Mothers Day 2025
Becoming a mother brings many changes: the relationship to your body, to time and material things, to the sense of identity and heritage. Dancer, choreographer and artist Julienne Doko invites us to reflect on the body’s ability to change through the different cultural perceptions of motherhood in a performative work that celebrates the body that bears signs of having created life. In English, the term ‘stretch mark’ shows a negative assessment of body changes. In Doko’s native language, Gbaya from the Central African Republic, the marks are called ‘ancestral tattoo’, a word charged with pride in the continuation and transmission of life. Artist Talk May 8th, 2025 OXH Gallery & Gallery Noir, Tampa. Performance May 10th 7PM at the Museum of Motherhood as part of Second Saturday Art Walk. Read more on our blog.
MoM Art Auction with OXH Tampa Bay 2025
MoM Conference 2024
The Annual Academic & Arts Conference 2024 featured international multi-disciplinary artists including: performance, poetry, painting, collage, sculpture and interactive installations. MoM Conference Artist Presentations 2024: Courtney Kessel ‘Fabric of Life, Martha Joy Rose, Museum of Motherhood welcome, Vanessa Marr; Tokens of Resistance/A Mothers Work is Never Done, Madison Hendry Womb Project, Judy Lyons Schneider & Alice Harrison (the Bag Ladies) intergenerational conversation, Christine Carrig Proudly Shamed in the USA – Art Installation w/ invitation for community collaboration, Emily Fitzgerald and Molly Sherman The People’s Republic for Reproductive Empathy Workshop, Batya Weinbaum paintings, Alicia Campos Massó, Vanessa Hansen You Are Not Alone with installation assist from Liliana Beltran. The conference schedule, full artist roster, and works can be found online at the Journal of Mother Studies (JourMS.org)
The Motherhood Movement
Fourteen years later – we are still tired: The Motherhood Movement – You Say You Want A Revolution. This film was shot on location at York University while Mothering agencies from around the world, including Moms Rising, Mother The Job, Mamapalooza and more discussed topics affecting modern feminist mothers today. The film makes an excellent teaching tool for universities, women’s studies departments and social services agencies. Directed by Joy Rose. To order write: MuseumOfMotherhood@gmail.com or call 877.711.MOMS (6667)
Footnotes From the World’s Most Fascinating Museums
A love letter to museums and museum goers, filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired with stories and anecdotes from curators, museum workers, museum visitors, and more by Bob Eckstein, 2024. Link to PDF. Press Release [LINK].
