiousmatter #raymondemingst #arthurbruso #HCCC #dineenhullgallery #jerseycityarts #jerseycity #artistcurator
SAVE THE DATES: May 7, 14 & 21
On Reading & Response
A different kind of book club
Not a discussion about a single book, but a gathering around the experience of reading itself.
Bring whatever you’re reading—a novel, a memoir, a poetry collection—anything at all.
Join us for a facilitated conversation reflecting on how our reading is shaping our thinking, experience, or ongoing work.
Priscilla Gardner Main Library
Jersey City Free Public Library
472 Jersey Ave, Jersey City, NJ
May 7, 14 & 21
6:45–7:45 pm
/event/16556357
A collaboration between @jclibrarynj and @curious_matter
#jclibrarynj #curiousmatter #onreadingandresponse
SAVE THE DATES: May 7, 14 & 21
On Reading & Response
A different kind of book club
Not a discussion about a single book,
but a gathering around the experience of reading itself.
Bring whatever you’re reading—
a novel, a memoir, a poetry collection—anything at all.
Join us for a facilitated conversation reflecting on how
our reading is shaping our thinking, experience, or ongoing work.
Priscilla Gardner Main Library
Jersey City Free Public Library
472 Jersey Ave, Jersey City, NJ
May 7, 14 & 21
6:45–7:45 pm
/event/16556357
A collaboration between @jcplnj and @curious_matter
#jclibrarynj #curiousmatter #onreadingandresponse
SAVE THE DATES: May 7, 14 & 21
On Reading & Response
A different kind of book club
Not a discussion about a single book,
but a gathering around the experience of reading itself.
Bring whatever you’re reading—
a novel, a memoir, a poetry collection—anything at all.
Join us for a facilitated conversation reflecting on how
our reading is shaping our thinking, experience, or ongoing work.
Priscilla Gardner Main Library
Jersey City Free Public Library
472 Jersey Ave, Jersey City, NJ
May 7, 14 & 21
6:45–7:45 pm
/event/16556357
A collaboration between @jcplnj and @curious_matter
#jclibrarynj #curiousmatter #onreadingandresponse
In 2026, Curious Matter turns its attention to books.
The latest edition of Curator’s Notebook introduces the On Books year and our current programming.
Read it at /on-books (link in bio)
Curious Matter
272 Fifth Street, JC NJ
Sundays, noon to 5pm, and by appointment
#curatorsnotebook #onbooks #curiousmatter #contemporaryart #jerseycityarts
Curious Matter begins its 2026 inquiry:
ON BOOKS
The form, flow, and force of books.
Throughout the year we’ll be exploring books as artworks and artifacts; as structures that shape visual, textual, and material practices; and as vehicles through which ideas circulate, expand, and gather force.
Beginning this Sunday, we open the inquiry with:
LE BOUQUINISTE
our independent press kiosk featuring small independent presses, chapbooks, zines, and artist-made publications.
and
RANDOM MARGINALIA
incidental discoveries revealing the book as an object marked by attention, use, and response.
Curious Matter
272 Fifth Street, Jersey City
Sundays 12–5 and by appointment
#curiousmatter #jerseycityarts
I shared a post a good while back praising NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. This precious, intimate gallery is a stone’s throw from the Met. Once again, it hosts an exhibition not to be missed: Rodin’s Egypt. You’ve got until March 15. It surveys the impact of Egyptian art on Rodin’s practice. A real thrill to experience these juxtapositions. For me particularly, the liveliness of the Egyptian forms—which I usually read as static.
“Now I’ve made a collection of mutilated gods, in fragments, some masterpieces, I spend time with them; they teach me; I love this language of three thousand years ago, closer to nature than any other. I think I understand them, I visit them constantly; their grandeur soothes me.” —Auguste Rodin
#isaw #instituteforthestudyoftheancientworld #nyu #museerodin #metmuseum
In the days since Pompidou x Jersey City was halted, a familiar refrain has taken hold: “we never needed it; we already have great art here.”
In a new essay I examine what that claim leaves out—and the risks it poses moving forward. (Link in bio)
/news/afterpompidou link in bio.
#jerseycity #jerseycityarts
Appreciation to curators Ysabel Pinyol Blasi and Kele McComsey, and to fellow artists and panelists Sam Colt, David Friedman, Jaz Graf, Valerie Huhn, Kate Dodd, and Danielle Scott. I was honored to be in their company. Thank you for a delightful and engaging afternoon.
Artist Panel & Discussion: Counter-Archiving through Altered Books – Rebellion, Reclamation, and Re-Imagining the Future
Monira Foundation and Mana Contemporary’s running exhibition Open Book (altered) is both a love letter to and an interrogation of knowledge: the artists on display collapse temporality, challenge memory, and excise the past. Through varying degrees of alteration— from drawing to burning– they question civil responsibility and the existence of latent narratives in their found objects.
#manacontemporary #monirafoundation #bookarts #counterarchiving
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