Home/Making: Practice and Parenthood, a panel with Alisha B. Wormsley and Lenka Clayton. August 28th 3pm.

Home/Making: Practice and Parenthood, a panel with Alisha B. Wormsley and Lenka Clayton, two Pittsburgh-based mothers and working artists who have both created residencies that address the unique needs of parent artists in different ways.

A free panel conversation with artists Alisha B. Wormsley and Lenka Clayton.
​Moderated by Bunker Projects Board Member Tara Fay Coleman.

Where: Alphabet City Bookstore, 40 W North Ave & Livestreamed
When: 3:00 - 4:45 PM on Sunday, August 28th.

Art is often characterized as a “labor of love” — working artists are frequently challenged with professional precarity yet expected to commit entirely to their craft. Grants, residencies, galleries and museums support such cultural workers, but often overlook the unique needs of and demands faced by one important group: parent artists. Join us on August 28th for Home/Making: Practice and Parenthood, a panel with Alisha B. Wormsley and Lenka Clayton, two Pittsburgh-based mothers and working artists who have both created residencies that address the unique needs of parent artists in different ways. Moderated by Bunker Projects’ board member Tara Fay Coleman, an artist and mother herself, Wormsley and Clayton will speak to their experiences as artists and mothers, and discuss how they navigate these roles in their studios, homes, and the residency programs they run. Books by each artist will be available for purchase.

The panel will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A with the audience, and book signing. It will also be live-streamed, tickets available below.

This event is brought to you by Bunker Projects’ Bunker Review in partnership with City of Asylum. This event is a fundraiser for the Bunker Review; if you’re attending this event, please consider donating to the Bunker Review — your support will ensure that we can keep creating programming like this, as well as publishing innovative, critical writing. More info about donating can be found at the bottom of this page.