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SUMMARY:Jonas Mekas Film and Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Ice House Gallery\, September 14 – December 15\, 2026 \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, October 22\, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. \nMonmouth University\, Department of Art & Design\, in collaboration with The Jonas Mekas Art Estate\, Deborah Colton\, OUTPOST NYC DCG and Parlor Gallery are pleased to present\, Jonas Mekas Film and Art Exhibition. \nJonas Mekas is the Founder of Anthology Films in New York\, a filmmaker\, poet\, writer\, and artist. Jonas Mekas captured moments that we all cherish in art history\, in American history\, in life… from filmmakers\, Salvador Dali\, Kennedy’s\, Warhol\, Yoko Ono and John Lennon\, Elvis Presley\, the World Trade Center… to the more personal special moments of nature\, his family\, being human and celebrating life\, cherishing each experience to the fullest. Jonas Mekas was born in 1922 in Semeniskiai\, Lithuania. In 1949 he emigrated to the U.S. together with his brother\, settling in New York. He has been one of the leading figures of American avant-garde filmmaking playing various roles: His films have been screened extensively at festivals and museums around the world. In 2005 he represented Lithuania at the Venice Biennale\, the exhibition was noted with Special Mention price for extraordinary presentation of contemporary classic art. Jonas Mekas has received awards from New York State Council on the Arts\, Rockefeller Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, Golden Medal from Philadelphia College of Art\, Guggenheim Fellowship in 1966\, Creative Arts Award in 1977\, Brandeis University in 1989; Mel Novikoff Award at San Francisco Film Festival\, 1992; Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from Ministry of Culture\, France in 1992 and 2000; Lithuanian National Award\, 1995; Doctor of Fine Arts\, Honoris Causa from Kansas City Art Institute in 1996; Special Tribute\, New York Film Critics Circle Awards in 1996; Pier Paolo Pasolini Award\, Paris in 1997; International Documentary Film Association Award\, Los Angeles\, 1997; Governors Award\, Skohegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, 1997; Artium Doctoris Honoris Causa\, Universitatis Vytauti Magni\, Lithuania in 1997. Jonas Mekas was honored at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s award ceremony for his significant contribution to American film culture and had a solo exhibition at Ludwig Museum in Cologne\, Germany. Mekas participated in an extensive presentation at Serpentine Gallery\, London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris\, the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg\, Russia\, at the Cinémathèque Royale and the Bozar Center for Fine Arts\, both in Brussels\, Belgium. Jonas continues to involve himself in creative projects and exhibitions\, which include showings at the Centre Pompidou\, the Cesis Art Festival in Latvia\, and at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe\, Germany\, and the Venice Biennale in 2015. Since Jonas Mekas died in 2019\, there have been countless awards\, honors and exhibitions dedicated to his life and work. \nThe limited-edition series of works in this exhibition was co-produced by Jonas Mekas and Deborah Colton at Deborah\nColton Gallery in 2013. The works then went to Paris Photo LA\, Los Angeles\, California at the Deborah Colton Gallery\nbooth in 2013\, then to Deborah Colton Gallery\, Houston\, Texas where they exhibited at the Houston Fine Arts Fair and\nthe Dallas Art Fair several times at the Deborah Colton Gallery booths. Later this body of works went to the Jordan\nSchnitzer Museum at the University of Oregon in Eugene\, Oregon. Last summer Parlor Gallery in Asbury Park\, New\nJersey hosted an exhibition of these works. This past spring this series of works were also shown at solo exhibition at\nThe College of William and Mary’s Andrews Gallery\, in Williamsburg\, Virgina. \nFree and open to the public \nGallery Hours: Monday – Friday 10 – 5.\nFor additional Information please contact Gallery Director Scott Knauer at: 732-923-4786 or by email at:\nsknauer@monmouth.edu or visit Monmouth.edu/MCA
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/jonas-mekas-film-and-art/
LOCATION:Rotary Ice House Gallery
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Art Exhibitions,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty,Free
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SUMMARY:Daniel Johnston: I am a Baby in My Universe II
DESCRIPTION:DiMattio Gallery\, September 14 – December 15\, 2026 \nOpening Reception: Thursday\, October 22\, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. \nMonmouth University\, Department of Art & Design\, in collaboration with Deborah Colton\, OUTPOST\nNYC DCG\, and Parlor Gallery are pleased to present\, Daniel Johnston: I am a Baby in My Universe II. \n  \nWelcome to the world\, of Daniel Johnston. \nDaniel Johnston\, a singer-songwriter and visual artist whose childlike\, haunted songs brought him acclaim as one of America’s most gifted outsiders. Throughout his life\, Johnston suffered from mental illness\, yet in the spirit of hope\, this helped his work become even more profound in his continuing artistic journey throughout his lifetime. In a career filled with stops and starts\, Mr.\nJohnston became something of a man-child celebrity of the artistic underground\, earning the admiration of rock stars like Kurt Cobain and Tom Waits as well as comparisons to William Blake. Johnston became known by fellow musicians and the music press with songs\, like “Speeding Motorcycle” and “Don’t Play Cards with Satan\,” that had a poignant clarity yet showed glimpses of a fractured mind. Well-known for his strange\, cartoonish art that decorated his tapes and were featured in his visual art works\, Johnston repeated various images often that were always etched in his mind. One\, “Hi\, How Are You\,” featured a froglike alien; the image became his signature. Winning acclaim for both his music and visual art\, his cartoon drawings were even included in the\nWhitney Biennial exhibition in 2006 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. \nYet\, Mr. Johnston was dogged by mental health problems that stunted his career and occasionally hospitalized him. In more recent years he had largely been confined to his family’s home; in 2017\, he went on a farewell tour backed by members of the bands Fugazi\, Wilco and Built to Spill. With a boyish voice and a gift for pure melody – his biggest inspiration was the Beatles – Mr. Johnston sang candidly and sometimes disturbingly about his demons. “Despair came knocking at my door\, and I let her in for a while\,” he sang on “Despair Came Knocking\,” from “Hi\, How Are You.” “She sat on the couch and began smoking. She said nothing.” \nClimbing the rungs of the indie-rock world\, Mr. Johnston was featured on MTV in 1985\, and three years later went to New York\, where he mixed with the bands Sonic Youth and Galaxie 500……. then also went on to Europe. Mr. Johnston’s songs became indie rock standards. “Speeding Motorcycle” … capturing the thrill and fear of passion – “Speeding motorcycle\, don’t you drive recklessly/Speeding motorcycle of my heart” – was covered by Yo La Tengo\, the Pastels\, Mary Lou Lord……..in fact\, Johnston has been featured in the NY Times\, the New Yorker and countless other magazines worldwide. \nIn the 2000s\, even as Daniel Johnston seemed to disappear from public life\, his reputation as a singular artist was growing. On a 2004 compilation album\, “The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered\,” his songs were performed by Mr. Waits\, TV on the Radio and Death Cab for Cutie. The next year\, Jeff Feuerzeig’s film “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” won the documentary\ndirecting award at the Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Johnston in concert at a festival in Bourges\, France\, in 2010. As Mr. Johnston’s mental problems mounted – he suffered from manic depression and schizophrenia – he largely withdrew from performing and remained at his family home. Yet\, he never stopped writing and drawing. This was a compulsive passion he had to continue to create and never give up. He always had HOPE and LOVE for the future\, despite his health. \n“I believe in the work of Daniel Johnston in so many ways. He broke barriers and paved the way with light and hope to others who suffered from mental illness\, whether it be just depression or something more serious. At a time when people did not talk as much about such things\, he gave people an inside few of his struggle and brilliance\, his gifts and tribulations. This has helped so many people throughout the years. Today\, with social media and so many influences depressing and causing alienation and loneliness in our population and youth\, it’s now even more important to look at what Daniel Johnston achieved\, despite all obstacles\, and that some of his challenges helped make him shine and bring positivity to others\, worldwide.” Deborah Colton \nThis exhibition is the most comprehensive ever created of his work and is curated by his beloved sister who was his caretaker and art collaborator in later years\, Marjory Johnston. The exhibition was created and debuted at Deborah Colton Gallery in Houston\, Texas in 2024\, a gallery who has been representing Daniel Johnston’s works since 2011. Last year a film series and select works\nwere shown at Anthology Film Archives in NYC. A selection of Johnston works was also exhibited at Parlor Gallery\, Asbury Park\, New Jersey in 2025. \nFree and open to the public\nGallery Hours: Monday – Friday 10 – 5.\nFor additional Information please contact Gallery Director Scott Knauer at: 732-923-4786 or by\nemail at: sknauer@monmouth.edu or visit Monmouth.edu/MCA
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/daniel-johnston-iamababy-inmyuniverse/
LOCATION:DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Art Exhibitions,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty,Free
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SUMMARY:Exhibition on Screen – Degas: Passion for Perfection
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBITION ON SCREEN journeys from the streets of Paris to the heart of the superb Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge\, whose extensive collection of Degas’ works is the most representative in Britain. \nWith exclusive access to view rare and diverse works\, Degas: Passion for Perfection offers a unique insight into Degas’ personal and creative life. The film uncovers the fascinating story of Degas’ obsessive pursuit for perfection through both experimentation with new techniques and lessons learnt from studying the past masters. \nNever fully satisfied\, many of Degas’ drawings and sculptures were kept in private during his lifetime but now\, through close examination\, they can be seen as some of the most beautifully detailed and expressive works in the modern era. Using written accounts by friends and commentators\, and the narration of letters written by Degas himself\, this film reveals a more complex truth behind one of the most influential French artists of the late 19th-century and serves as an exploration of the complex workings of Degas’ artistic mind.
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/exhibition-on-screen-degas/
LOCATION:Pollak Theatre
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Art and Design,Arts at Monmouth,Current Student,Faculty,Film
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SUMMARY:Caro Claire Burke\, Yesteryear
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack\, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
URL:https://www.monmouth.edu/events/event/caro-claire-burke-yesteryear/
LOCATION:Zoom (Online)
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Arts at Monmouth,Community Member,Current Student,Faculty,Free,Lectures,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Kenneth Womack":MAILTO:kwomack@monmouth.edu
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