Future Mothers

6/14 Future MOTHERS will be @ Social Justice Street Fair Sat. 11:30 – 3:30

Social Justice Street Fair July 14 @ 11:30 am – 3:00 pm Join Maine’s social justice organizations for our first ever Social Justice Street Fair! Learn about the amazing work happening in our community to advance social, economic, environmental, and racial justice. Future MOthers will have […]

July 13, 2018

Every time families are torn apart, the fabric of humanity has been rent.

March, protest, show support SATURDAY June 30th to Keep Families TOGETHER! In Maine there are events happening all over the state. For more info visit these links: Bangor Cascade Park 10AM . Portland City Hall 3-5PM Augusta Maine State House, 11AM REV. JAMES FORBES: “Let’s put it in historic context. […]

June 29, 2018

Sue Coe

Her talk in Atlanta @ SGC was transformative. “Truth is like the sun. We don’t want to look at it for too long.” recent work…here

March 26, 2017

This Friday 9/16 Future Mothers installs for Park(ing) Day in Portland

Future Mothers will be at 61 India Street in Portland, Maine from 10-1:30 to participate in Park(ing) Day. Park(ing) Day is a National Event created to draw attention to how much space is taken up by vehicles and reclaim those spaces for social or artistic […]

September 14, 2016

Building Bridges at National Night Out

Thank you to everyone who came to East Bayside National Night Out at Peppermint Park on Tuesday night! Big shout out to Mayo Street Arts! Future Mothers Future Bridges was honored to be a part of the event. I feel hopeful today and am reminded […]

August 5, 2016

Future Mothers brings Future Bridges to PORTLAND, Maine

FUTURE BRIDGES: a socially engaged art project creating open spaces and platforms for community building, public action and social change. Thank you to all who showed up & participated in Future Bridges at the Portland Print Fair! NEXT: FUTURE BRIDES @ 8/2 National Night Out EAST […]

July 22, 2016

Back to our selves

June 2, 2015

Image Traffic Invitational

We have launched a new project called Image Traffic. The primary goal of Image Traffic is to bring more artists into the collective vision and practice of the Future Mothers project. From the beginning, Future Mothers has fostered collaborative participation and created space and vehicles […]

March 19, 2015

Buffy St. Marie + Warrior Series +

Buffy St. Marie is an inspiration and she’s the best artist I’d love to know and almost saw live. The more I learn about her, her music, writing, activism & bravery the more I am in awe of her! Her voice is unmistakable and bold, […]

March 15, 2015

The Way We Work

WaterFall Arts Image Traffic Workshop In August we had the opportunity to work with a great group of artists at Waterfall Arts in Belfast, Maine. We led a printmaking workshop we call Image Traffic as part of the group exhibition Living in These Bodies. The […]

September 22, 2014

Future Mothers Warrior Series + Octavia Butler 1947-2006

There is so much to say about American writer Octavia Butler and her extraordinary books. Parable of the Sower(1993) was my first experience with her writing. It’s brutally honest portrayal of a post apocalyptic America was unlike any other sci-fi novel I had read so […]

September 3, 2014

Future Mothers Tent showing at Waterfall Arts August 1-29, 2014

The Future Mothers Tent, Jabar and Kinsella’s collaborative piece is an actual tent, printed all over with images of women, many from the Middle East, meant to invite visitors in for conversation and gathering. Both artists teach at Maine College of Art.

August 1, 2014