"Leaving Dakota" this Saturday, May 21st from 2 to 6pm

Indie Photographer and author of Armed America, Kyle Cassidy (www.kylecassidy.com) is re-inventing the art show with his newest masterpiece, Leaving Dakota, a collection of 4 x 6 photos packed up and sent round the world on a tour unlike any other. Leaving Dakota tells the story of young woman sucked into a mysterious world of occult and murder, but there is a catch: Kyle has left the photos un-numbered, thus leaving the linear... stream of the story up to the audience. Change the order you view it and you change the story. Will the heroine escape or does she remain trapped in her world of gray skies and mystery?

Beginning in San Diego in Dec 2010 folks across the country have hosted Cassidy’s work in any way that they could dream from traditional gallery settings,to bars, office spaces,and even one person’s garage. Now it is Atlanta’s turn to host this truly unique experience before Leaving Dakota travels across the pond to stops in Europe and beyond.

Bang! Arts Promotions and Management’s intern extraordinaire, Lena Kotler will take on the Atlanta stop of Leaving Dakota’s worldwide tour at MINT Gallery in conjunction with their Exquisite Corpse exhibition for a surrealist tea party extravaganza. To help with this endeavor we’ve invted special guests Cafe Campesino and their wonderful organic creations, along with the stunning body art of Stephanie Anderson (Neon Body Armor) who will paint living statues live during the event, all to to the music of, George Wallace from local Atlanta favorite “A Fight To The Death” with special guest Ben Holst!

For one brief day, audiences will be invited into a world where linear story-telling is left behind and life becomes a “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” fantasy.

What story will you tell?

Bang Arts Management and Promotions: www.bangarts.com
Anne Almasy: www.annealmasy.com
Neon Body Armor: www.neonbodyarmor.com
A Fight To The Death: http://www.facebook.com/afighttothedeath
Leaving Dakota Online: http://www.kylecassidy.com/projects/dakota/index.html

SUGGESTED DONATION $3-$5
PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT MINT

****Special Note: it's a tea party so proper attire is encouraged! Gloves! Hats! and that party dress you only ever got to wear once!*****

"Exquisite" opens on Friday, May 13th

"Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau."

In this group exhibit, loosely based on the surrealist “exquisite corpse” technique, seven local artists will contribute elements to be composed into collaborative figurative arrangements. Curated by MINT's Gallery Manager, Mike Germon, “Exquisite” will allow each participating artist to explore physicality and the living form using diverse mediums from video to embroidery. Contributing artists, chosen specifically for their background and technique, include Romy Maloon, Nikita Gale, Baxter Crane, Bean Summer, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Ashley Anderson, and Dorothy Stucki.