Artist Talk — Hettie Judah
Episode Summary
Art critic and writer Hettie Judah provides a straightforward data-based manifesto, revealing the unseen impacts and layered challenges of contemporary artist mothers. She reframes motherhood/caregiving from a historical perspective within the art ecosystem and includes global initiatives that provide new paradigms of parenting.
In this conversation, Hettie discusses, among other things:
Gender care gap
Gender pay gap
Family as a trap for women
Domesticity and art
Need for subsidized, affordable childcare
The time-consuming emotional labor of parenting most often falls on mothers
Studio space & residency limitations
Commercial gallery's inconsistent gender parity
Art school’s ‘mother-sized’ holes
Female collectors’ big spending habits
Networking solutions
Polyvocality
The full, messy & beautiful work of parenting
Artist Resources/Inspiration
Books
Lives of the Artists: Frida Kahlo by Hettie Judah
Caroline Walker: Janet by Hettie Judah
Six Years on the Road, as an Artist and a Mother by Justine Kurland
Organizations
The Art Working Parents Alliance
Galleries
Exhibitions/Art
Birth Exhibition — TJ Boulting
Michelle Millar Fisher on Designing Motherhood
63 Objects From My Son’s Mouth by Lenka Clayton
Other