Artist/Parent Resources
This is a resource list compiled by Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) for artists who are parents. If you have any resources to add or update, please email programs@aaartsalliance.org.
Residencies & Grants
Residencies
Grants
An Artist Residency in Motherhood (self-directed)
Art Mamas x STONELEAF Residency
Kingston, NY
Collar Works EMAR Family Residency
Troy, NY
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Residency
Ithaca, NY
Crosstown Arts
Memphis, TN
Gallim Parent Moving Artist Residency
Port Washington, NY
Interlude Artist Residency
Hudson, NY
Kala Parent Artist Residency
Berkeley, CA
Pen Parentis Fellowship
Mothers’ Art Crew for women emerging from houselessness
Bronx, NY
Performance Works NW Alembic Residency
Portland, OR
Ramona Residency
Houston, TX
Santa Fe Art Institute Thematic Residency
Santa Fe, NM
The Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Parent Writer Fellowships
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Wassaic Project Family Residency
Wassaic, NY
Women’s Studio Workshop
Kingston, NY
Wild Yams Residency
Chicago, IL
Artists + Mothers (NYC)
Communities & Organizations
Communities
Organizations
Cultural Reproducers
a creative platform, a web resource, an event series, and a community-based project founded in 2012
Dancers and Motherhood
Mother Artists Making Art
Literary Mama
Mamas in Music
Mom Egg Review
Mom Film Fest
Parent Artist Advocacy League for Performing Arts + Media
Pen Parentis
Scribente Maternum Write Like A Mother
Spilt Milk
Sustainable Arts Foundation
The First Ten Program
Articles, Books, & Podcasts
Articles
Books
Podcasts
Capitalism’s Crisis of Care
by Sarah Leonard and Nancy Fraser
A Tribute to Art and Motherhood
Artists and art workers reflect on the maternal figures in their lives, on being mothers, and on the many layers of a universally beloved and misunderstood figure.
Mom Voice
by Sugar Vendil
Moving Forces: Motherhood in Dance interviews
Mother Reader
by Moyra Davey
Designing Motherhood
by Michelle Millar Fisher & Amber Winick
Like a Mother
by Angela Garbes
Essential Labor
by Angela Garbes
How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents)
by Hettie Judah
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood
by Hettie Judah
The Baby on the Fire Escape
by Julie Phillips
Picturing Motherhood Now
by Emily Liebert and Nadiah Rivera Fellah
Supervision: On Motherhood and Surveillance
edited by Sophie Hamacher and Jessica Hankey
Artist Mother Podcast
Monuments to Motherhood
Postpartum Production Podcast
Health & Wellness
Mental Health
Talkspace
Free online therapy for NYC teens
Moms Stress Management Course
Presented by the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
email: moms@cbwchc.org