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  1. Gamut’s 9th Anniversary Party

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    Celebrate Gamut Gallery’s 9th Anniversary surrounded by the art, music & great people!! Join us on Saturday, June 12th for our Pop-Up Maker’s Market featuring Twin Cities makers, live art by Reggie LeFlore and music by 88Project & DI/ASPORA.

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    It is unbelievable that we’ve been at this for Nine years already! We opened our doors in 2012 with the mission to bring people together to experience art and stimulate dialogue, and we are happy to announce our mission is going strong in Elliot Park.  After all this time, we are still here doing what we love the most, celebrating the Twin Cities community through the power of engaging with the arts. As the world begins to open back up, we want to take the chance to create a day of fun, focusing on shining the spotlight on several makers whom we have showcased over the years – plus we are excited to welcome a couple new faces this Saturday as well!

    The Makers Market will be set amongst our current exhibition, Setting the Groundwork by Reggie LeFlore. LeFlore’s visual autobiography featured in the gallery, will spark the dialogue amongst the attendess connecting the story from our walls into our back courtyard where LeFlore will be live painting. No good party is set without the perfect soundtrack and we will have 88Project and DI/ASPOR playing house music all day long.

    The principle that art fosters community, that art is for everyone, and everyone should have access to becoming a collector drives our inclusive philosophy, an idea we work to spread throughout our community and beyond. We are so blessed to have exhibited 95 exhibitions these past nine years, showing the full spectrum of media, content and styles, with a focus on showcasing innovative artists. Along with those exhibitions we have hosted 245 creative social events, and shown the work of more than 825 artists.

    As always without you, there would be no us! Thank you for your years of support & we hope to see you on Saturday to celebrate! [/bscolumns][bscolumns class=”one_half_last_clear”]

    Gamut’s 9th Anniversary Party
    Saturday, June 12th // Noon-4pm • FREE
    Live painting by Reggie LeFlore in Gamut’s Courtyard
    The ArtVee Mobile Art Gallery
    DJ’s 88Project & DI/ASPORA
    Twin Cities Makers: Thraxis Threads, VaVa Voom Studio, Hello Cross Stitches, Pompa Goods, Phaedra Odelle, Sara Paul Kahn, Nikita Siewert, Scott Seekins & the Patrick Boys.

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  2. Elliot Park Art Walk

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    Join us for a day of celebrating the incredible art here in the Twin Cities and the Elliot Park neighborhood!

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    Our Summer art walk is back & better than ever!! This year tours will begin at Segue Coffee shop on the Eastside of Elliot Park. This comedian-led tour is set to be filled with fun and facts featuring our tour guides from the Theater of Public Policy. Our guides will create an experience through the historic Elliot Park neighborhood guaranteed to contain laughs during your walk to the Elliot Park Arts Quarter.

    Learn new facts about the neighborhood, check out historic landmarks, and explore the Elliot Park Arts Quarter (EPAQ)  featuring Gamut Gallery, Fades Of Gray Inc. Bee Ink Tattoo, Rose Salon. Once you arrive at EPAQ you will be met with our Maker’s Market featuring Twin Cities makers, live painting by Martzia Thometz aka Pretty Hard in Gamut’s Courtyard + Icy Icy Baby Shaved Ice Truck!!

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    EPAQ Art Walk + Makers Market
    Saturday, July 24th // 11-4pm
    Tours are $6.50 each, pre-sales required

    Tours begin at Segue Coffee at 11am
    Tour times at 11:30pm, 12:30 pm, 1:30pm & 2:30pm
    Live Painting by Pretty Hard + Icy Icy Baby Shaved Ice Truck

    Purchase your ticket via Gamut Gallery’s online shop.

    FEATURED ARTISTS
    Twin Cities Makers: Pansy Floral, Thraxis Threads, VaVa Voom Studio, Hello Cross Stitches, Pompa Goods, Phaedra Odelle, Sara Paul Kahn, Pretty Hard, Anna Brauch, Ms. Stitch, Snew Ceramics & Nikita Honey

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  3. Behind the Poster

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    FEATURING: Alexis Politz, Anne Ulku, Evan Weselmann, Destiny Davison, Gina McMillen, Fiona Avocado, Ted Kusio, Nicholas Straight, Maximilian Mauracher, Melissa Sisk, and Sara Paul Kahn[bscolumns class=”one_half”]

    The time has come to bid “From Us : Together, Forever, Sometimes” a proper farewell on Wednesday, May 27th 2020. We will be partnering up with the fine folx mplsart to host “Behind the Poster”.  This finale is a long time coming and it feels great to shine a bit more light on this exhibition that was cut short in out brick & mortar last March. We are very proud of all the designers that put their hearts into their works, finding inspiration from the poetry written by Molly-Margaret Johnson and Kareem Rahma. Behind the Poster, a virtual art talk, will showcase several of those designers through candid videos that were self recorded last week.

    Learn more about the designers in a series of 3 minute clips as they discuss their selection process in choosing their poem while not knowing if it had been written by Molly-Margaret Johnson and/or Kareem Rahma, their experience interpreting poetry to visual design and what is was like as an artist in this exhibition.[/bscolumns][bscolumns class=”one_half_last_clear”]

    BEHIND THE POSTER
    Wednesday, May 27th, 2020, 7pm
    Hosted by mplsart & Gamut Director Cassie Garner
    Click link: www.mplsart.com

     

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    FROM US: Together Forever Sometimes:
    We began with thirty untitled and unauthored poems by Molly-Margaret Johnson & Kareem Rahma. By eliminating titles and byline for each poem, the audience is given an opportunity to connect more viscerally with the work by having to read between the lines without preconceptions of race, gender or sexual orientation. The outcome is an ouroboros of words written by two uniquely different individuals coming together.

    Johnson & Rahma’s poetry was then shared with local and national typographers, illustrators and designers who were challenged to conceive a personal rendition of the selected poem of their choice. Through screen print, letterpress, woodblock, hand lettering, and various illustrative elements, they will produce posters that push the viewer’s interpretation, adding yet a third layer of complexity to the written prose.

    The culmination of this process extends to those who will visit the gallery to experience From Us. Featuring bold, fluid, high contrast, and vibrant visual representations, the gallery walls will be filled with content that will connect with viewers. We anticipate engaging, perception-bending conversations filled with an appreciation and respect for differences as the outcome.

  4. From Us

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    FEATURING: Abraham Lule, Alexis Politz, Anne Ulku, Briana Layne, Booka B, Christopher Alday, Dan Souligny, Dana Christopherson, Destiny Davison, Evan Weselmann, Fiona Avocado, Gina McMillen, Jamie Owens, Jared Maire, Lindsey Made This, María José Castillo, Maximilian Mauracher, Meghan McDilda, Melissa Sisk, Miles Taylor, Milton Un, Molly McDougall, Nicholas Straight, Paige Guggemos, Sara Paul Kahn, Schuyler Huber, Shivani Parasnis, Studio on Fire, Ted Kusio & Thy Doan.

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    We began with thirty untitled and unauthored poems by Molly-Margaret Johnson & Kareem Rahma. By eliminating titles and byline for each poem, the audience is given an opportunity to connect more viscerally with the work by having to read between the lines without preconceptions of race, gender or sexual orientation. The outcome is an ouroboros of words written by two uniquely different individuals coming together.

    Johnson & Rahma’s poetry was then shared with local and national typographers, illustrators and designers who were challenged to conceive a personal rendition of the selected poem of their choice. Through screen print, letterpress, hand lettering, and various illustrative elements, they will produce posters that push the viewer’s interpretation, adding yet a third layer of complexity to the written prose.

    The culmination of this process extends to those who will visit the gallery to experience From Us. Featuring bold, fluid, high contrast, and vibrant visual representations, the gallery walls will be filled with content that will connect with viewers. We anticipate engaging, perception-bending conversations filled with an appreciation and respect for differences as the outcome.

    ABOUT THE POETS
    Molly-Margaret & Kareem are from Saint Paul, MN living in Brooklyn New York. They are gay, straight, Egyptian, American, male, female, depressed, hilarious and love Hamm’s on tap.

    Molly-Margaret Johnson is a gay, sagittarius, sex-positive internet freak and writer. She is based in Brooklyn, NY and runs the instagram account @whatswrongwithmollymargaret which covers dating, sex, confidence, queerness, self love and romance.

    Kareem Rahma is an Egyptian-American poet, media entrepreneur, and writer/actor/producer living and working in New York City. He runs the instagram account @kareem and his debut poetry collection We Were Promised Flying Cars was released by Pioneer Works in 2019.[/bscolumns]

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    OPENING NIGHT: Thursday March 5th, 2020
    7pm – 10pm // $5, Free for Members
    Music selections by Ramses Alacron & Ruby Hind
    A collaborative exhibition of multidimensional artistic processes between poets,Molly-Margaret Johnson and Kareem Rahma, alongside 30 local and national designers.

    ARTIST TALK: Saturday March 7th, 2020
    11am – 1pm // $10 pre-sale. $15 door • Free for Members
    We recommend purchasing in advance. Sweet treats, sparkly beverages, and coffee from Segue will be provided.
    Join moderator Jade Patrick alongside poets Molly-Margaret Johnson & Kareem Rahma in a discussion of engaging, perception-bending conversations filled with an appreciation and respect for differences. 

    LEVEL UP: POSTPONED
    6:30pm – 8:30pm • $40/artist for a 90 minute group session, 30 seats available. Join Amira, of AMF Artist Business Management Services, for an interactive presentation covering strategies to enhance audience engagement.  This event is mostly intended for artists who are looking to increase current sales, though artists at any stage will learn techniques and concepts that will help them sell their art.

    COLAB ART NIGHT – Art 4 Shelter // CANCELLED
    7pm-10pm // $5 • Free for Members
    This spring we were going to be creating works to be sold at the Annual Simpson Housing Fundraiser: Art 4 Shelter.
    Find original artworks on paper by emerging and established artists -and- a benefit for Simpson Housing Services. Each 5×7″ piece will sell for $35, the cost of housing someone for one night at the overnight shelter :  www.simpsonhousing.org/shop –

    BEHIND THE POSTER FINALE: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
    7pm // Click link: www.mplsart.com
    Hosted with mplsart & Gamut Director Cassie Garner
    FEATURING DESIGNERS: Alexis Politz, Anne Ulku, Evan Weselmann, Destiny Davison, Gina McMillen, Fiona Avocado, Ted Kusio, Nicholas Straight, Maximilian Mauracher, Melissa Sisk, and Sara Paul Kahn [/bscolumns][bscolumns class=”clear”][/bscolumns]