On January 19, 2019, MoNA opened their new winter exhibitions, the 2016 Luminary Award-Winning Artists and the Spell of the West. The Luminary artists included Denzil Hurley, George Rodriguez, SuttonBeresCuller, and Saya Moriyasu. Spell of the West was curated by Lauren Carroll-Bolger and explores how the West was romanticized in art and features performance art. The opening featured talks by the artists and curator, and also included the opening of the Outside In Gallery.
