MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project – Upcoming Events, 2026 Residencies, and The MOTHRA Report

Calling all artists who parent and those interested in: the social modalities of the artist/parent & child relationship; artist-led alternative pedagogies; children in the gallery & children as studio-mates—we have some things for you!

Artwork by Alëna Skarina

Artist Talk: Sarah Cullen & Michelle Wilson
May 9, 2026, 2:45 – 3:30pm | Register here
Museum London, ON

Join us for Making Space: Artist / Caregivers in Conversation / MOTHRA: reimagining art-making as a collective, community-centered practice.

Photo: Hillary Matt

The 4 O’clock Meeting
May 14, 2026, 4:00pm | Register here
July 23, 2026, 4:00pm | Register here
The Power Plant, Toronto

The 4 O’clock Meeting comes to The Power Plant! Join us for a reading and discussion about themes raised by the spring/summer 2026 exhibition, Colourful Parachutes. Together we will take turns reading a text aloud and will discuss along the way. The 4 O’clock Meeting has become a distinct event at the MOTHRA residency. A maelstrom of intention, ideas, noise, and synchronicity, this meeting has become a performance in itself. MOTHRA has been invited to conduct this meeting in the midst of a public exhibition.

Photo: Sarah Cullen

Open Call Residencies
MOTHRA will host two residencies in the autumn of 2026:

September 21 – 28, 2026 *waitlist in effect
Deadline to Apply: May 29, 2026 | Apply now

November 16 – 23, 2026
Deadline to Apply: July 10, 2026 | Apply now

For more information, visit mothra.ca

MOTHRA Report

In 2023 MOTHRA conducted a Canada-wide survey for artist-parents. The results of the survey are in the MOTHRA Report which is online and in print. Limited availability of the print version illustrated by Alëna Skarina, with guest essay by Gabrielle Moser, is still available. Request your free copy.

MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project was founded in 2018 by Sarah Cullen in Toronto. MOTHRA is a grassroots project which has grown because of high interest and demand. It is a network of artists. MOTHRA is interested in what happens when we admit to important social relationships in our lives and specifically for artists—what happens when we bring our children into a studio setting with the intention of making with—either with or alongside our children. MOTHRA is an art project not a parenting project. It is a perspective, an approach, a disposition, a methodology.

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