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  1. Milk For Two

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    MINNEAPOLIS, Saturday, January 12, and Sunday, January 13, at 7:00 p.m. – Gamut Gallery presents “Milk For Two,” a performance art piece by Jade Patrick. Patrick confronts the breastfeeding controversy head-on, in a piece that seeks to unveil the truth beneath the outcry of obscenity, sexualization and repression in the name of decorum. What lies beneath may be an act of beauty beyond words, or simply commonplace and functional. Performers include Patrick and her twin sons Darwin and Roland, local dancers Arturo Miles and Wendy Thomas, with live instrumental by Sarah Grudem: the Milk For Two image was created by printmaker Ash Marlene Hane. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to La Leche League.

    Public breastfeeding has been a topic of contention in contemporary America. Recent polls report that 50% of Americans believe nursing women should cover themselves when breastfeeding or not breastfeed in public. In the everyday, individuals turn away when they see it in public, and mothers have been accused of indecency and pressured to censor themselves. Although most countries maintain legal acceptance of breastfeeding, the argument to cover or cloister breastfeeding is prevalent in the United States. In Milk for Two, Patrick challenges the audience to reexamine the act of breastfeeding and decide for themselves.

    “For millions of years, humans and our ancestors have sustained life on Earth by feeding our young from women’s breast milk. It has adapted with us to remain the optimal source of nutrition through all these years. It was only in the past hundred years – a blink in the eye of our existence – that any alternative has been widely available. With ‘Milk For Two,’ I aim to show the purity of this undertaking, one of the greatest things a mother can do for her young.” – Jade Patrick

    TICKETS
    $10 – Saturday January 12th & Sunday January 13th, 2013 at 7pm – doors open at 6:30pm
    Half of all proceeds will be donated to La Leche League, an international organization dedicated to promoting breast feeding.
    Additional donations can be made at ticket purchase website, Brown Paper Tickets.

    ABOUT
    Jade Patrick produces multimedia events in downtown Minneapolis, an enterprise that culminated in the founding of Gamut Gallery in June of 2012. Since childhood she has enjoyed painting, dance, and photography, but her greatest passion is connecting creative people. She lives in the McKinley neighborhood of North Minneapolis with her husband, twin boys, and sister.

    Gamut Gallery opened its doors June 9, 2012 with an event that was attended by over 500 people and was an official Northern Spark Festival location. The second exhibit featured a collaborative event, {Gold Press}, which was A-listed by the Minneapolis City Pages. Their exhibits and events continue to be featured in local newspapers and magazines online and in print. Gamut Gallery is a community driven gallery that focuses on “art of the happening,” showing diverse media and content that engages the audience in the experience of viewing or interacting with art. For more information visit Gamut Gallery on Facebook.

  2. Gold Press

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    ‘Gold Press’ performs this weekend at Gamut Gallery

    This Saturday and Sunday, choreographer Judith Howard — along with Krista Langberg, Kristin Van Loon, and Naomi Joy — will perform ” Gold Press,” a dance work responding to visual artist Ash Marlene Hane’s “Conditions” exhibition at Gamut Gallery. Accompanied by Chester Yourczek’s live score, the performers use gold foil, fabric, a glass box, and other items, taking inspiration from Hane’s feminist prints to create a piece about control, vulnerability, and disappearing.

  3. Conditions

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    MINNEAPOLIS Saturday, July 14 2012– Conditions explores ideas of vulnerability and control, expressed through portraits of the female body. Hane identifies her work as part of a new era of feminism that does not pit itself against masculinity, but rather openly explores a feminine perspective. In this exhibit, Hane confronts expected molds or versions of self, reinforcing concept with technique. She prepares her lithographs, screenprints and intaglios by beginning with a digital template, which she alters through hand-drawn elements and manual deletion of information. She then uses these matrices to print multiple-layer compositions.

    “The result is a series of iterations, similar to the way a thought or conversation plays in my mind over and over again; slightly different, yet slightly the same”.

    Ash Marlene Hane was born in Northern Minnesota. In 2008 she earned a double BA in Art History and Studio Art, with a focus in printmaking. Her time at the University of Minnesota was spent under the mentorship of Printmaking Professor and Fulbright Scholar, Jenny Schmid. Hane was a founding member of the U of M’s printmaking collective, Bohemian Press, and continues to be an active member of the local printmaking community.

    Two associated events will be held at Gamut Gallery during this exhibit:

    Reception for the opening of Conditions, Saturday, July 14, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
    In response to the exhibit, award-winning choreographer Judith Howard will collaborate with Hane and notable dancers Krista Langberg and Kristin Van Loon, performing Saturday, August 11 and Sunday, August 12 at 8:00 p.m.