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SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART\, an exhibition of five artists who are mothers — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025.  \nThis exhibition explores the profound interconnection between motherhood and art. These photographs and 2D works depict experiences and challenges—limited time\, institutional exclusion\, competing responsibilities\, societal expectations—that mother artists face every day\, ultimately reframing motherhood as an experience that requires constant creativity and is a radical\, generative force within artistic life. \nArt making and mothering are both rooted in nonjudgmental attention\, intuitive responsiveness\, and unconditional love. Both require the practitioner to notice what others may overlook and respond creatively with care. This exhibition\, along with the series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction\, celebrates the creative labor of mothers and mother artists\, envisioning a culture that embraces caregiving\, inspiration\, and interdependence as central to both life and art. \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011 \nIn addition to the above gallery hours\, the exhibition will be on view during several receptions and salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition. These are all free events and no RSVP is required. \nJuly 21 7 pm\nOpening Reception & Artist Salon featuring live music by mother artist Eunbi Kim + Q&A \nJuly 23 7pm\nThis Is a Movement Artist Salon featuring live music by mother artists Goussy Celestin and Amma Whatt + Q+A with artists and Niama Safia Sandy\, co-founder\, This Is a Movement \nJuly 24 7 pm\nArtist Salon featuring live music by mother artists Layale Chaker (violin) and Maeve Gilchrist (harp) + Q&A \nJuly 26 3 pm doors / 3:30 pm program starts\nClosing Reception & Artist Salon featuring live music by Sita Chay (violin) and Rema Hasumi (keyboard) + Q&A with the exhibition artists + talk by mother artist and author / peacemaker / philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip on Lessons Not Learned from the American War in Vietnam \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nHow often do we ask a man how he balances work and parenting responsibilities? How frequently do we assume that a mother has no time for making art or that motherhood and child-raising are not only not creative but less worthy subjects for art? Of course\, it’s hardly shocking to announce that pregnancy and childcare require time and energy and that women supply the bulk of it. But this alone does not explain the relative paucity of mothers and women in general represented in galleries and museums. You might be surprised to learn that more women than men graduate from art schools today. We hope you will also be excited to learn that many obstacles facing female-identifying artists can be remedied. \nWhile the asymmetry between parenthood and the world of work is an issue for parents in any profession\, the art world – with its informal\, often temporary forms of relations – can be a particularly precarious environment in which to make one’s living. Artists rarely receive contracts of employment nor benefits such as maternity leave\, pay rises and pensions. Opportunities such as exhibitions and artist residencies come rarely\, and even once in a lifetime. Does one have to choose between creativity and family? \n— Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nDespite societal demands\, stigmas\, and limitations that restrict a mother’s creative expression in the public realm\, mothers nevertheless exercise their creative faculties constantly. Just as creating a compelling work of art starts with seeing without judgment what others have overlooked and channeling one’s creative response into form\, nurturing a child requires seeing the child as he/she/they are and responding authentically and imaginatively. Both are intuitive processes of receiving and giving. Both are creative exercises of unconditional love. \n“…Motherhood and artistic practice have to be mutually enriching…. …Little does society know that these things actually can work really well together.” — Catherine Rickets\, from Artist/Mother Podcast: 160: The World Needs Art that Only Mothers Can Make with Catherine Ricketts\, Nov 4\, 2024 \nWe aim to bring greater visibility to their inspiring art and life-making work\, as well as to the creative and life-affirming contributions of mothers who are not professional artists. The exhibition will next be on view at Gallery Maronie in Kyoto\, Japan\, during Kyotographie from April 13 to May 10\, 2026\, and then at Le Deco Gallery in Tokyo\, Japan from May 18 – 24\, 2026. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nStuck by Daniela Kostova \nDaniela Kostova is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans photography\, installation\, video\, and performance. She explores themes of geography\, cultural identity\, and the complexities of translation and communication across borders. Her projects have been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Queens Museum of Art\, Kunsthalle Wien\, Centre d’Art Contemporain (Geneva)\, and Kunsthalle Fridericianum (Kassel)\, among others. In 2019\, she created one of Europe’s largest public art installations\, Future Dreaming\, covering Vienna’s Ringturm building. \nKostova has received numerous awards and fellowships\, including the Unlimited Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Art and residencies at A.I.R. Gallery (NYC)\, ZK/U Berlin\, and ArtsLink at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She has also contributed as a curator\, notably leading the BioArt Initiative at RPI\, where she taught digital imaging. Her work has been featured in major publications such as The New York Times\, Brooklyn Rail\, and Art in America. Now based in New York City\, she has served as Director of Curatorial Projects at Radiator Gallery\, Artist Mentor at NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program and Board Member of CEC Artslink. \nhttps://danielakostova.com \nPhoto by Aline Müller \nPhotographer Aline Müller\, born in the Brazilian Amazon and now working between Rio and New York\, brings an elemental understanding of nature’s power to her intimate portraits of women. In her series curated for Life is Art Motherhood is Art\, she captures mothers at different stages of their journey through evocative\, almost surreal photographs that reveal the mystical within the everyday of a mother. \nMüller’s mothers emerge water-soaked from rivers\, beaches\, and showers with goddess-like splendor. They inhabit moments of joyous presence captured in delicate close-ups that refuse to hide or pose\, but rather document dreamlike moments of maternal reality. \nWith her generous and almost metaphysical gaze\, Aline has the uncanny ability to depict what photography often editorializes out of women’s lives: fluids\, curves\, small gestures\, and all that seems small and menial in life\, yet speaks volumes to the internal world of women. \nhttps://www.alinemuller.com \n  \n  \nPhoto by Alex Nguyễn \nQuỳnh “Alex” Nguyễn is a writer\, photographer\, and independent cultural practitioner based in Central Vietnam. Her interdisciplinary approach\, spanning journalism\, interviews\, photography\, artistic programs\, and nurturing of daily life itself\, stems from a desire to explore alternative narratives rather than accepting the mainstream\, deemed self-evident. She believes that the interpretations we hear profoundly shape our beliefs and responses to life’s issues. Furthermore\, the challenges faced by modern society are inherently interconnected as consequences of the many problems layered atop one another. Through flexible artistic forms\, she seeks to expand the possibilities of alternative narratives\, guiding those around her and her readers to explore new dimensions of contemporary issues. \nhttps://alexnguyen.contently.com \n\n  \n  \n\nStudio Interruptions by Katie Heller Saltoun \nKatie Heller Saltoun is a visual artist based in DUMBO\, Brooklyn\, New York. Her work primarily utilizes oil paint\, ink\, photographic collages\, and woodcut printing to explore the multifaceted experiences of motherhood and caregiving. Saltoun captures the humor\, frustration\, monotony\, and profound love inherent in caregiving\, drawing inspiration from her own life and the diverse narratives of mothers and caretakers she encounters. Her compositions often depict dynamic scenes of energy and chaos\, as well as repetitive imagery such as refrigerator shelves\, spice racks\, and rows of snacks\, reflecting the repetitive yet vital tasks of domestic life. \nSaltoun holds a BFA from the University of Michigan\, an MA from Columbia University\, and an MFA from Pratt Institute. Her recent exhibition\, “Bifocal: Motherhood and Creativity\,” was held at the Elza Kayal Gallery in Tribeca\, New York. This multidisciplinary show explored the intricate interplay between creativity and motherhood\, highlighting the often-overlooked experiences of artists who navigate both roles. Additionally\, her work was featured in The American Scholar magazine in an article titled “Tenderness and Grit.” \nSaltoun continues to create and exhibit work that resonates with audiences\, offering a profound and authentic portrayal of the complexities inherent in caregiving and domestic life. For more information and to view her portfolio\, please visit her website at www.katiehellersaltoun.com. \nhttps://www.katiehellersaltoun.com/ \nPhoto by Satomi Shirai \nSatomi Shirai playfully explores themes of cultural identity\, feminism\, motherhood\, and the evolving meaning of home\, both in the context of migration and as a universal psycho-spiritual experience. Her photographs\, often set in domestic spaces\, reveal the quiet tensions between order and chaos\, belonging and estrangement\, the visible and the unseen. \nShirai’s work has been exhibited widely\, including at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography\, the National Portrait Gallery in London\, and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington\, D.C. Her photographs are held in the collections of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K’MoPA). \nAfter earning a Full-Time Certificate from the International Center of Photography in 2007 and an MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) in 2010\, Shirai lived and worked in New York City for over a decade. In 2015\, she returned to Japan to raise her daughter and now lives and works in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture. Though she has exhibited less frequently since her return\, she continues to create new work\, often in collaboration with her daughter. \nhttps://satomishirai.com
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SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART:  Mother Artist Salon with THIS IS A MOVEMENT
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 23\, 2025\, from 7 to 8:30 pm for an Artist Salon with THIS IS A MOVEMENT (TIAM) featuring live music by mother artists Goussy Celestin and Amma Whatt\, and conversation with the artists and Niama Safia Sandy\, co-founder of TIAM. TIAM is an initiative launched in 2022 seeking to create a more equitable music industry through an intersectional Black feminist lens\, centered upon non-hierarchical\, collaborative and imaginative modes of creation and organization. \n This event is one of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nThe event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nABOUT THE MISSION OF THIS IS A MOVEMENT \n THIS IS A MOVEMENT (TIAM) was conceived in 2021 by a set of musicians\, scholars\, and leaders who often crossed paths and noticed a fragmentation in the field. The #MeToo movement had activated conversations and actions around gender justice\, but the efforts were more disparate – artists were organizing\, gathering\, and taking action on the bandstand\, educators were creating curriculum and writings within the academic space\, and producers and presenters were raising standards and focusing on diversity. TIAM was launched with the hope that it could be a centralized place for this community to discuss different perspectives\, share resources\, and advance conversations around equitable representation. The name – This Is A Movement – was chosen to signal that a larger movement is happening in the field and to hold the organizers accountable to the mentality and long-term commitment that movement-building requires. \nThis Is A Movement asks what transformation looks like\, with the goal of creating a robust community network that will work to cultivate a liberated music industry\, placing equity at the forefront. \nWomen\, those of underrepresented gender identities\, and their allies are claiming a space that challenges the status quo of the jazz and creative music scene. This movement is changing ways of thinking\, ways of working\, and ways of living while confronting structural inequities based on gender\, age\, race\, and culture. It is asking the essential question: What does a freer\, fairer\, and more representative music industry look like? To reimagine and remake our ecosystem\, we invite numerous organizations\, institutions\, and individuals\, bringing together artists\, activists\, organizers\, and creatives to share their experience\, their dreams\, and their plans. \nThis Is A Movement offers historical context\, academic data studies\, relevant dialogues\, and special guest speakers to an engaged and diverse audience of industry professionals\, educators\, students\, performers\, and the general public. This Is A Movement invites those leading change in the field\, as well as those for whom these conversations are difficult. It aims to create an incubator for new ideas that will bring about the future change we need in our cultural spaces. \nhttps://www.thisisamovement.com/ \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 \nABOUT THE MUSICAL ARTISTS \nBrooklyn-born Haitian-American artist GOUSSY CÉLESTIN interchanges the roles of pianist\, composer\, vocalist\, dancer\, educator\, and arranger with ease. \nWhile managing WeBop\, an early childhood music program\, Goussy is raising two sons\, her “greatest creative compositions\,” leading workshops\, composing for her ensemble\, in addition to holding a faculty position at BerkleeNYC. \nGoussy’s awards include\, Laundromat Project: Create Change Fellow\,  Queens Council on the Arts\, Gardarev Residency\, Field Leadership Fund\,  Space @ Ryder Farm Residency\, NYC Women’s Fund\, and received a commissioning grant from Mutual Mentorship for Musicians.  \nShe’s recently been awarded the Jazz Leadership Fellow by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and a New York State Council on the Arts’ Support For Artists Award\, for her KongoNola project. \nhttps://www.goussycelestin.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/goussycelestin_ayitibrass/ \n \nVocalist\, performer\, and activist AMMA WHATT is a dynamic force in music. Praised by the New York Times for her ‘silk-infused vocals\,’ she effortlessly captivates audiences. Her musical story began with learning African chants and West-African dance from her performing parents\, and blossomed into her writing and performing with acclaimed bands like Grammy-nominated Nate Smith and Kinfolk\, empowering children through self-expression and rhythm\, and gracing stages across Europe and the US!  \nAmma was recognized by Pop Matters magazine as “a distinctive soul singer who absolutely seduces your ear\,” and her latest music represents a fusion of modern pop with Soul\, Afro-Caribbean styles\, House\, and Jazz\, featuring evocative storytelling on themes of love\, pain\, and hope. Her viral a cappella videos dedicated to the religious music of Orisha worshippers worldwide exemplify her dedication to incorporating 29 years of faith as a Yoruba-Lukumi priest into her artistic expression. \nWhile she balances music and her family life in New York\, Amma is deeply engaged in global social justice causes and serves as vice president of the executive board of the Egbe Iwa Rites of Passage program. Through her volunteer work and musical activism\, Amma seeks to leverage her voice as a powerful tool for advocacy and allyship. \nhttps://ammawhatt.bandcamp.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/ammawhatt/ \n\n\n\nNIAMA SAFIA SANDY is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist\, curator\, and change agent. \nSandy’s work across disciplines delves into the human story through the application and critical lenses of culture\, healing\, history\, migration\, music\, race\, and ritual. Her creative practice often is an examination of the ways history\, economics\, migration\, and other social forces and constructs have shaped modern realities. Her aim is to use the visual\, written\, and performing arts to tell stories we know in ways we have not yet thought to tell them and to lift us all to a higher state of ontological and spiritual wholeness in the process. \nShe is a co-founder of THIS IS A MOVEMENT. She  currently teaches graduate and undergraduate students at Columbia University\, School of the Arts\, and Pratt Institute\, School of Art. \nhttps://www.instagram.com/___niama___/ \nhttps://www.thisisamovement.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/this.is.a.movement/
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