Have you ever wondered how to directly incorporate your experience as a parent or caregiver into your art practice? This episode is rich with inspiration and encouragement from Sarah Irvin, a multidisciplinary artist and mother who makes work with ideas from her nights spent soothing her daughter in a rocking chair, hours spent breastfeeding and more. Before becoming a mother, Sarah actually believed the idea that it was nearly impossible to be an artist and parent. She decided to dismantle this belief and had a child during her MFA program, dedicating herself to making work about the experience.
Today, Sarah Irvin is practically an expert on parent artists! In 2016 she started the Artist Parent Index, a searchable index of artists making work about their experience with reproduction. We talk about this project and much more related to Sarah’s journey. Sarah holds an MFA from George Mason University and she has extensive experience showing her work in prominent galleries internationally including the Page Bond Gallery in Richmond, VA, the Massey Klein Gallery in NYC, and Split Milk in Edinburgh Scotland.
Connect further with Sarah on Instagram @sarahirvinart or her website (https://sarahirvinart.com/home.html) and be sure to check out her amazing project Artist Parent Index on their website (http://www.artistparentindex.com) or IG @artistparentindex
