Cool Cleveland: Tremont’s Kaiser Gallery Hosts Pro-Choice Information Evening

Art by April Bleakney

By Anastasia Pantsios
Fri 6/24 @ 7PM
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Tremont’s two-year old Kaiser Gallery is quickly becoming a hot spot for all types of events in addition to art shows, maybe because it’s the rare gallery with its own cocktail bar. But owner Tanya Kaiser has shown a predilection for activism, with programs around environmental issues and now a Pro-Choice Party focused on women’s reproductive rights.

The event will feature a couple of speakers from advocacy group Pro-Choice Ohio: senior organizer Hannah Servedio and office manager April Bleakney, who is also the owner of Cleveland’s Ape Made design and screen printing business.

They’ll share what the landscape for women is likely to be like when the U.S. Supreme Court guts Roe v. Wade as expected and all the ways the heavily gerrymandered Ohio legislature, led by extremists such as Cincinnati’s Jean Schmidt (the one who said that being raped presents “opportunity” for a 13-year-old), is working to strip women of their freedom and their right to their own bodies. And they’ll talk about what you can do instead of just sit and seethe, although we’ll all be doing a lot of that too.

After you’ve gotten worked up, you can wind down with a sketch & sip session with a live model afterward. Bring your own dry drawing supplies. Yes, the bar will be open; you’re probably going to need a drink or two.

Suggested donation $15.

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