Creating a collective; building a community.
In 2014, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/Flower No. 1 sold at auction for $44.4 million dollars, setting the record for the highest price paid for work by a female artist. This sales record is three times the amount of the previous record, and hasn’t been superseded in the five years since it was set. 44.4 is our number. It splits, divides, shares, carries and builds.
For practicing Mothers/Artists the balance is delicate.
How can we be both mothers and artists? Our energy is siphoned, often spoken for and difficult to keep in our grasp. Mothers/Artists are piecing together time, space, resources, and the cognitive labour to create. How do we simultaneously grow our artistic practices alongside our children in a way that results in our contributions being valued in our community? These are our questions; this is our conversation.
Featured Artists
Elle Chae
Sweet Talk, 2019, oil on canvas, 23 in x 22 in
Marisa Gallemit
Trae 2, mixed media, 2019.
Elizabeth Raymer Griffin
Pain, chromogenic digital print, 8 in x 8 in, 2016.
Anna Williams
Heap, 2018, Cast Bronze 60 in x 60 in x 36 in
Sarah Jane Estabrooks
Incoming, 2019, oil on canvas 30 in x 40 in
Lucie Raymond
Mother Earth, 2017, mixed media, 54 in x 20 in.
Carmen Bohn
Nashville, 2019, mixed fibre and textile.
Sayward Johnson
Ova (detail), 2016–2019, knitted copper wire, 200 x 200 cm.
Andrea Mueller
Floral collection. Sterling silver necklace with floral elements. Double leaf, petal and white freshwater pearl.
Sarah Anderson
Growth, 2019, oil and wax on wood panel, 51 x 76 cm.
Current contributors
Sarah Anderson, Painter
Carmen Bohn, Fibre Artist
Elle Chae, Painter
Jennifer Cherniack, Artist
Sarah Jane Estabrooks, Visual Artist
Marisa Gallemit, Visual Artist
Lindsay Irene, Photographer
Sayward Johnson, Artist
Andrea Mueller, Metalsmith
Elizabeth Raymer Griffin, Photographer
Lucie Raymond, Painter
Victoria Solan, Writer/Art Historian
Anna Williams, Visual Artist