A selection of books, publications and other resources by and about artist-mothers. Do you have any suggestions for additions to this page? Contact us!
Online Galleries, Communities, Platforms
- Spilt Milk Gallery – a Social Enterprise based in Edinburgh, whose mission is to make motherhoods visible by promoting the work of artists who identify as mothers, and empowering mothers in the community through artist-led activity.
- Cultural ReProducers – a creative platform, a web resource, an event series, and a community-based project of active cultural workers (professional artists, designers, curators, musicians, performers, writers, etc) who are also parents.
- Art Mums United – a global collective
- Chamber of Mothers – A collective movement for mothers’ rights, based in the U.S.
- Artist/Mother Podcast – A podcast and community
- Artist Parent Index – a database of projects and artists
Books (Non-fiction)
- The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem (W.W. Norton, 2022) by Julie Phillips. (Featured in Milk art journal, Vol. 1.)
- Mother Brain: How Neuroscience Is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood (Henry Holt & Co, 2022) by Chelsea Conaboy (Featured in Milk art journal, Vol. 2)
- How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and Other Parents) (Lund Humphries, 2022) by Hettie Judah
- Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood (Seven Stories Press, 2001) Edited by Moyra Davey
- An Artist and a Mother (Demeter Press, 2023) edited by Tara Carpenter Estrada, Heidi Moller Somsen and Kaylan Buteyn (Featured in Milk art journal, Vol. 2)
- Eye Mama (teNeues, 2023) edited by Karni Arieli (Featured in Milk art journal, Vol. 2)
Articles
- “Please Don’t Talk About My ‘Mommy Brain’” – Chelsea Conaboy (Substack, 8 April 2023)
- “‘Mamas’, ‘littles,’ and the inclusivity/exclusivity of maternal language” – An interview by Sara Petersen with Krys Malcolm Belc (Substack, 21 October 2022)
- “‘Mom Brain’ Isn’t a Joke” – Julie Bogen (The Atlantic, 9 May 2022)
- “Of Course It’s Possible to Combine Art and Kids — at least in theory.” (Dutch Language article: Natúúrlijk is het kunstenaarschap met kinderen te combineren – in theorie, althans) – Marsha Bruinen (Volkskrant, 22 May 2023)
- “‘Writing happens when it happens’: On Balancing Motherhood and Being an Author” – Prudence Peiffer (LitHub, 7 August 2023)
Books (Art)
- JOKE (MACK, 2022) by Talia Chetrit. (Featured in Milk art journal, Volume 1.)