A formative example of minimalism, Untitled by Agnes Martin, 1956
- Wednesday, September 14, 2016
- 6:30pm – 9:30pm
- MAWA, 611 Main Street
Facilitated by Yvette Cenerini and Colleen Leduc
Free! Open to all artist mothers
Minimalism, a movement in design and art, involves using the fewest elements to create the maximum effect. This workshop, led by Yvette Cenerini and Colleen Leduc, will help artist mothers to set goals. It will also introduce Rachel Jonat’s book, Do Less: A minimalist guide to a simplified, organized, and happy life, packed with ideas for tackling the overwhelming clutter, bursting calendars and mile-long to-do lists. Imagine finding the time, energy and space to achieve your goals by actually doing less! We want to also look at any work we’ve done over the summer, so this meeting will run a half hour longer than usual.
About the Artist Mothers at MAWA group:
The acts and demands of child-rearing are exhausting and challenging. While caregiving, it can feel like we are not taken seriously as artists. Some women give up artmaking completely. Others refuse to choose, knowing that artmaking is an oxygen mask one must put on before assisting little ones.
The Artist Mothers Group at MAWA extends an invitation to all artist mothers to come and meet other women who embrace both mothering and artistic production. This peer-based group usually meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Meetings are relaxed and informal. The group experiments with art materials, critiques each other’s work, and shares snacks, concerns, ideas, inspiration, strategies and support for those who juggle the tricky life of artmaking and mothering.
If you can’t make the meetings, please consider participating in the “Artist Mothers at MAWA” Facebook page.