cHURCH OF MONIKA Sara Bouchard: Aural Ecologies Where: Open Source Gallery When: Sunday, May 19, 11am – 1pm RSVP Now! Sound artist Sara Bouchard will present a performance and discussion based on her current research: building live-coded, immersive soundscapes in collaboration with the local environment. In …
When: April 14th, 11am – 1pm Where: Open Source Gallery RSVP Now! Join us for bagels and coffee and learn more about the history and politics of language with artist Monika Drożyńska and Bartek Remisko from the Polish Cultural Institute of New York. Bartek Remisko …
*cHURCH OF MONIKA | Limit is the limit: projectarians against lat(t)e capitalizm When: Sunday, April 28th, 11am – 1pm Where: Open Source Gallery RSVP Now! The limitless aspiration is one of the driving forces of artistic projectarians – people who make one project after another …
When: March 17, 11am – 1pm Where: Open Source Gallery RSVP Now! In the setting of Jody Wood’s Collecting Health, Jaykumar Menon and Aleks Mehrle will discuss Open Source Pharma’s mission to develop affordable new therapies in areas of great health need, by using open …
WHEN: OCTOBER 22, 2023, 11:00AM – 1:00PM WHERE: OPEN SOURCE GALLERY In preparation for her exhibition at Open Source Gallery in February 2024, join artist Jody Wood for a workshop to explore and discover the home remedies that exist in the cupboards, refrigerators, and cabinets …
WHEN: NOVEMBER 12, 2023, 11:00AM – 1:00PM WHERE: OPEN SOURCE GALLERY Inspired by the rice dispenser that lived in her maternal grandparents home, Bella Kiser will discuss her latest work in progress, “Rice Box”, a remembrance of Lola and Lolo, who gave so much and …
WHEN: May 14, 2023, 11:00AM – 1:00PM WHERE: OPEN SOURCE GALLERY Romina Chuls will present her most recent project on view at Real Art Ways from April 20th until July 16th. In this last project, Romina imagines abortion as part of a collective interdependent reproductive …
WHEN: MARCH 12, 2023, 11:00AM – 1:00PM WHERE: OPEN SOURCE GALLERY Join us for a joint conversation between artists Matt Peterson and Vanessa Terán, who will speak about their collaborative work around indigeneity and American Indian reservations, from their participation in the Standing Rock movement …
February 19th: 11am- 1pm excerpts from the book TIN CANS, objects and new impressions Stephan Wittmer lives and works in Lucerne, Switzerland. He studied at the School of Design SfG in Lucerne. Since graduating (1982) he has been working as a freelance artist and as …
WHEN: November 13, 2022 11AM-1PM WHERE: CHURCH OF MONIKA @ OPEN SOURCE GALLERY, 306 17TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11215 Care taken in advance through informal dialogue about community engagement in arts – sharing different perspectives and experiences to find motivation and reasons behind social practices …
When: October 9, 2022 11am-1pm Where: cHURCH OF MONIKA @ Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 This workshop focuses on the use of art therapy to build community & creatively explore what it means to be human. Art Therapist, Julia Volonts, will discuss her work in …
SUNDAY JULY 10, 11:00am cHURCH OF MONIKA @ Open Source: 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Correlation in its current version contains seven circular objects that are hung and interconnected in one pulley system. The audience can interact with the objects by moving them up …
June 12, 2022, 11am The focus of Backyard Utopias is to lessen the footprint of humanity on the natural world through education about and experimentation with biochar. Whether from emissions from the cars we drive, the buildings we construct, the food we eat, or the …
April 3rd, 11am In person at Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY Alexandra Zelman-Doring is an award winning writer, director, and actor. In 2005, she founded Throes Theater, a Drama-Desk winning company whose plays have premiered in the UK and in the US …
March 6, 11AM In person at Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY “Ride with Delivery Workers” is a feature-length documentary that follows immigrant delivery workers, who are living on the margins of poverty and facing unjust hyper-policing while riding their electric bikes on …
January 23, 11am In person at Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY Jesus Leal was born in the mining town of Sierra Madre of Chihuahua, Mexico to a family of prospectors, miners and ranchers. As an imaginative child connected to the natural elements …
November 7th, 2021 6:30pm at Open Source Gallery Screening of Community Garden and lila strähne @ cHURCH OF MONIKA Ruth is an artist and filmmaker based in Vienna, Austria. At Open Source Gallery she will show two slide installations in digital form that have people in relation …
July 11th, 11am, 2021 in person Event at Open Source Gallery at 306 17th Street, Brooklyn, NY Visual artist Sarah E. Brook and poet Alicia Mountain will craft a collaborative, creative conversation within Brook’s current show. Part dialogue, part interview, part reading and part performance, …
June 13th, 2021, 6pm EST Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt and Emilie Trice in conversation about the impact of NFTs on artists at the cHURCH OF MONIKA. Christina Steinbrecher-Pfandt is an international art curator and entrepreneur. In 2019, she co-founded Blockchain.art, an innovative digital platform for artists, galleries …
Sunday, May 9th, 6pm Art Beyond Commodity; Art as a Practice of Care Elaine Su-Hui is a visual artist and founder of Inner Fields NY; an experiential, collaborative project exploring the intersection of Buddhism, radical ecology, and artistic practice. Through a creative methodology grounded in …
Sunday, April 11, 11am RSVP or go to the direct ZOOM link here. Microbial Metrics and Collaborative Interfaces across Scales and Species Dr. Elizabeth Hénaff’s talk, entitled “Microbial Metrics and Collaborative Interfaces across Scales and Species” will discuss the ongoingness of the relationship between humans …
March 14th, 2021 Sunday, 11am on ZOOM, Meeting ID: 829 3385 9008 Van Tran Nguyen will introduce her newest project: a film called Erie County Smile (2021). Erie County Smile is a parody of “Paris By Night” (PBN), a popular Vietnamese-language variety show. PBN gained …
February 21st, 11am on Zoom, Meeting ID: 885 5059 3452 For the past few years I’ve been collecting and working with clay from the river near my home in Searchmont, Ontario. I began by making small burnished pinch pots that I’d pit-fire and then give …
Zeelie Brown @ cHURCH OF MONIKA the world’s most beautiful septic tank January 17th, 2021 Sunday, 11am on ZOOM, Meeting ID: 864 5409 2996 In the Black Belt, a region that I grew up on the southern extreme of, people are forced by poverty, state neglect, …
@ cHURCH OF MONIKA Sunday: Nov 15, 11am, 2020 on ZOOM, Meeting ID: 884 0132 1380 View the recorded Zoom Event: Through research about and practice of collective values, Gendai invests in racialized arts practitioners as the next generation of cultural leaders, radical thinkers, and …
When: Sunday, September 13th, 11am Where: Open Source Gallery, 306 17th Street (it will be outdoors – only a limited audience) and on ZOOM. Artists from THE 98 will be talking about their current show: ARTISTS BORN IN 1990’s COLLABORATE ON VR GALLERY AND …
July 12th, 11am EST Event was be held on ZOOM There’s more to origami than the paper crane. Despite its association with simple, folded constructions, the intricate practice has a growing history of being utilized in technical, real-world settings. And with the advent of new …
May 24th 11am EST, 17:00 Central Europe Time The Event will be held on Zoom (featured image: Terzo Paradiso – Ashram Joytinat 2016 – Ph Cristina Cardillo) Join Michelangelo Pistoletto and international ambassadors of the Third Paradise to discuss ideas and work that has been …
Sunday, April 12, 11AM Recorded Documentation of Discussion Presentation COVID-19 Artist Forum EVENT DESCRIPTION: The recent COVID-19 pandemic has had an immediate and enormous effect on the creative class and economy. Join us online for an open forum led by artist Angelica Reisch to …
Image courtesy of the artist. Sunday, March 1st, 2020 11AM In NYC’s Fishy History: stories about our relationship to fish and other natural resources, historical marine ecologist and performing artist Carolyn Hall shares some of her research and stories on the history of New York …
Image courtesy of the artist Sunday, November 10, 2019 11AM For this month’s cHURCH OF MONIKA, Open Source presents A Global Good Morning or Let’s All Wake Up, an artist presentation and discussion led by Craig Damrauer. Global Good Morning is a growing collection …
Previous work: Perfect Apple/ Can’t Stop When It Begins, 2019 Sunday, October 13, 2019 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH for One Minute Length, a participatory performance by artist Kunjin Jiang. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. Have you ever …
September 8, 2019 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH for SQUiD PLAY PLAY. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. SQUiD PLAY PLAY is a play for no actors about dissecting a squid as part of a middle school science class. …
July 14, 2019 11:00am Join us for at the cHURCH for Tortilla Stories Party, a project by mel*. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. In this party we will listen to tortilla stories that some Mexican immigrants have shared, find …
June 9, 2019 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH where Ambika Samarthya-Howard will present Shooting Stories of Sustainability: How to incorporate filming in environmental movements. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. During this event, Ambika will speak about different ways …
May 12, 2019 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH for an interactive discussion with artist Courtney Surmanek about their Resistance Mapping project. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. Resistance Mapping is an interactive exercise designed to lead to conversations about …
April 14, 2019 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH for a discussion with art historian Christian Liclair about feminist theory after Stonewall and Tee A. Corinne’s Cunt Coloring Book. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. “Sexuality is what people keep …
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March 10, 2019, 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH where Katya Khan will present her ongoing project Lost [Found] Landscapes. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. This multimedia series documents fragments of urban landscapes through digital drawings, mixed media reliefs, …
February 10, 2019 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH where Kathleen McDermott will present The Future Affects the Past: Technology, Mysticism, Art and Play. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. For this event, McDermott will present an artist talk in …
November 11, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH where Mengwen Cao will be discussing her work at the intersections of race, gender, and cultural identity. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. During the cHURCH, Cao will be focusing on …
October 14, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH as artist Jaime Sunwoo serves a SPAM (and veggie!) fried rice brunch and discusses her project, Specially Processed American Me. This is a free event. Jaime Sunwoo’s Specially Processed American Me is a multidisciplinary performance and …
September 9, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH for How to dream like a Rohingya girl, a conversation with writer Jennifer Chowdhury. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. This spring, Chowdhury went to Bangladesh, her homeland, to report on …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Katarina Poliacikova *DATE CHANGE: THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON JULY 22* July 22, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH where artist Katarina Poliacikova will be discussing her current project, Fires Venice Tequila Sunsets. This is …
June 10, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH where artist Amanda Gutierrez will be discussing soundscapes. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. Is it possible to get a sense of cultural immersion through sound? What does the local soundscape …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: The Food Griot May 13, 2018 11:00am Join food and drink historian Tonya Hopkins at the cHURCH for a discussion about food history. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. Food history is …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: CricketFarm | Watch on Livestream April 8, 2018 11:00am Join Adam Brody, founder of Brooklyn’s CricketFarm, at the cHURCH for a presentation about the art of farming crickets for people to eat. This is a free event. …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Spencer Merolla | On Livestream March 11, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH OF MONIKA to explore the concept of time capsules with artist Spencer Merolla. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Music for the Doomed/a> | Watch on Livestream February 11, 2018 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH OF MONIKA for a staged reading of David Brensilver’s Music for the Doomed. This is a free event. Bagels and …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Tusia Dabrowska | Artist website | Recommended Readings November 12, 2017 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH as Tusia Dabrowska hosts and explores her work and different kinds of “work.” This is a free event. Bagels and …
What is the cHURCH? | Watch on Livestream | Facebook Event October 8, 2017 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH to participate in ritual cools the head, an interactive project by Nia I’man Smith. This event is presented in conjunction with Reimagining Tradition. This is …
What is the cHURCH? | Watch on Livestream | Facebook Event September 10, 2017 11:00am Join us for a screening of a short film and discussion with Sara Gozalo and Francis Madi about DACA. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. …
What is the cHURCH? | Livestream August 13, 2017 11:00am Join us for the an artist talk via Skype by Sana Obaid at the cHURCH OF MONIKA. Obaid will discuss her work, her current exhibit at Open Source, دیوار | De-war | Wall, and her …
What is the cHURCH? | Artist website June 11, 2017 11am Join us for a conversation and discussion with artist Leigh Davis focusing on ELEs (end-of-life experiences). This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. ELEs are unusual experiences that typically occur …
What is the cHURCH? | Nia & Ness | Within May 21, 2017 11:00am This event has been postponed from 5/14 to 5/21 due to rain. Join us at the cHURCH as Nia & Ness discuss their work together and Within, their upcoming project inspired …
What is the cHURCH? | KC Crow Maddux | Facebook Event Join us for POST HUMAN ANIMAL INSTINCT / I wanna melt your gender hairs at the cHURCH OF MONIKA as KC Crow Maddux discusses their work. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee …
What is the cHURCH? | WITNESS Media Lab | Livestream March 12, 2017 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH OF MONIKA as Karen Stevenson discusses the her work with the WITNESS Media Lab and their new project, “Capturing Hate.” This is a free event. Bagels …
What is the cHURCH? | The Middle Passage | The Vanderbilt Republic | The People Movers | Livestream | Facebook Event February 12, 2017 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH OF MONIKA for Cornucopia, a discussion with the curators and artists of The Middle Passage, …
What is the cHURCH? | Livestream | Facebook Event January 15, 2016 11:00am Join us for the cHURCH OF MONIKA as Heidi Langeneckert and Nancy Shimmel host a community meeting to affirm shared values of tolerance, social and economic justice, and love for each other. …
What is the cHURCH? | Terzo Paradiso/The Third Paradise | Facebook Event | On Livestream November 6, 2016 11:00am Join us for the cHURCH OF MONIKA as we participate in Terzo Paradiso by creating our own symbol of The Third Paradise. This is a free …
What is the cHURCH? | Artist Website | Facebook Event | Livestream October 16, 2016 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH as sound artist and conceptual songwriter Sara Bouchard presents new work exploring the translation of landscape into song. This is a free event. Bagels …
cHURCH OF MONIKA: Songül Boyraz | Press Release | Facebook Event | Artist Website | What is the cHURCH? September 11, 2016 11:00am This September, artist Songül Boyraz will host the cHURCH OF MONIKA and discuss her recent project Game Over. In Yenibosna, a district …
What is the cHURCH? | Facebook Event | Livestream August 14, 2016 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH as Stacie Evans discusses her writing and her current project, Adventures in Racism. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. Stacie Evans lives …
What is the cHURCH? | play:ground website July 17, 2016 11:00am Join us at the cHURCH as members of the play:ground team discuss their work and perspective on adventure playgrounds. This is a free event. Bagels and coffee will be served. play:groundNYC is an adventure …
What is the cHURCH? | Marco Castro’s website June 12, 2016 11:00am Join us as photographer Marco Castro discusses his work at the cHURCH. Marco Castro was born and raised in México City, where the mixture of cultures gave birth to the nation that we …
May 15, 2016 11:00am At this Sunday’s cHURCH, Maria-Christina Villaseñor will invite the community to explore community spaces. The shifting demographics of Open Source’s immediate community, at the intersection of South Slope, Sunset Park, and Greenwood Heights, reflect an alarmingly ramped-up pace of gentrification and …
What is the cHURCH? | 11 Commandments of the cHURCH | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Redell Creary | On Livestream Sunday, April 10, 2016 11:00am In conjunction with our current exhibit Sole Exchange, Redell Creary will discuss his role as a peer advocate in mental health. …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Ken Butler | Artist Website | On Livestream Sunday, March 13, 2016 11:00am Join us as artist and musician Ken Butler discusses his work and gives a short performance. Ken Butler is an artist and musician whose …
What is the cHURCH? | cHURCH OF MONIKA: Margrethe Aanestad | Artist Website | Facebook Event Sunday, February 21, 2016 11:00am Join us as Margrethe Aanestad, co-founder of Prosjektrom Normanns, discusses her work and the current exhibit at Open Source, Transcendental Tactility. This is a …
What is the cHURCH? | Betty Yu | Artist Website January 17, 2016 11:00am Betty Yu is a Chinese-American NYC based filmmaker, multi-media artist, media educator and longtime social justice activist. Her documentary “Resilience” about her garment worker mother fighting against sweatshop conditions, screened at …
