Mission
Mothers Who Make is a growing international movement for women and non binary people who care about creating, and create whilst caring. Through a range of peer support meetings, artistic events and innovative projects we aim to support women and non-binary people to sustain their creative identities whilst also holding caring roles.
Meetings
Inter/national
Monthly online peer support meetings.
Local Hubs
Connect to a group near you.
Peer Mentoring
A new programme of match making, support and mentoring. Coming Soon.
The Mother Den
A safe, supportive space, into which you can climb for an hour of your day, and share what you are making, or dreaming about making.
HUB Highlights
Mothers Who Make Exeter has a new programme activity including Maternal Journal and Mothers on the Mic to support maternal voices in the city. Led by Lizzy Humber, supported by Arts Council England, National Lottery Community Fund and Poet in the City.
Mothers on the Mic (Lizzy Humber)
COVENTRY & WOLVERHAMPTON
Mothers Who Make Coventry led by Adele Reed is working in partnership with Coventry Biennial to deliver a range of talks and events for mother artists in the city and online. They have also supported the launch of a online new hub in Wolverhampton with the British Art Show.
MWM Coventry (Adele Reed)
Matronage - A DONATION BASED Membership Scheme
Become one of our Matron Saints from £12 per year. Included in your donation is a monthly MWM International meeting, Mother Dens, special discounts on our other events and programmes, and when we reach 200 members we will release 1 month of donations to back to our Matronage supporters to seed new projects. Your support helps us to sustain and grow our quiet revolution!
Exhibition
Image: Viola Depcik
Motherhood and Making: Portraits in Lockdown. Photographic Portraits of Mother Artists in the UK and overseas captured remotely using FaceTime during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown Spring 2020.
Podcast
Pictured Silva, Iqbal, Mooney and Torc
Series one of Mothers on the Mic made in lockdown in 2020 with 37 mothers taking to the mic. Headlined by Shagufta K Iqbal, Matilda Leyser, Charlotte Mooney, Hannah Silva and Liv Torc.
MATILDA’S Blog
Image @limberdoodle
Monthly blog about mothering and making written by Matilda Leyser, offering a question for hub peer support meetings.