Artist/Mother Podcast

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170: Integrating Multiplicity with two Artist Parent Gallerists Nov 17, 2025

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In this candid conversation, I sit down with two artist-parents-turned-gallery-owners who open up about the balance, the burnout, and the unexpected joys of wearing multiple creative hats. Sara Tuttle, founder of Foyer Gallery in Richmond, VA, shares honestly about pausing her studio practice for a year to launch the gallery—now easing back in with one […]

169: Going Deep in the Studio with Emily Gherard Oct 01, 2025

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Studio is more than just a place to go, it’s more like a state of being for artist Emily Gherard. Inspired deeply by the work of Käthe Kollwitz, Emily’s work consists of large monochromatic drawings and wall sculptures built from the accumulation of lines of paint and graphite, small pieces of wood stapled together, or […]

168: Assembling Support and Going at Your Own Pace with Kimia Kline Sep 01, 2025

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There is no separation between art and life, motherhood and studio for artist and curator Kimia Kline. Born and raised in Nashville to Iranian refugee parents, Kimia’s early influences on her practice included a combination of outsider and folk art plus the Persian textiles that graced her family home. Her work today is heavily influenced […]

167: Embracing Experimentation and Seasonality with Courtney Dudley May 27, 2025

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For Courtney Dudley, experimentation is not just a method—it’s a mindset that makes space for joy, learning, and emotional expression. In this episode she shares how her artistic journey has stemmed from her desire to experiment. Her use of natural dyes is deliberate and unpredictablity is central to her process. Courtney’s journey as an artist […]

166: Focusing on Abundance and Community with Katie Shulman Apr 22, 2025

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What a conversation! It was my biggest joy to connect with Katie Shulman an artist, organizer, arts administrator in Detroit, MI. Katie and I jump right in swapping birth stories, the banal and bizarre experience of bringing life into the world, and connecting over parenting styles and hopes for our kids. We got to lots […]

165: Creating Your Own Rules to Break with Andrea Myers Mar 24, 2025

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For Andrea Myers, the process of creating a life as an artist and creating her work is symbiotic. An artist based in the midwest, Andrea explores the space between two and three dimensionality, hybridizing painting, sculpture and fiber arts in her stunning and typically large scale artworks. From an early age Andrea was “dragged along […]

164: Reflecting on Your Season of Artist Parenthood with Kaylan Buteyn Mar 11, 2025

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I have had this episode on my mind and heart for a while now. Over the past year I have been slowly going through documents in my studio and in my office. Papers, photos, memorabilia from the last 15-20 years of my life… from when I first began doing photography in college to where I […]

163: Acts of Care- Art and Chronic Illness with Sara Winston Feb 11, 2025

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Check out our interview with Sara J. Winston! Sara J. Winston is an artist based in New York. She works with photographs, text, and the book form to describe and respond to chronic illness and its ongoing impact on her body, mind, family, and memory. In 2015 Sara was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For many years […]

162: Imagining a Livable Future with Hannah Chalew Jan 16, 2025

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Hannah Chalew is an artist, educator and environmental activist from New Orleans. In this interview we discuss Hannah’s perspective on moving back to her hometown of NOLA and finding community there as an artist. Living in an area that is visibly being destroyed by the fossil fuel industry, Hannah’s work explores what I means to […]

161: 12 Notable Artist/Mother Moments in 2024 with Kaylan Buteyn Jan 01, 2025

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This episode is a reflection from podcast host Kaylan Buteyn, an artist living in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this episode Kaylan shares a list of 12 superlatives in 2024 from her perspective as an artist/mother. We hope this list inspires your own reflection on what you experiences in 2024! #1 – Best Exhibition I Saw […]

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