The mother artist portraits of ambition, limitation, and creativity
"Few women artists feature prominently in the history of art, and even fewer who are mothers. Are motherhood and creativity at odds, or are other factors at play? The Mother Artist twines meditations on parenthood with studies of painters, writers, and others who blend caregiving and creative practi...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis, MN :
Broadleaf Books,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Few women artists feature prominently in the history of art, and even fewer who are mothers. Are motherhood and creativity at odds, or are other factors at play? The Mother Artist twines meditations on parenthood with studies of painters, writers, and others who blend caregiving and creative practice. Includes full-color images by mother artists"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 210 pages, XVI pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781506488707 1506488706 |
| Author Notes: | Catherine Ricketts writes about the arts, grief, joy, and spirituality. She studied writing at the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MFA in nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. Her essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review Online, The Christian Century, Image, The Millions, Paste, and the Ploughshares blog, among other publications. While writing, she has supported the work of other practicing artists as a live arts presenter, having held jobs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphias FringeArts, and the public radio station WXPN. Ricketts lives with her family near Philadelphia. |
