An Evening With Monique Martin

Monique Martin brings her passion and experience in community building through the arts to elevate and instigate. An independent creative producer, artist, curator, and marketing consultant, she has partnered with and produced for Joe’s Pub, Disney Theatricals, Apollo Theater, New Victory Theater, Southbank Centre/UK, The MET Museum, The Bronx Museum, The Shed, Park Avenue Armory, NJPAC, Symphony Space, Bryant Park and HBO. As Programming Director for the River2River Festival, SummerStage and Harlem Stage, she expanded the programming by including contemporary circus and international artists which resulted in audience growth and increased funding. She is an experienced commissioner of new work, working closely with artists from ideation to successful premier. She is an ardent facilitator of collaborations across cultures, sectors and genres, and has partnered with cultural consulates and embassies across the globe.

Martin is an artist and cultural worker creating projects at the intersection of imagination, sovereignty and joy. Her play ‘Cracked’ was produced by Brava Theater’s new playwright series in San Francisco during the height of the crack epidemic in the early 1990’s. She has created two highly successful series for Joe’s Pub: Urban Griots and Soul Erotica where she collaborated with some of New York City’s most ground-breaking and disruptive artists in spoken word, music and dance. Her Soul Erotica series toured nationally.

She is thrilled and humbled to make her first circus show Minty Fresh Circus; which premiered in January 2025!! Deep gratitude to my creative collaborators who caught the vision and brought incredible creativity and JOY! Appreciation to Lillian Faye Bell Bartlow, Paul Bartlow, Freddy Martin and Alassane Keita for inspiration and encouragement. https://moniquemartin.net/