Spilt Milk is an artist-led social enterprise based in Scotland whose mission is to promote the work of artists who are mothers. 

 
 
 
 
 

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#Repost @thegreatwomenartists with @get_repost ・・・ Wow. In 1998 Portuguese born artist Paula Rego created a series of work entitled “Untitled. The Abortion Pastels.” ✨ These harrowing and brave works were created in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in Portugal, which was very narrowly defeated. Each canvas depicted the image of a woman undergoing an unsafe abortion. The events we have witnessed in Alabama are disgusting, women must have a choice. Thanks for posting @maisiecousins 🖤 • #PaulaRego #WomenArtists
This week is #mentalhealthawarenessweek and we wanted to share this powerful piece from our members show last year by @xmabates 'Stockpiled', stockpiled medication, shredded journal entries, thread, housed in glass cabinet. Xaverine M A Bates is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer and collaborator exploring themes of gender, mental health, motherhood and intersectional eco-feminism. She is also the founder of @themotherlodeproject which gives opportunities for artists who are mothers to work with those who may be experiencing mental health difficulties as a result of motherhood. Check out the amazing work they have been producing during workshops and keep an eye out for their upcoming podcast! . . . #mentalhealthawarenessweek #mentalhealthawareness #maternalmentalhealth #themotherlode #motherhood #spiltmilk #xaverinembates #supportingmothers #empoweringmothers #itsoknottobeok
For all those that are celebrating today, we hope you have a happy Mother's Day. For all those that may be struggling today, we see you and we hear you 💕 #Repost our newest member @leenowellwilson @milkedmag with @get_repost ・・・ Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. Ones that are empty nesters, ones that are in the trenches of infanthood, ones that are expecting and ones that are praying to expect. Ones that have gained by adoption, ones that have lost. To the sisters that needed to act like mothers, and the brothers that have had to also. To the single dads that are mom and dad, and to the single moms that are dad and mom. The word “mom” is expansive, breathing in who needs to take on its role. You know the “mom(s)” in your life - love on them extra today. . Artwork by our founder @leenowellwilson . . . . . #happymothersday #charcoalandpencil #realism #figurativedrawing #weight #baltimoreartist #thebmorecreatives #acreativedc #huffpostarts #bothartistandmother #realismindrawing #neropencil #crownindustrialstudios #leenowellwilson #babeswhohustle #womenartist #dailycollector #heybaltimore #artcollector #interiordesign #collectart #artsmagazine #artpublication #milked #milkedmag
Since becoming a mother Adele Mary Reed @thecatbath has been thinking about the relationship between motherhood and making art and how the two can coincide successfully, and along with fellow mother artist Jessica Timmis is opening a Mothers Who Make hub in Coventry. Adele has recently begun curating an Instagram platform for images made with 35mm film which depict notions of motherhood @35mmotherhood and she is currently seeking submissions. Do give them a follow and get in touch if you have images to submit! . . . #35mm #35mmphotography #motherhood #portraitphotography #onlineshop #adelemaryreed #photographer #maternal #artist #spiltmilkartists #gallery #collectart #ukartscene #spiltmilk #motherartist #mothersday #coventry #coventryartist #motherswhomake #supportingmothers #womensupportingwomen
New prints by Adele Mary Reed @thecatbath available through the spiltmilk online shop! Adele Mary Reed is interested in autobiographical archiving, taking unplanned walks, plant-life, elusive moods of stillness and balance and topographical themes. She has recently exhibited at Class Room Gallery and The Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, both in Coventry, as well as previously in London, Birmingham and Volgograd and in 2016 undertook major commissions from Coventry City Council and Coventry Artspace Partnerships. She is looking forward to showing unseen work at Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2019. Check out the link in our bio for more info about Adele's work! . . #tothepier #coventry #35mm #photography #neon #35mmphoto #artistsofinstagram #womeninthearts #supportartists #investinart #investinwomen #buyartonline #buyart #collectart #aaf #affordableart #ukartscene #socent #gallery
We have some gorgeous new prints available by Adele Mary Reed in our online shop! Link in our bio 👆 Adele Mary Reed @thecatbath has been experimenting with photographic imagery for over fifteen years. She graduated with a First Class degree in Photography at Coventry University in 2016 with a ten minute film piece “Notebook on Cats and Pigeons” which explored urban imagery, sense of place, and personal identity within the city. Her most common focus however is on using 35mm film with which she prolifically documents her explorations of the places she finds herself in, but namely the city of Coventry where she lives with her partner and daughter who was born in 2017. Adele’s work seeks to playfully highlight, maintain, introduce or restore the inconspicuous beauty within moments and things occurring during day-to-day life. Check out the @spiltmilkgallery website for more! . . . . #spiltmilkartists #adelemaryreed #35mmphotography #35mm #affordableartfair #socent #printshop #onlineshop #curator #artcollector #photography #aaf #chairs #supportlivingartists #investinartists #supportwomenartists #spiltmilk #gallery #art #gallerywall
How has the experience of motherhood impacted your practice on an emotional/intellectual level? Has it made you view yourself/your work differently? Are there things that influence your work now that you didn't think about pre-kids? Spending a lot of time with children brings my assumptions about perception into question and gets me to rediscover the world in this fresh way. That’s my favorite thing. Listening to them interpret the world I think I know and hearing a new story. My work is about moments of transformation and since having kids that has heightened. I am interested in depicting new narratives of mother and child, both separately and in double portraits. I’m interested in how we develop a conscious sense of who we are and subsequently how we deconstruct ourselves, in order to start all over again. At the core of my imagery is a focus on the essence of these transitions, our awareness of mortality and a compulsion for re-invention. Full interview with @suzanneschireson via link in our bio . Image: 'Quilter' oil on linen 60x48" . . . #suzanneschireson #spiltmilkartists #blog #motherhood #artist #painting #womeninthearts #supportingwomenartists #motherartist #quilter #supportingmothers #makingmotherhoodvisible
Have you come up against specific challenges as an artist and mother? What were they and how have you navigated these challenges? Longing is a challenge. You want to be alone in the studio with your own thoughts and needs so you can digest the world around you. Simultaneously you want to be present with your children, have an endless afternoon on the playground, in the woods, or at the beach. I do think the pull in each direction keeps me from burning out. I’m very grateful for both the studio time and the kid time separately because I return to each one renewed and more present. Interview with Suzanne Schireson @suzanneschireson now up on the blog. Link in our bio! . Image: 'Hunters who Gather' oil on linen 84x48" swipe for detail. . . . #spiltmilk #blog #artist #artistmember #motherhood #longing #painting #womeninthearts #artistmother #creativemotherhood #artistinterview