Jonas Mekas Film Festival: A Tribute to the Father of Avant-Garde Cinema
July 17–27, 2025 | Asbury Park, NJ
The legacy of Jonas Mekas (1922–2019)—poet, diarist, and seminal voice in American experimental film—continues this summer with a dedicated film festival at the Showroom Cinema in Asbury Park. The series, organized in conjunction with OUTPOST NYC DCG, traces Mekas’s personal and poetic engagement with cinema, from politically charged early works to diary films that redefined the form.
Highlights include Guns of the Trees, Walden, and As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty—films that shaped generations of artists and filmmakers. A companion exhibition of Mekas’s still-framed photographs will open at Parlor Gallery on July 17.
The festival will feature special appearances by Sebastian Mekas, adding a personal dimension to this rare retrospective.
Full schedule: July 17–27 at Showroom Cinema
Photographic works on view at Parlor Gallery
Organized in collaboration with OUTPOST NYC DCG / Deborah Colton Gallery
The Realm of Smaller Things: A Storybook Adventure by Kent Knowles
Pearl FINCHER MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
In the Cole Gallery this summer, the Pearl features The Realm of Smaller Things: A Storybook Adventure by Kent Knowles. Based on his book by the same name, figurative artist and author Kent Knowles is working with the Pearl to create this exhibition. Through murals, sculptures, and fun photo ops, guests will be invited to frolic through a BIG forest with a TINY friend.. READ MORE
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Since opening to the public in March 2008, the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts has established itself as a community resource bringing world-class art exhibitions and art education opportunities to the Northwest Houston community.
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