I am
so excited to welcome Marissa Huber and Heather Kirtland to the
show! Marissa and Heather are both artists and they also created
the amazing site Carve Out Time For Art. The mission of COTFA is to
empower people to stop dreaming and start doing! From 2015-2016
they posted an artist/mother interview a week and they are now
releasing their book, The Motherhood of Art Book in April! This is
such an amazing resource and I wish I would have had this when I
had my first child. Marissa and Heather are shining a light on a
topic that affects so many women in the arts. Through their site
and book, they are creating conversations that are allowing people
to live their best life and create community. “Women and new
mothers are constantly encountering the message that they can never
do anything for themselves once they have children. This
conversational book is like brunch with girlfriends, offering you
friendly advice, community encouragement, and tips on carving time
out for creative endeavors. Meet women who not only defied the "no
more time to be an artist" stereotype, but found motherhood gave
them focus, confidence, and efficiency in their art and creative
endeavors.”
This
is a majorly EMPOWERING episode for anyone rejecting negative
societal expectations placed on them from "you can't be an artist
and have kids", "you have to give up everything for your kids" to
"in be an artist you must be __________". None of these statements
support artists rather they pass judgment and leave a narrow window
for what an artist can be.
In
this episode, we cover a ton of great info including:
-not
feeling guilty for making time
-parenthood leading to becoming a more efficient
creator
-our
stories on how to adapt to a new schedule
-how
we made time for art