Artist/Mother Podcast

Mar 11 2025 50 ep. 60 mins 534
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The Artist/Mother podcast interviews incredible working Artists who are also Mothers, inviting them to share from their experiences as they make art and mother their children. We hope these interviews inspire you to dedicate time, passion, and energy to your art practice while simultaneously being the best parent you can be.

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164: Reflecting on Your Season of Artist Parenthood with Kaylan Buteyn

Mar 11 2025 28 mins  
I have had this episode on my mind and heart for a while now. Over the past year I have been slowly going through documents in my studio and in my office. Papers, photos, memorabilia from the last 15-20 years of my life… from when I first began doing photography in college to where I […]

163: Acts of Care- Art and Chronic Illness with Sara Winston

Feb 11 2025 62 mins  
Check out our interview with Sara J. Winston! Sara J. Winston is an artist based in New York. She works with photographs, text, and the book form to describe and respond to chronic illness and its ongoing impact on her body, mind, family, and memory. In 2015 Sara was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For many years […]

162: Imagining a Livable Future with Hannah Chalew

Jan 15 2025 69 mins  
Hannah Chalew is an artist, educator and environmental activist from New Orleans. In this interview we discuss Hannah’s perspective on moving back to her hometown of NOLA and finding community there as an artist. Living in an area that is visibly being destroyed by the fossil fuel industry, Hannah’s work explores what I means to […]

161: 12 Notable Artist/Mother Moments in 2024 with Kaylan Buteyn

Jan 01 2025 29 mins  
This episode is a reflection from podcast host Kaylan Buteyn, an artist living in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this episode Kaylan shares a list of 12 superlatives in 2024 from her perspective as an artist/mother. We hope this list inspires your own reflection on what you experiences in 2024! #1 – Best Exhibition I Saw […]

160: The World Needs Art that Only Mothers Can Make with Catherine Ricketts

Nov 04 2024 54 mins  
I’m so grateful to share this episode with you and for the work that Artist/Mother/Writer Catherine Ricketts is doing! Catherine is the author of the book The Mother Artist: Portraits of Ambition, Limitation, and Creativity. In this conversation with Catherine I learn why she felt like this book was one she needed to write. We […]

159: Moments for Drawing, Painting and Mothering with Anna Ilsley

Oct 10 2024 66 mins  
Sometimes we think of artists as either intuitive or conceptual, but Anna Ilsley defies this separation. Our conversation in this episode was a picture into Anna’s process of using drawing to tap into intangible concepts like intimacy and sensuality within archaic ideals like chastity, sin, and other societal expectations placed on women. She describes working […]

158: The Labor and Love of Piecing a Life Together with Victoria van der Laan

Sep 04 2024 71 mins  
Do you struggle to call yourself an artist? This conversation is for all of you out there with a non-linear path to embracing your artist identity. I resonate so strongly with Victoria van der Laan’s journey discovering ways she was always on a path to being an artist, and working toward a values-driven life both […]

157: Patience, Persistence, and Letting Go of Guilt with Tahnee Lonsdale

May 14 2024 62 mins  
It is not everyday that you get to interview one of your art crushes! Tahnee Lonsdale’s figurative paintings have always resonated with me, and in this episode, I got the behind the scenes peek into her practice and life. Tahnee grew up in Sussex, UK, and moved to LA when her two children were young. […]

156: A Slow and Steady Practice with Sara Khan

Apr 16 2024 71 mins  
At long last I have a chance to sit down and talk with Vancouver-based artist, Sara Khan! Sara is an artist working across many mediums, but mainly using water-based media to create large scale works on paper, though we find time to discuss how a recent collaboration with Sandeep Johal resulted in explorations in fiber, […]

155: Systems of Support with Caitlin Winner

Mar 19 2024 59 mins  
As artists, we all know that moment of noticing something in our daily life that is worthwhile to pursue in our work. But what does it take to get from the moment of noticing to a final piece? In my conversation with Caitlin Winner, we discuss how she goes from the act of noticing through […]