We’re ready to make some trouble! Echo Gallery in Johnson City, TX, invites the public to The Breast Show, an art exhibition in August of 2018. The female breast has been a battleground between motherhood and sexuality for too long. The perception of the world community that the United States does not enthusiastically support breastfeeding deserves a resounding rebuttal.

One outcome of this exhibition will be to normalize and depoliticize the female breast. This includes the act of breastfeeding in the US, where mothers in public are sometimes prohibited and often met with disdain and made to feel uncomfortable. The exhibition will be held in August in conjunction with National Breast Feeding Month and World Breastfeeding Week

Over thirty artists nationwide submitted entries to the exhibition, in all visual mediums and aesthetic directions. A percentage of the entry fees has gone to benefit the La Leche League and other nonprofit organizations that support breastfeeding and women’s health.

Ginger Henry Geyer served as the juror for this exhibition. An Austin, TX, artist, Ginger makes playful theological-political-pop culture porcelain sculptures arising from art history. A former Deputy Director for Planning for the Dallas Museum of Art, she has a MFA from SMU.

Dr. Mark Smith, co-founder of Flatbed Press in Austin and owner of Texas Arthouse Contemporary Gallery in Johnson City along with Texas public artist Deborah Mersky have been invaluable in mounting this exhibition.

The Breast Show will run from August 1 to August 31, 2018. An awards reception will take place on August 9th at 7:00 pm. A closing reception will take place at the gallery August 25, 2018 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Echo is located at 100 N. Nugent Avenue in Johnson City, TX.