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 exhibition 

Mother Night: The Goddess in Winter

12/17/2016 - 2/18/2017

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This winter, the MCPA will honor the Divine Feminine in Her many forms, through a sacred fusion of art, theatre and song, through Yuletide and beyond. 

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Mother Night ("Modranicht"), the first of the twelve nights of Yule, marks a time betwixt the last of the old remaining year and the new year to come, a "non-year" time when the veil between the worlds grows thin and passable. The tradition of "Mother Night" venerates all ancestral Mothers (in Norse, the dísir-- "the goddesses" or "the ladies"). The power of the Mothers renews the Sun in the darkest time of year. 

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"Mother Night: the Goddess in Winter" weaves the themes of myth, Goddess reverence, and creative renewal in the winter season, with an invitation to our audience to celebrate and connect with their matriarchal lineage. Libations and hearth-warming food will be featured during opening and closing nights, and other special events are to be announced during the exhibition schedule. (See the Leaping Laughter Lodge calendar page or facebook.com/MPLSCPA for further details.) 

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Closing Event: 7-11 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2016.

 

Immersive Sonic Ritual Performance at 8:30 p.m. by The Idisi.  

 

Lead by Dayna Jean Wolter, The Idisi are an innovative women's choir that creates sacred vibrational space imbued with powerful Goddess energy. (The name "Idisi" is cognate with the Dísir, the matrix of female spirits, ancestors, guides and goddesses who form the root and basis of "Mother Night/ Modranicht".)
 

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There will also be a "gallery shop" set up during opening and closing nights, featuring reproductions and other works by MCPA core artists.


All are welcome!

 

"Nuit: Queen of Heaven", mixed media on canvas by Helga Hedgewalker, 36" x 60", 2013.

"Let this be a time for gratitude for the talents received and a time to gift back that which haunts you from the grave. Meditate on this divine connection and heal it through love. Our Ancestry is the shadow that follows us throughout our lives." (MCPA artist Rmay Rivard)

"Mother Night: The Goddess in Winter" 

 

Location: Leaping Laughter OTO Lodge

3107 California Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418

leapinglaughter.org

 

Public Viewing/Lodge Hours during show:

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Tuesday: 7 -9 p.m.

Saturday: 6:30 p.m.- 11 p.m.

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(Sometimes open Friday or Sunday, visit LLL calendar here for more information.)

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Opening Event: 7-11 p.m., Saturday, December 17, 2016.

 

Ritual Theater Performance at 8:30 p.m.

 

"Mother Nearta and the Child of Promise" by MCPA members and others. A Winter-Solstice themed play based on myths of the return of the Sun.

"Mother Night and the Sun Child", acrylic on canvas 

by Paul B. Rucker, 14" x 11", 2015.

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