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Aria McManus

@ariamcmanus

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Founder @therealtowelkini
CAPT/COACH @downtowngirlsbball

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Aria in the pistachio shell collar black tee ✨

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Aria McManus (Based in NYC)

You appear to be very clever on invention, if you were to build out a sixth sense, in addition to the five basic human senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, what comes to mind?

Well I do believe we all have a 6th sense of intuition already. A gift of knowing before knowing. And to add to that I would wish for the impeccable gift of perfect or lucky timing, being in the right place at the right time.

What is the story around your Towelkini?

Well it was first created and shown at off site show during Miami art basel many years ago. Then I worked with the project space Special Special to do a limited production run of the Towelkini for purchase. Those were for sale and then the very next summer it was picked up by a uk tabloid as the “item of the summer” and from there a press frenzy started and it spread everywhere from Fox News to the today show. After a few months the tv show Shark Tank reached out and asked me to pitch it to the “Sharks” to invest in the business. So I followed suit and went on the show, only to find out a week before Covid lock down that my segment wouldn’t be airing (they film 2x as many as they air).

Obviously disappointed, I soon decided to film my own reenactment based on my memory and splice myself into my own episode. This reenactment video was then featured at my show at Entrance gallery. In all I felt like the project was and is a sort of a back and forth conversation between the media and art. Separately I also made a towelkini pool float.

Is it true that you are a coach and captain of a basketball team, what’s that like?

Yes I created Downtown Girls Basketball maybe it’s been like 13 years ago now? It’s a pick up league for women or non binary people who are not necessarily good at basketball. We just play eachother and just play for fun. It’s been so fun to organize and be loose with rules while creating community in a non competitive way. And for myself it’s where I also allow myself to have low stakes and freedom to just play, no one who comes has to learn anything or get better they just get to participate.

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Hey so we made another artwork. It’s up now for a couple of weeks at the Mothership in Woodstock, NY. Enjoy.

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About every 40 years I like to do a show of FUNNY shit
Concorde Gallery 1986
Mothership Gallery 2026
opening June 6, 4-7

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One Night Art Show
Linda Mary Montano
Sparrow
Paul McMahon and Georgina Berbari

Saturday March 14 at 7:30
Roundabouts Now
25 Barbarossa Lane

first 3 pix of sparrow prints $20@
second 3 paulmcmahon and georgina Berbari cards $10@
last 3 Linda Mary Montano chicken paintings $108@
ONE NIGHT ONLY
WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

#art #woodstock #kingston #picturesgeneration

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Some 2025 joys!!! Ok, on to 2026 💋

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‘Sulla Luna non servono le scale’ 🪜🌙
(On the moon staircases aren’t needed)
Break after the Shot residency at Los Perros Studios with:
@alessandra.carosi @ariamcmanus
Note: jewls by @tpf_thephilosophicalfurniture

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🐔👩‍🔬🥫🕶️🧚‍♀️✝️👢🤺🧙‍♀️🍏 #COSTUMEBBALL #DOWNTOWNGIRLSBBALL

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My masterpiece, the shrimp cocktail 👩🏽‍🎨 Y’all can call me Miss Shrimp from now on !! 🍤

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Our annual #costumebball game did NOT DISAPPOINT!

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Our government sucks, but these photos of my friends don’t 🙃

🎞️ Rincón, PR, March 2025

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solid girl group

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