Two very special pieces of mine were chosen by juror Melanie Cooper Pennington for the 2nd Annual Exhibition, “Painting at Night” at Artlink Gallery in Fort Wayne, IN in collaboration with The Artist Mother Podcast. I’m happy to be showing one of my Weaning Vessels, Doll, as well as a new video piece called Weaning Vessel: Fountain. Thank you to Kayla Buyten of The Artist Mother Podcast for providing the platform, opportunity and always elevating Mother Artists. Here’s a bit about the show from the Artlink website:
“In collaboration with Artist/Mother Podcast, Artlink is pleased to host Painting at Night, a group exhibition that was juried by Melanie Cooper Pennington and open internationally to artists identifying as mothers or lifelong caregivers.
The theme for this exhibition was accumulated during episode 28 of the Artist Mother Podcast, a conversation between host, Kaylan Buteyn, and artist Allison Reimus. In the episode, Allison recalls the time she read a statement in a New York Times article about how “You can’t paint at night in your kitchen and hope to be a good artist. It doesn’t work that way.”
In true Artist/Mother fashion, this seemed like a great statement to respond to for a group show, as an act of resistance and rejection. To imply that good art cannot be made in domestic spaces, or that a person cannot claim the title of artist without meeting arbitrary requirements is a patriarchal myth, one that artists who are mothers have been resisting for decades.
Over 400 artworks were submitted to this call. The juror, Melanie Cooper Pennington, narrowed down the exhibition to 63 works by 54 artists, with a broad range of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramic, sculpture, texiles, installation and video.”
Artists: Lisa Alonzo, Robin Assner-Alvey, Cassie Arnold, Joanna Bavero, Erin Boake, Amy Branch-Lambert, Sarah Meyers Brent, Kim Cardoso, Kristy Cavaretta, Allyson Darakjian, Krista Dedrick-Lai, Jillian Dickson, Beth Dixon Welch, Kate Eggleston, Lauren Frances Evans, Jean Gray Mohs, Nicole Havekost, Jodi Hays, Norah Howell, Sara Hubbs, Bethany Kenyon, Alexandra Kiss, Marrin Lee Martinez, Madeleine LeMieux, Jess Levey, Tai Lipan, Jill Nicole Luton, Kelly Marshall, Jennifer Mendoza Stanelle, Kellianne McCarthy, Erin McCluskey Wheeler, Emily Moll Wood, Sarah Paulsen, Catherine Reinhart, Leslie Renn, Renee Romero, Laura Rosengren, Liz Rundorff Smith, Lauren Salazar, Nora Schuchat, Lauren Scott Corwin, Jordan Sheridan, Claire Sherwood, Megan Shope, Kari Smith, Angie Stalker, Isadora Stowe, Jacquelyn Strycker, Yael Villafranca, Dara Weyna, Paige Whitney, Maliheh Zafarnezhad, Emily Zarse, and Stefanie Zito.
Sara Hubbs, 2021, Weaning Vessel: Fountain, video still.