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Book Launch: Designing Motherhood / Tufts University Art Galleries
#publicprogramsBook Launch: Designing Motherhood from Tufts University Art Galleries on Vimeo.
A conversation on the book with reproductive justice advocate and birth worker Tekara Gainey, artist Carmen Winant, and Michelle Millar Fisher and Amber Winick.
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Mütter's Day at the Mütter Museum
#publicprogramsThe Designing Motherhood curatorial team (including our amazing partners at the Mütter Museum) came together to share some highlights from our newly opened exhibition.
Watch a recording of the event here.
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Punto Ciego (Blind Point)
#podcastMexico City-based MUAC curator Alejandra Labastida invited several women (including Amber and Michelle) to share their thoughts and inspirations on motherhood, while discussing the impact motherhood has had on their artistic production and professional development.
Listen to the podcast here.
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Forbes.com
#interviewThe writer Jamie Gold interviewed Amber about the design of home birth spaces, both physical and psychological.
Read the article here.
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Nyssa: The Unmentionables Podcast
#podcastHear us talk about the genesis of our project with the great folks at Nyssa.
Listen to the podcast here.
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Fashion Studies Journal
#interviewThe wonderful Lauren Downing Peters and Laura Snelgrove of the
Fashion Studies Journal invited our curatorial team to speak about the humble beginnings of Designing Motherhood, how we got it off the ground, pandemic parenting, and more.
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Design Philadelphia
#publicprogramsDesigning Motherhood kicked off its public-facing programming by introducing the project at Design Philadelphia in Ocotber 2020. More programs are on the horizon in 2021, both virtually and on the ground in Philadelphia.
Keep abreast of upcoming programs by signing up for our newsletter here.
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Walker Art Center
#publicprogramsOn October 15, 2020, we joined Aly Folin (at North Star Midwifery), Gabriella A. Nelson (associate director of Policy for the Maternity Care Coalition), Whitney Robinson (member of Make the Breast Pump Not Suck and founder of The Renée), and Alex Steinman (cofounder and CEO of The Coven) at the Walker Art Center to discuss issues in maternal health with some of the same creative problem-solving tools used by designers (see the program page here). This talk was part of the programming for the Walker's current exhibition, Designs for Different Futures, a show that Michelle and Juliana co-organized in Philadelphia.
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City Planning's Role in Black Maternal Mortality | Gabriella Nelson | TEDxPhiladelphia
#publicprogramsWatch DM team member, Associate Director of Policy at Maternity Care Coalition, Gabriella Nelson as she delivers her brilliant TedxPhiladelphia talk in 2019.
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Vestoj: the Journal of Sartorial Matters
#essayAmber and Michelle wrote an essay for the excellent fashion and material culture journal, Vestoj. It touches on everything from the lack of paid family leave in America to the construction of maternity skirts. A Fucking Raw Deal: Designing Motherhood the All American Way was published in Issue 9 in November 2019.
Read the essay here.
