The Art of Parenting: A Survey for Contemporary Visual Artists in Canada

Hear ye hear ye. Calling all artists who are parents and carers of dependent children in Canada. We want to hear from you! A survey has been put together for you, about you.

This is an artist-to-artist information gathering project aiming to make visible the realities of being a practising artist alongside parenting responsibilities. We are interested in advocacy and the sharing of information from the perspective of artists who are parents.

Many artists have children at a time that coincides with an increase in artistic activity and production. We are interested to know about the benefits and challenges of care work in harmony (or not) with artistic practice. The results of this survey will be shared as a report in 2024. This report will be shared with art institutions and funding bodies across Canada, and will be publicly available online.

The survey will be live for the month of November and will be extended if need be.

Please find the survey here:
SURVEY! and share with colleagues, friends, frenemies, networks, teachers and students, any visual artist you know who is a parent.

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This message has been brought to you by MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project, the Canada Council for the Arts, and Good Roots Consulting.

MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project
mothra.ca
contactmothra@gmail.com
Instagram: @artistparents

Illustration by: Alëna Skarina