Up Magazine feature on Raisa Nosova and the Woman of Light mural created especially for the Museum of Motherhood in St Pete. Nosova, who holds her MFA from the New York University and her BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Raisa has recently finished a mural in Milan, Italy, commissioned by the mayor of the comune Corbetta as well as a mural commissioned by the Concord Hotel, in Manhattan, NY. She has also done street art in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken, and Berlin. Beside street art, Raisa is best known for her blown glass sculptural work, depicting the experiences of motherhood postpartum.
Can you tell us about the forthcoming collaboration between the gallery and the Museum of Motherhood (MoM)?Tampa Bay’s first and only women’s museum, MoM, highlights m/others and others in the arts, science, and herstory-making waves and changing narratives. The OXH ‘We Build Tampa Bay’ collaboration, is a culture-building initiative signaling a shift in Tampa Bay’s cultural landscape. It will bring together visionary artists, collectors, and supporters in a celebration of “Mother Made Art,” highlighting the cultural, social, and historical significance of women, mothers, and families. Read Article.
In their first ribbon cutting of 2025, leaders from the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce cut the “umbilical cord” Friday on the Museum of Motherhood’s newest attraction: the “Escape Womb.” The Museum of Motherhood (or MoM, for short), located in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District, is the country’s first and only exhibition and education center devoted to the art, science and “her-story” of women, mothers and families inclusive of all reproductive identities. The nonprofit museum’s new immersive escape room was created to transform the way visitors experience reproductive science and maternal history. Read Article.
Readers Digest – November, 2024 features Bob Eckstein and his book ‘Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums’, covered here in this edition with pics and descriptions of the Museum of Motherhood. Click to see Full Article [LINK]
WEDU PBS January 18, 2024 Local public television profile on founder Martha JOY Rose and the journey towards building the first ever Museum of Motherhood in the world. [LINK]
Atlas Obscura January 11, 2024 Atlas Obscura has a mission to inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share. MoM is part of 28,202 unique places shared by this resource. [LINK]
Tampa Bay Times May 8, 2023 with Maggie Duffy interview with founder Martha Joy Rose about the Museum of Motherhood project here in St. Petersburg. [LINK]
The Many Shades of Green Podcast featuring guest Martha Joy Rose for Mothers’ Day, Mother Earth, and MoM addressing sustainability, eco-consciousness, and love. [LINK]
Thanks to Leonora Anton and the Tampa Bay Times May 2,2023 for this story about one teachers search for well-being in ever-increasing hard times while spending time with MoM. [LINK]
Authentic Florida, Mothers Day 2023 & 2018 with Melanie Lentz-Jannie interview on bringing the MoM project to Florida. [LINK]
OCAD University Press Release on the MOM art exhibition: “The Art of Motherhood”, OCAD University August 3, 2022 as part of a remote residency exhibit at MoM online. [LINK]
Arts Axis Florida July, 2022 features an online listing of activities at MoM in Florida. [LINK]
Open Nesters Podcast, Deconstructing Motherhood and Divorce 2022, a frank discussion with MoM founder, Martha Joy Rose. [LINK]
Historic Kenwood Newsletter 2022, Martha Joy Rose describes the Museum of Motherhood project as it is envisioned in St. Petersburg. [LINK]
ABC Action News TV with Teyonna Edwards 2021, a visit to St. Pete sheds light on the goals of MoM in the Tampa Bay Area. [LINK]
ABC Morning Interview 2020 Secret Tampa Bay author Joshua Ginsberg generously includes a chapter about the Museum of Motherhood in his book. [LINK]
Creative Loafing 2020 an article that addresses our Founding Mothers Exhibit celebrating the centennial of the women’s vote in America at the Women’s and Gender Studies offices on campus at USF. [LINK]
Quadrangle Spotlights Motherhood Exhibit 2019 at Manhattan College spending time in at the new Lasalian Women’s and Gender Studies Center in New York. [LINK]
