Visit Moore's campus for the closing reception celebrating Maternal Order of Makers (M.O.M.), a solo exhibition by Aimee Koran '13. Join us on Thursday, September 10, from 5 – 7 p.m.
M.O.M, a speculative union and visual language that reframes caregiving and creative labor as political, collective work, is presented as part of Radical Americana and aligned with Philadelphia’s 250th anniversary programming. The project situates maternal and feminized labor within the broader history of American radicalism, labor organizing and nation-building. Rooted in Philadelphia—the birthplace of American democracy and labor movements—M.O.M. draws from intergenerational histories of women’s work to imagine what it would mean if care (specifically motherhood) was formally recognized as labor. Philadelphia is often described as the birthplace of America, and Koran invites viewers to consider motherhood as the birthplace of all of us: the foundational labor upon which every social, political and economic system ultimately depends.
Image courtesy of the artist.
