We LOVE our Art Mamas Members! Quotes are from our original Art Mamas Group & our Founding Art Mamas Members are listed below.
Lora Appleton: I feel lucky to be a part of this amazing Art Mamas group of women who share their ideas, fears and feelings as artist mothers, who are there to listen to the challenges and joys of the hardest job in life. Seeing yourself in others, and hearing other women's family and professional experiences further confirms that the challenges of motherhood are universal.
Sonel Breslav: In becoming a mother I felt like a total badass, truly empowered, with new clarity and the ability to take on anything. Yet, even with this new superhuman strength, my experience of motherhood was isolating and confusing to navigate, especially in relation to my career. Being a part of this group has quickly become a lifeline and I care deeply for the women that I’ve met during this time.
Lia Chavez: The magic of authentic community is to discover that we are more than the sum of our parts. The Art Mamas Alliance is a circle of brilliant, dynamic, wise creators who understand and celebrate the ways in which vulnerability and strength go hand-in-hand and how together, we are transforming how life and professional creative practice interweave.
Andrea Chung: It’s great to know there are other women that want to tear their hair out as they do this thing called being an art mom.
Marina Garcia Vasquez: This forum grounds me and reminds me that the lens of motherhood now colors every part of my being. The invisible work of women is validated, exposed, and challenged in a safe place with other women who are creative leaders. It has been a godsend for the laughter and the crying but mostly being a witness to the incredible strength of others.
Alex Gilbert: Community is more vital than ever before. It is my privilege to listen to, learn from, and support this cohort of women. It is very reassuring to trade wisdom about the universal challenges of motherhood within the unique framework of our industry
Aimee Gilmore: I never truly valued the power of a supportive community before finding other mothers. I discovered the importance of having a space to share and found comfort in knowing my voice was not only heard but acknowledged. I found my power through motherhood. And in connecting with the Art Mamas it allowed me to meet some of the fiercest, bravest, and most powerful women who all share with me our desire to scream from the rooftops, “I’m a mother- hear me roar!”
Deb Klowden Mann:I knew each week that our time together might span hilarious stories of things we had f-d up on, to raw recognition of the differences in experience afforded us by our race and how we moved through the world during a time of necessary social uprising, to ways to shift our professional roles to meet this moment, and how we can love ourselves while committing to what we need to do to create the art world as we believe it can be. I am so grateful, and inspired to see how we can come together for everything that comes next.
Tamara Warren: Monday evenings sunsets in late spring meant it was time to gather with the Art Mamas. Art and mamas have the enormous capacity to heal, and being in the presence of this cool collective was balm for life in the midst of a 21st century pandemic.
Tiana Webb Evans: The Art Mamas Alliance has quickly become an invaluable resource for women in the Art World. By carving out a safe and essential space for the exchange of experiences, ideas, and parenting solutions, Katy and Helen have given birth to a new and necessary community.