Mothers Who Make is a monthly peer support group for mothers who are artists & makers, in any discipline and at any stage on their creative paths. Every kind of maker is welcome- professional and/or passionate – writers, painters, performers, producers, musicians, bakers, crafters, architects, historians ….
Every kind of mother is welcome- biological, adoptive, step, surrogate, foster, grand, great grand, to be …. Children are encouraged to attend too and are integrated into the meeting, for the dual roles of mother and artist are recognised and given equal value within all MWM events. For more information please email: rebeccakstapleford@live.co.uk.
More information about this session in May can be found on the Mothers Who Make mailing.
Cost: £3 - donation
Upcoming Events
Exhibition
3rd - 12th September
Thursdays - Sundays 10am - 3pm
Private View: Friday 4th September, 6pm - 8pm
Matthew will be exhibiting a series of works made intermittently over the last twenty years. Using what he refers to as a process of ‘call and response’ these small works use combinations of found materials to develop images that over time have formed the starting point for groups of larger works on paper and in cloth.
Clubnight
Saturday 5th September 9pm - 1am
Djs Tim Telling (Disco Sucks) and Liam Large.
Plus Joicey Collective Djs
Tickets: Pay What You Can £6, £8 or £10
Strictly over 18. Photo ID required
Installation
11th - 20th September
Pioneers in the use of light, sound and technology, Squidsoup’s artworks combine physical and dynamic digital spaces with novel and intuitive forms of interaction to produce responsive and beguiling environments.
Clubnight
Saturday 12th September, 9pm - 1am
Oneness is a club night which celebrates the deepest and finest in underground worldwide dance music culture. Honouring the rhythmic lineage of reggae, jazz dance, hip hop, soul, disco, afro cuban, latin, spiritual house, broken beat, techno, UK Garage, Asian Underground, Eastern breaks, Grime and Drum & Bass.
Live performance
Saturday 26th September 7:30pm
Brunel Goods Shed
13 piece ensemble with 9 saxophones, led by Will Gregory, explore the canon of influential American composer Moondog (aka The Viking of Sixth Avenue), the blind American musician and composer, who influenced everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Philip Glass.
Artist Talks
Tuesday 29th September
Join us for our 10th Pecha Kucha Night at SVA on Tuesday September 29th. 8 visual artists present their work in the brilliant 20/20 format : 20 images / 20 seconds per image - an exciting, generous, tender, performative, adrenalin rush dive into each artist’s practice with a full and engaged audience in the bar at SVA with mc Nick Grellier.
Live Music
Saturday 24th October, 7:30pm
Blending the lyricism of folk traditions with the rhythmic drive of contemporary jazz, Tomorrow’s Warriors Emerging Artist Mali Sheard is a saxophonist and composer whose music is both evocative and adventurous.