Celebrate artist mothers with Art Mamas, a member-driven supportive community for parents in the arts. Parents can join us for a morning tour and conversation with current Artists-in-Residence while their little ones make art in our studio. Making activities for all ages and artist box viewings are available throughout the day.
Why ‘Mothership‘? Philadelphia-based artist Aimee Koran likens the experience of approaching motherhood to the mission of an astronaut traveling to new, unknown territory. We’ve thought of a few ways to honor your adventure.
Mildred Beltré is a visual artist known for politically engaged works exploring social justice and collective liberation. She is co-founder of the collective Justseeds and of the public art project Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Burlington City Arts, VT, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, and the International Print Center, New York, NY. Her work is included in museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, NY, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, among others. She has received multiple honors, including a Metropolitan Museum Civic Practice Partnership Artist and a BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY. She holds graduate degrees from University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, and a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
Julia Chiang is known for her meditative paintings and ceramic works of layered color fields and flowing patterns that create an entrancing effect suggestive of natural phenomena. The artist’s work has been widely exhibited internationally. Solo exhibitions include Julia Chiang: The Glows and The Blows, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; Salt on Our Skin, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, NY; Holding My Breath Moving Closer Closer, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Ireland and Pump And Bump, NANZUKA, Tokyo, Japan. Chiang has also participated in group exhibitions in the US, UK, and Spain. Public projects include the Rockaway Hotel mural in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY and the Rx Art mural at the Nappi Wellness Institute, SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY. Chiang is represented by The Modern Institute, Nicola Vassell Gallery and Nanzuka. She is a graduate of New York University.
Katy Donoghue is a graduate of New York University’s Journalism School and has been with Whitewall since 2006. As the Editor-in-Chief of 