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In Like a Lamb – Out Like a Lion: WOMEN ON THE RISE at the MoM Conference and More…

March at MoM is going to be AWESOME! We are looking forward to our Annual Academic & Arts Conference, BIPOC Allies and Birth Worker event, recap on our visit with Girls Rock St. Pete, gratitude to ABC News for the recent coverage and more at the Museum of Motherhood in March for Women’s Herstory Month!

Our conference kicks off at the end of the month, but first here’s what you can expect:

LINK TO SCHEDULE for the Conference info is ONLINE at MoM, Fri-Sat, March 22-24 in St. Pete.

The conference is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC VIA ZOOM & IN PERSON. If you are interested in attending via Zoom contact us: INFO@MOMmuseum.org / SATURDAY RESERVATIONS IN PERSON @ EVENTBRITE $25 includes lunch with some Friday and Sunday seats available in person as well. Read more about this year’s content below and we hope you’ll join us!

Join a half a dozen artists with a special exhibition at Heiress Gallery, Keynotes by Courtney Kessel and Andrea O’Reilly with a special crochet circle lead by Madison Hendry and international artists present from March 16- 31st. Press Release is here with more info coming….

MoM Conference 2024 Partners

Threads of Connection: Mother (and other) blame, shame and pain, with a focus on resistance and healing. Blame and shame can be self-imposed or projected by dominant social narratives that hyper-focus on the performative nature of m/otherhood as reinforced by unrealistic hegemonic constructions. This can be true for adult children reviewing familial relationships and the world writ large as well.

We encourage presenters to unpack the sociocultural domain of mother (and other) blame and the psychological, personal, professional, and media environment within which this topic is situated. Who is harmed by blame, and whom does it serve? How are oppressive systems reinforced or even sustained? How can we resist or dismantle these systems in large and small ways?

Threads of Connection Conference 2024

Kick Off to Conference With BIPOC Allies & Birth Workers

Welcome to **BIPOC & Allies Birth Worker Speed Dating**! Are you a birth worker looking to connect with others in the industry? Join us at The Factory St. Pete on **Thu Mar 21 2024** at **6:30 PM** for a fun and interactive speed dating event. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with BIPOC and allies in the birth work community. Whether you’re a doula, midwife, lactation consultant, or any other birth worker, this event is for you! Come ready to mingle, make new connections, and potentially find your next collaboration partner. Don’t miss out on this exciting event in **St. Petersburg, FL, USA**! Please get your free ticket here

Join MoM Empowerment facilitator and certified life coach, Sierra M. Clark on her journey to joy.

𝐸𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝑅𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎, 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐸𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓊𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓃 𝓣𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓭𝓪𝔂, 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝟱𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓽 𝟲𝓹𝓶, 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮.

𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒻𝑜𝓇 ‘𝓐 𝓙𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝔂 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷: 𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓓𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻, 𝓔𝓶𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻’! Visit Sierra on Fridays at the museum 🙂

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: http://tinyurl.com/AJourneyWithin

May be art of 2 people and text that says 'The Artist Enclave of Historic Kenwood 2024 Artist Studio Tour FREE, SELF-GUIDED AND FREE το THE PUBLIC Saturday, March 16th: 10am-6pm Sunday, March 10am-5pm 9th aRtiSt enclave KENWOOD HISTORIC HISTORIC School KENWOOD Central kenwodatistenav.or/rtis-sudio-our Maps of the Artists Studios will be available online using the QR code after February 15th and physical maps at the Patron' locations'

But, first-pay attention and HOLD THE DATE 📅 AEHK 7th Annual Studio Tour is coming March 16 & 17th! This is a wonderful opportunity to explore local artists studios “Where Art Lives” @historickenwood♥️

Special guest artist in residence MOM ART ANNEX @museumofmotherhood with art onsite by Amy Wolf @wolfcraft360 and Elsie Gilmore @crazysexyelsie @hugmobile

#art#stpete#tampabay#localart#studiotour#aehkstpete

Who Rocks? You Rock!

We love our community collaborators. Thank you to Girls Rock St. Pete for visiting MoM and asking all the great questions as we celebrate Women’s Herstory Month together throughout March this year. We can’t wait for more music, more fun, and more connections!

Girls Rock St Pete

 Flash Feminism –Do you know your ‘women’s herstory’?

https://mommuseum.org/her-story/In order to understand the profound impact women’s history has had on our policies, culture, and world, it is important to discern the multiple waves of feminism, the fight for the freedoms we enjoy today, and the manner in which women’s struggles for equality have been challenged, and continue to be challenged, even in contemporary society. Below is an overly simplified, yet effective overview of the four U.S. feminist waves, for students of all ages! Go to our herstory page to get an idea of where we’ve been and where we hope to go in the journey towards equality for all. [CLICK]

Flash Feminism One

Thank you ABC News and Robert – We THANK YOU!

ST. PETE — March 1 marks the beginning of Women’s History Month, and in St. Petersburg, there’s a museum not just dedicated to women but to moms.. Watch and read the full story here: https://www.abcactionnews.com/lifestyle/things-to-do/womens-history-month-on-full-display-at-museum-of-motherhood

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Our New Year

Looking Back / Looking Forward

Last year we saw so many changes. Some easy and some challenging. At the end of the year, like so many, we honor the year behind us and look forward to the year ahead!

In 2023, MoM hosted the Annual Academic Conference on Maternal Landscapes and welcomed travelers from around the world, finalizing production on the Journal of Mother Studies (JourMS) for online publication post-conference. We worked with artists in residence including and extended residency with Batya Weinbaum who created an onsite goddess mural at the MOM Art Annex. We purchased the Mother Tree by Helen Hiebert for our permanent collection with the support of you- the friends of MoM. As we made new friends in the community we worked with YesChefVillage hosting community dinners onsite, joined Localtopia for its huge local festival gathering, and conducted 178 MoM tours. Our internships were active with local Feminist Club high school students and another university graduate students completing final projects with MoM from different countries including Russia, Canada, England, and France. Finally, we enjoyed media attention from SpectrumBayNews9, the Tampa Bay Times (twice), and Authentic Florida. Finally, in September, we moved from our offices at the MOM Art Annex to The Factory in the arts district of St. Pete and opened our doors to the public. Our lease runs through July 2024. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

Our New Year 2024

January 2024 last call to view Alexia Nye Jackson’s Mother: The Job exhibit through January 15th onsite at The Factory. Then, MoM welcomes the Womb Project ‘Time-based Sculpture and Documentation’ with yarn by Madison Hendry.

January 15th New Board Members announced.

February 18th Feminist Pizza Party: as part of Dining for the Arts with Historic Kenwood.

March is Women’s History Month!

March 16 & 17 – MOM Art Annex Studio Tour as part of the AEHK.

March 22-24 – Annual MoM Conference: Threads of Connection – Sorry/Not Sorry featuring keynote speaker Courtney Kessel with an interactive site-responsive installation of “Fabric of Life” and the art of the doula and Madison Hendry with group-led conversations circles at the Mother Tree with community crochet, panel discussions, conference presentations, and local health & wellness exhibitions.

May is Mothers Month! Saint Petersburg Month of Photography – SPMOP (Local Photography Exhibit) in partnership with local artists.

June- July Geography of a Woman featuring Interiors “we are all pink inside” by Christen Clifford and the Goddesses of Malta.

This schedule is sure to blossom. If you are interested in getting involved with MoM as a volunteer, partner, collaborator, local sponsor, or through workshop or other participation, or if you’d like to share your time or expertise, please contact us! To make a donation to MoM go to our donation page please.

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OPEN CALL: SUBMISSIONS for a special online publication at MoM for our Mothers’ Day Blog.

For a limited time only, OPEN CALL : SUBMISSIONS for a special online publication at MoM for our Mother’s Day May Blog. But first, about the photo here at the top of the page. We inherited an ugly cement wall. What did we do? Make it beautiful! Thank you Batya for your gorgeous residency and ongoing mural work, now viewable in the annex gardens. Read more at the bottom of the blog!


Submit a story about your mother. 1,500-2,000 words or poem (any length).

Our team will review all entries and we will select one special story, one runner up, and one poem for publication online for our May Mother’s Month Blog, social media and Newsletter issue.

The prize is $50 first place only / Poem is a separate award $25

We know you are ALL winners and we are excited to hear your creativity and legacy productions.

Submit by April 30th midnight via email by midnight. Include Title and Bio with Submission in word document: INFO@MOMmuseum.org

THE MONTH OF MARCH RECAP

Community is where it’s at – even as technology rises, we must remember our humanity, our earth bodies, and our mother planet. HAPPY EARTH DAY IN APRIL!

March was busy with gatherings focused on food health, motherhood, sisterhood, meditation, poetry, and outdoor mural making. Thanks to Jeff Herman, Leslie Culbertson, and Yusuke Ouchie from Creative Grape, and gratitude to Localtopia, Winter in the Woods, AEHK Studio Tour, Tombolo Books, YesChefVillage, Gloria Muñoz, our Conference Attendees, Mothers’ Group and MoM Facilitators: Its been a GREAT season for MoM.

Over the course of the past year, we have joined in events with direct engagement opportunities equalling 40,000 + people.

We have partnered with groups from ages 1-80 yrs old that include people in recovery, local high school students, housing insecure individuals, and those seeking education on the subject of healthy food to feminist studies. Those smaller groups, have totaled in the hundreds.

What Next?

Where are the women’s stories and spaces? We are only 10 % of school text books and 13% of museum exhibits.

Our lives are an inspiration. They are a miracle. They are each and everyone great. How can we illuminate the vacuum, fill the voice, reverberate with intention?

Help us honor these stories. Help us keep going. Help us be Visible, Solvent, and Celebrated. We Thank you! We are you! We need you to thrive! Together we are strong, together we rise, together we love. Help us continue our work by becoming a legacy donor.

THE ANNUAL ACADEMIC & ARTS CONFERENCE ROCKED!

REPRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES– The conference saw participants from England, Australia, South Africa, Canada, USA, Poland, South America, Israel, Spain, and Ireland. Videos and papers to come. Find out more by accessing the Journal of Mother Studies (JourMS) and upcoming announcements about these scholarly works. The CFP for the Journal of Mother Studies is open through April 30th. SUBMIT.

Here are a few concepts to mull over (from my notes):

Can we mother a ghost? Rebecca Marcelina Gimeno

Not every pregnancy results in the birth of a child – Laura Bissell

Human care is anchored in communal activities – Sara Sudhoff

Mothering is invisible – Kate Golding


Batya Weinbaum, b. 1952, is a Jewish American visual artist and award-winning writer from Cleveland Heights, OH and Floyd, VA, and artist-in- residence at MOM Dec 3 2022-Mar 31, 2023. Her first mosaic art project was a feminist installation of fertility and warrior goddesses, Feminina Sube, Isla Mujeres, 2013-2020. A film about this magical shrine to the goddess can be seen on YouTube by typing in Dr. Batya Weinbaum. She got her doctorate at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, founded the journal Femspec, and has spoken frequently at Radical Feminist Perspectives of Women’s Declaration International. More of her art can be seen at goddessvibe.org.


Special Shout Out to Brittany DeNucci & All Our Fab Volunteers!

Special shout out to Brittany DeNucci who stepped in to run tech for us a MoM during the conference. She’s also been hard at work editing the conference videos. We are so grateful for all Brittany’s contributions. THANK YOU to all our incredible interns, volunteers & team members!

KEEP ROCKIN’ IT!

Love, Love, Love,

Martha Joy Rose, Director