What is the cHURCH? | Rachael Wren | Artist Website November 8, 2015 11:00am Rachael Wren’s paintings combine elements of both landscape and geometric abstraction. Join us as she discusses the evolution of her work: from representational landscape paintings to pure abstractions, and now, more …
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Ethnicity/Community/Identity/Art | Panelists | Facebook Event October 18, 2015 6:00pm Artist Savas Boyraz’s work looks at Kurdish ethnic identity and community and the ways it has been disrupted by borders, wars, and government policies. His work seeks to reunite Kurdish identity and document current Kurdish experiences …
What is the cHURCH? | Shellyne Rodriguez | Artist website September 13, 2015 11:00am “Hope is a crack high. I mean that in the way that Beckett might have proposed it. Of course this implies that one might know what a “crack high” is. I …
What is the cHURCH OF MONIKA? | Cezar Del Valle | Review of The Brooklyn Theatre Index | Livestream July 12, 2015 11:00am Join us as Cezar Del Valle, author of the Brooklyn Theatre Index Volume III, hosts the cHURCH OF MONIKA and discusses his …
Megan Hustad | Website | Wherewithal Press | What is the cHURCH OF MONIKA? | Livestream June 14, 2015 11:00am “In 2008 I had finished my first book but wasn’t really happy with it. During the months leading up the book’s publication, I kept myself …
What is the cHURCH OF MONIKA? | Livestream | Facebook Event Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:00am Join us for the cHURCH OF MONIKA this Mothers Day, May 10, as we explore our connection to light, voice, and space through a “dark” Salon. Inspired by the …
What is the cHURCH OF MONIKA? | Livestream | Facebook Event Sunday, April 19 11:00am Health is not in a vacuum. We are part of a whole and in order to feel whole it’s necessary that we remember and connect. Let’s talk about how plants …
What is the cHURCH OF MONIKA? | Livestream | littleBits March 29, 2015 11:00am Join us for bagels and BitBots as the KOKO Open Source staff hosts our Global Makeathon as part of a worldwide celebration of innovation, creativity, and experimentation! You’ve seen littleBits ads …
What is the cHURCH OF MONIKA? | Livestream | Sara Morawetz Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:00am Sara Morawetz’s work is an exploration of the processes that underpin scientific action. She is interested in the manner in which the constituent elements of the ’Scientific Method’ – …
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014 11:00am We are honored to have Azza Saad discuss her art, her life, and her passion with the audience Sunday, November 23rd. The cHURCH OF MONIKA is a non-religious monthly series where invited speakers share and discuss their projects and experiences.
Sunday, October 19, 2014 11:00am Marie Roberts’s family has been involved at Coney Island since the beginning of the 20th Century. Her grandfather was acting battalion chief of the Coney Island District and her family worked at the Dreamland Circus Sideshow in the 1920’s, including …
Sunday, September 28th, 2014 11:00am c.hill, 2013, metrocard tapestry inspired by Dr. Steve Franks’ research (Fordham University, plant ecology and ecological genetics), exhibited at Ligo Project’s Art of Science – Gallery Night Ligo Project is a movement. A movement to connect and apply cutting edge …
What is the cHURCH? | 11 Commandments of the cHURCH Despite our trepidation about the influence of religion, and specifically the church, on politics, there is no doubt that the fostering of community is it’s strongest public contribution. We seek ideas from artists, writers, politicians, …
NOTE: This event has been rescheduled: Sunday, June 22nd, 11am Meeting spot: Greenwood Cemetery, Entrance 25th and 5th avenue Leigh Davis’s work investigates the relationships between people and the physical spaces in which they live, work, and perform. Her subjects span a broad range—from the …
Sunday 27th, 11am Liinu Grönlund is a visual artist and currently an artist-in-residence at Residency Unlimited. She is currently working with scientists at the Stony Brook University and the American Museum of Natural History, who study lemurs and other primates, as well as snakes and …
Sunday, March 30th, 11am from the book “THE CASE FOR LOVING” Please join us Sunday March 30th, when Selina Alko and Sean Qualls will tell the story of their creative journeys that brought them from Western Canada and New Jersey together to Brooklyn. The duo …
Sunday March 2nd, 11am Sound artist and conceptual songwriter Sara Bouchard discusses and demonstrates the role of randomness in her work, which she filters via systems of self-imposed rules. She will perform several of her works, including “Weather Box,” a music box and series of …
January 26th, 2014, 11am Photo by Anja Matthes Please join us for the cHURCH OF MONIKA on Sunday, January 26th, 11am, where we will have a panel discussion on the idea of “happiness.” Many people are consumed with the idea of achieving happiness–how possible is …
Sunday, November 17th, 11am Hannah Reber presents a selection of current paper works. The reciprocal and syndetic constellation of statements like „Art is Higgs“ or „Love exists“, written on small yellow note-pads or brown paper towel, graphic drawings on white paper board, foldings, work on …
Sunday, October 27th, 11am As part of the ongoing cHURCH of MONIKA series at Open Source, artist James Leonard will take us inside A Kiss For Luck. This summer in the middle of a busy Manhattan block, Leonard transformed a 13’ wooden boat into a …
Sunday, June 9, 11am The world was set to end December 21st, 2012, so did it? Scott Adkins asked 15 writers and two visual artists to tell us how they want the world to end and then made a book out of the results. Adkins …
Sunday, June 16, 11am Gather at Church of Monika on Sunday, June 16 at 11 am for a fairy tale hour with Kay Turner exploring the witch figure and her diverse meanings in Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Based on her new book Transgressive Tales: Queering the …
May 12th, 11am; A live crowd sourced reengineering of a classic story using Houston Frost’s patent pending four box monte system for enlightenment. Houston Frost will lead the participants in the ritual slaughter and reincarnation of a timeless tale. Entertainment is possible, memories will be …
Sunday, March 17th, 2012, 11am How much do artists have in common with one another? Using a backdrop of theology, psychology, and philosophy, Lily White will examine the origins and mysteries of the creative process as depicted by Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, James Lord, and …
Sunday, February 24th, 2013; 11am Raquel Penzo was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, within a strict and sheltered Dominican household. She levied a sedentary childhood into a love affair with the written word and has since turned her passion into a semi-lucrative career …
About the Church of Monika Sunday, February 10th, 11am Karen Marston is a painter living and working in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Her work has been seen in several solo exhibitions in NYC: Storm Watch, New Paintings at Storefront Bushwick, Breathing Room at Dam Stuhltrager Gallery in …
This Sunday, November 11th, the church of Monika will be an active shout-out for more public art. Please join us to help with the “From the Woods” Site Replacement. There will be coffe and bagels as usual. Kids are encouraged to help us as well.
Sunday, October 14, 11am Urban Plant Research is a collaborative art project which was started by Sara Bouchard and Leslie Kuo in 2008. The project imaginatively investigates plant life in man-made situations in Brooklyn, Berlin and beyond, from weeds in sidewalk cracks to guerilla gardens. …
Church of Monika, September 16th, 11:00am David Brotherton, CUNY sociology professor, author of Banished to the Homeland, and Critical Criminologist of the Year, will be speaking at the Church of Monika on September 16th at 11:00am. Brotherton’s recent book, Banished to the Homeland, details the …
Dec 19th, 11am Rebecca Aidlin invites you to her studio at the MADARTS building located at 255 18th Street, Brooklyn NY 11215 to build beautiful Mobiles. Bring small things of your own to make your mobiles with if you want. Rebecca Aidlin’s recent works are …
Sunday November 14th, 11am
Come out to join us for “Silence”, Coffee, Cake and Conversation.
December 12th, 11am Location: KORZO: 667 5th Avenue, between 19th and 20th Ethan Crenson presents another look at the impact of Cold War politics on American pop music with records from his personal collection. His sermon on Sunday December 12th will look at Nikita Khrushchev …
Dec 5th, 11am, Location: KORZO: 667 5th Avenue, between 19th and 20th Flash Fiction/ Non-fiction You are invited to the “Church of Monika” to read any story that’s approximately 600 words or less. Storytellers will read their short pieces of Fiction and/or Non-fiction. Due to …
Sunday November 7th, 11am Please come and celebrate our new non-for-profit status w/ bloody maries!
October 31st, 11am I would like to share my work in progress, a children’s book that recognizes propaganda and allows the child to toggle between multiple types of propaganda/perspectives/realities. I’m developing this as an iPad application. I use the children’s book as a medium for …
October 24th, 11am “Inside the museum it was hot, and inside the butterfly conservatory – a kind of internal greenhouse – hotter still, tropical hot, the glass panels steamed with condensation. We took off our winter coats and carried them bundled in our arms. Around …
October 17th, 11am-1pm More possibilities to attend a workshop: October 23rd and 24th, 2-4pm ANIMALS AND MORE For Adults as well as for Children. Through NGO for cultural exchange, Nobuko has traveled to more than 20 countries promoting peace, human rights, equality, and sustainable development. …
October 3rd, 11am Deborah, the wrong place at the wrong time is a story about love and crime located in New York, the city of unexpected hopes. Lou Hoyer, Maximilian Thiel (Berlin) and Raphaela Riepl (Vienna) started this book project by accumulating their own feelings …
September 26, 11 am Several years ago, S. H. and I were discussing a photograph I’d taken. He asked me to articulate what was on my mind when I took the image. “I like green,” I replied. He said that wasn’t enough. I said “Yes, …
September 19, 11am Cities have always been a major inspiration for arts and literature. New York City and its neighborhoods are based on the stories of their people. We want to invite you to share your personal stories with us, together we discuss the soul …
Sept 12th, 11 am – “I am a big fan of art history, and I believe the lack of this knowledge is a prime reason that many artists will linger in careers of derivative mediocrity. Another fascination, and one that drives much on my current …
All Sundays in June, 11am The Artists in residence Sebastian Koch and Severin Hagen will host all Sundays in June. You are welcome to stop by and see the progress of their work, have a coffee and enjoy a conversation with them. above: …
May 30th 11am “If we were able to in a quick flight over the United States in 1950 to look carefully at our nation’s children- what would we see?” How would the picture be different from what it was fifty or even ten years ago? …
May 23rd 11am During a period of self-reinvention, artist James Leonard began a visual exploration of four and five dimensional cubes. Arcane maybe, though not unheard of. Mathematicians have worked in higher dimensions for generations. Computers have allowed the construction of pristine, yet often impenetrable, …
Sunday May 16th, 11am We have tried to host the duo once before in April, but Todd Isler unfortunately was sick. This Sunday you have another chance to hear them! Drummer, teacher and author Todd Isler is based in New York City, where he has …
May 9th, 11 am Leigh Davis recently spent time with the aged members of a religious order living on the grounds of a former military hospital in New Mexico. Only five men remain, and all but one has lived there for over 60 years. She …
May 2nd, 11 am In nineteen hundred and forty-five, the atom bomb it came alive… From his impressive collection of 78 rpm records containing songs about the atomic bomb, Ethan Crenson will fill the cHURCH OF MONIKA with gospel and sacred music as it grapples …
Sunday, April 25th, 11am Artist and neighbor Sara Bouchard will present new work from her photography/video series “Worship.” The series consists of images captured from the Worship Channel as displayed on her home television set. Tuned in using a digital converter box to interpret a …
April 18th (11am) Leslie Kuo will be giving a slide show presentation of Urban Plant Research, after she was invited to do the same at the opening reception for our friend Debbie Hesse’s exhibition, an installation involving living plants at Umbrella Arts in the East …
Sunday April 11th, 11am Drummer, teacher and author Todd Isler is based in New York City, where he has been active in the jazz and world music scenes for over 20 years. He has released two original CDs, Two Step: Duets and Beyond, and his …
March 28th, 11 am This Sunday I am inviting everybody, artists, neighbors and other creative thinkers to talk about Pateau & Brody’s show currently in the gallery (they won’t be here but we will conference call them via skype), a manifesto that is in the …
March 21st, 11am With Susan Weseen as moderator a panel of kids, eight to ten year old, share their thoughts and feelings about the environment and current environmental issues. After the panel discussion, the audience will be able to ask questions. Susan Weseen is a …
March 14th, 11am Discussion with Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau about the current show “Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality” at Open Source. Fell free to join the discussion also online http://brodypaetau.com/?page_id=79
an exhibition and artist’s discussion of work by Emily Dickinson* March 7th, 11am Open Source Gallery recognizes this third Sunday of Lent with the work of Brooklyn artist Mark Brennan aka Emily Dickinson. His/her meticulously painted pictures of dead and decayed vegetation serve as elegies …
Feb 20th, 11am Silence followed by Coffee/Bloody Mary’s/Debate
Sunday 28th, 11am .
Feb 7th, 11am The Union Street Preservation Society is a string band which gathers each week in Brooklyn to play, sing and exchange beloved bluegrass, blues, spiritual and folk tunes. With Dave Leiberman on guitar and vocals, Sara Bouchard on mandolin and vocals, John Camm …
Feb 14th, 11am The question “What was the appearance of your face before your ancestors were born?” exemplifies what Buddhists call a koan, a meditation tool intended to upset and unbalance the mind and to help the open and relaxed person in contemplation transcend conceptual …
Sun Jan 31st, 11am by Hubert Dobler: The spoken map, 50 people, video 1h “can you give me directions to nevada?” “how far?” “where …..” “sorry, but i dont understand” “where ….” “what state is this?” “texas!” “is this already texas?” “and then, what?” “after …
followed by Coffee/Bloody Mary’s/Debate cHURCH of MONIKA Sunday 24th at 11am at the Open Source gallery! .
Jan 17th: Lily White, 11am Please come and join us this Sunday at 11am for the first in the “cHURCH of MONIKA” series at the OPEN SOURCE GALLERY (255 17th St. between 5th and 6th Aves.) in Park Slope Brooklyn. Lily White, composer and musician, …
