Cika wannan magana: A ƙarshen shekarun 1950, Manuel Neri ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar masu zane-zane,
Gallery shida a San Francisco, tare da Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, da sauran masu fasaha. A watan Oktoba na 1955, ya taimaka wajen shirya karatun "6 Poets at 6 Gallery" Six Gallery, wani muhimmin abin da ya faru a zamanin Beat inda Allen Ginsberg ya ba da karatun jama'a na farko na Howl. A shekara ta 1959, Neri ta kasance memba na asali na Bruce Conner's Rat Bastard Protective Association. A cikin 1960s, yana da alaƙa da Bay Area Figurative Movement. Ya auri Bay Area artist Joan Brown daga 1962 zuwa 1966, kodayake dangantakarsu da haɗin gwiwar fasaha sun kasance shekaru da yawa kafin wannan.