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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 Layale Chaker and Maeve Gilchrist
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 24\, 2025\, from 7 to 9 pm for an Artist Salon featuring live music and conversation with Layale Chaker (violin) and Maeve Gilchrist (harp)\, two artists who balance active tour schedules with the demands of caring for their young children. The event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nThe 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. \nABOUT THE PROGRAM \nChaker and Gilchrist come together in an exploration of the threads that stitch our inherited worlds—the whispers of old tales passed down by grandmothers\, the shadowed weight of mythologies\, superstitions\, and lullabies\, scattered across time and distance. \nDrawing from the musical vocabularies of their respective lineages—Celtic and Levantine—this new duo traces melodic and rhythmical contours shaped by centuries of oral memory. They search for the places where their stories overlap: fields of exile\, haunted lands\, and songs that carry coded truths. \nThis is not a reimagining of the past\, but an exploration of a shared present—an exploration of what flows through us unseen\, like smoke through veins. This suite of music invites the audience to step into a newly formed world\, rooted in the past but written for the present day—a brand new mythology. \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 \nLAYALE CHAKER\, violinist\, singer and composer \nComposer and violinist Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon. Her complex sound universe\, described by NPR as “beguiling” with “bright and beautiful strands… gorgeous\, wine-dark swirls\,” lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music\, jazz\, Arabic music\, and improvisation. Her practice is committed to art as both sanctuary and crossroads—a place where ancestral narratives meet contemporary voices in a continuous reimagination of the world we inherit\, live in\, and bequeath. A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow\, Chaker is also the recipient of the 2022 Opera America Discovery 2022 Award\, among many other accolades. \nIn 2024\, her work Qarar/Jawab premiered at the Venice Biennale\, and Dawning\, a double concerto\, premiered with the New York Philharmonic. Her debut chamber opera\, Ruinous Gods\, premiered at the 2024 Spoleto Festival before its European debut at Wuppertal Opera. She also recently released a double portrait album on In a Circle Records\, featuring both her classical works and chamber jazz quintet\, Sarafand. \n“Haunting yet quietly rigorous…” — The New York Times \nhttps://layalechaker.com \nMAEVE GILCHRIST\, harpist\, singer\, composer and producer \nEdinburgh-born harpist and composer Maeve Gilchrist has been credited as an innovator on her native instrument and taken the Celtic (lever) Harp to new levels of performance and visibility. Currently based in Kingston\, NY\, Maeve tours internationally as a solo artist and composer. She is a member of the Grammy-winning Silkroad ensemble and of Arooj Aftab’s Grammy-winning Vulture Prince Ensemble. She has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma\, Frankie Gavin\, Esperanza Spalding\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, and Solas.  \nAs a composer\, Maeve straddles the worlds of folk and classical music with pieces that include two original concertos for symphony Orchestra and Celtic Harp\, along with various works for harp and string quartet that have been played by such acclaimed groups as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra\, and the Aizuri String Quartet. She is a regular visiting artist at Berklee College of Music and has had several instructional books published by Hal Leonard and 80 Days Publishing. Maeve has released a number of albums under her name and is a featured soloist on the Dreamworks blockbuster movie soundtrack\, “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.” Her most recent album\, “The Harpweaver\,” has garnered international acclaim\, including a five-star review from the Irish Times\, which described it as “buoyant\, sprightly and utterly beguiling….a snapshot of a musician at the top of her game.” Maeve is the Artistic Director of the Rockport Celtic Festival\, an innovative new festival focused on cross-curation and the outer fringes of Celtic music. \n“Both Fascinating and Absorbing in equal measure\, an Original Voice” — Scotsman \nhttps://www.maevegilchristmusic.com
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