'People take time off for sabbaticals, to travel or to get a degree, but taking time off to engage in something that builds character and deepens your knowledge, such as motherhood, is not valued in the same way.' | CBCArts
Still from prOphecy sun's "Domestic Cupboards."
The Art Mamas is a Vancouver collective made up of women juggling motherhood and artistic careers. It's part of an emerging trend to address the art world's tendency to sideline women with children. "People take time off for sabbaticals, to travel or to get a degree, but taking time off to engage in something that builds character and deepens your knowledge, such as motherhood, is not valued in the same way," explains Art Mamas member Heather Passmore. "The assumption is that you won't continue with your work because you won't have time. But pregnancy itself raises all the biggest questions we know how to ask — things that relate deeply to religion and philosophy.
Variants of Art Mamas are showing up across Canada as a new generation of women — one influenced by earlier waves of feminism but also by recent societal shifts — move through their reproductive years. Galleries, particularly artist-run centres, are also increasingly looking at the relationship between exhibiting art and the unrelenting emotional labour that's involved in nurturing a child.
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