Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births - Exhibition Opening Celebration
Schedule
Wed Feb 15 2023 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Location
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center | Seattle, WA
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Free to attend | All ages welcome/Family FriendlyDirections: https://www.discovergates.org/parking-and-hours/
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We are thrilled to announce the Discovery Center will soon host a new special exhibition called "Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births," which explores the arc of human reproduction through the lens of art and design.
Join us Feb. 15th for a free opening celebration and check out the exhibition, join a tour, listen to live music, participate in take-action activities led by local organizations, and enjoy refreshments.
Featuring over 200 objects, the exhibition brings together contemporary artists and designers to examine the evolution of rights and societal norms connected to contraception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences over the last 150 years, highlighting that birth—and the culture that surrounds it—impacts every living person.
Event schedule:
• 5:15-5:45p.m. Music by Jeannie Rak
• 5:45-6:15p.m. Welcome Remarks and Curatorial Overview
• 6:15-7:00p.m. Curator-led tour
• 7:00-7:30p.m. Music by Jeannie Rak
• Ongoing: Throughout the evening, enjoy refreshments and participate in take-action activities led by Design Nerds, Westside Baby and Days for Girls.
More about the Exhibition: https://www.discovergates.org/exhibit-type/special-exhibits/
Exhibition Credits:
This exhibition was organized by the Designing Motherhood curatorial team in collaboration with the Discovery Center at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
In Seattle, the project thought partners are the Designing Motherhood advisory committee: Amie Bishop, Senior Research Advisor for OutRight Action International; Angela Garbes, Seattle-based writer and author of Like A Mother (2018); Ari Robbins Greene, proud dad to two children; Cyril Engmann, Senior Director of Quality and Program Impact and Institutional Official at PATH; Dila Perera, Executive Director at Open Arms Perinatal Services; Mercedes Snyder, owner of Something Beautiful Midwifery; and Rebecca Mauldin, Director of Communications & Development at ChildStrive.
In Philadelphia, the project’s thought partner was Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) who ensure families can birth with dignity, parent with autonomy, and raise babies who are healthy, growing, and thriving.
In Boston, the project’s thought partner was the Neighborhood Birth Center (NBC) which will open in 2024 as the first-of-its-kind birth center in Boston with the vision of improving birth experiences and outcomes, across communities, for generations.
MassArt Art Museum (MAAM), the Mütter Museum, the Philadelphia Center for Architecture and Design, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, were vital to the development of the Designing Motherhood exhibition.
Major support for Designing Motherhood’s initial presentation and publication was provided to the Maternity Care Coalition by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
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Where is it happening?
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center, 440 5th Ave N,Seattle,WA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
