Artist Mothers Group: One-a-Day Bash Group Critique

Every year in October, Artist Mothers at MAWA challenge each other to make one artwork a day. This meeting will celebrate what has been accomplished. Bring the pieces you made in October—whether you managed to make one every day or not—for show-and-tell and helpful feedback. For those who may start a few days late, just do the remainder after this meeting to make an even 30 pieces.

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, Artist Mothers at MAWA.