Podcasts about Mary Cassatt

In this episode of Platemark, I talk with Ellen Heck about her artistic journey and work. We talk about the intricacies of printmaking techniques, Ellen's various portrait series, and the conceptual ideas behind her work. Ellen shares her journey from studying philosophy at Brown, to printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and finally working at the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley. They also explore topics like the influence of Mary Cassatt, the use of color wheels in organizing compositions, and Ellen's fascination with topology in her artwork. Our insightful conversation about the roles within the art ecosystem concludes with the philosophical underpinnings of Ellen's creative process. Starting with this episode, the images are moving to a blog post (it's a long story). Link to the images is below. Show me the images!

  “You set up a paint set in the kitchen and you're talking to me” What happens when we view Taylor Swift's music through the lens of female artists? In this week's Show & Tell episode, we explore the work of three iconic women in art—Mary Cassatt, Remedios Varo, and Hildegard von Bingen—and connect their paintings to Taylor Swift's songs. From the intimacy of motherhood to the surreal exhaustion of creating something greater than yourself, to the struggle of questioning authority, we discuss how these themes appear in both art and Taylor's songwriting. Since this is a visual episode, check out the full video episode on YouTube or Spotify! Subscribe to get new episode updates: aptaylorswift.substack.com/subscribe Stay up to date at aptaylorswift.com    Mentioned in this episode:  Mary Cassatt, Wikipedia De Young Museum, “5 Things to Know About Impressionist Mary Cassatt” Mary Cassatt – Bathing the Young Heir (1890-1891) The Dutch House, Ann Patchett  Surrealism and the Art of Remedios Varo Starmaker, Remedios Varo (1958) Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard von Bingen's Physica   ***   Episode Highlights:  [00:19] This week's topic: Female Artists [01:09] Mary Cassatt and “The Best Day” [13:40] Remedios Varo and “This Is Me Trying” [26:58] Hildegard von Bingen and “Guilty as Sin” Follow AP Taylor Swift podcast on social!  TikTok → tiktok.com/@APTaylorSwift Instagram → instagram.com/APTaylorSwift YouTube → youtube.com/@APTaylorSwift Link Tree →linktr.ee/aptaylorswift Bookshop.org → bookshop.org/shop/apts Libro.fm →  tinyurl.com/aptslibro Contact us at aptaylorswift@gmail.com  Affiliate Codes:  Krowned Krystals - krownedkrystals.com use code APTS at checkout for 10% off!  Libro.fm - Looking for an audiobook? Check out our Libro.fm playlist and use code APTS30 for 30% off books found here tinyurl.com/aptslibro   This podcast is neither related to nor endorsed by Taylor Swift, her companies, or record labels. All opinions are our own. Intro music produced by Scott Zadig aka Scotty Z.

Pennsylvania has graced the world with an inordinate number of influential women throughout its history but looking with a sharper lens at four women in particular highlights not just their achievements, but also key trends in the U.S. and Pennsylvania in the 1800’s. Dr. Christine Senecal, Medieval Historian, shared some of the most important women from Pennsylvania whose lives made a positive impact on the world today. Mary Cassatt was the only American to exhibit alongside the French Impressionists in France. Cassatt’s artwork was very radical for her time, that is still celebrated to this day. “So, she did many pictures and paintings of women with children, and while that had been a pretty common scene in art, like Renoir did a lot of that, he was an imperious artist, she tended to focus on women, the labor that women did in care taking. So, if you look at a Renoir and you look at, um, like the women with the children, they're both smiling, sort of smiling for the camera, so to speak. Mary Cassatt's women are like tending to the children. And there's a lot of love and affection in her paintings, but also it shows women working. Moreover, there's pictures of women, many women, looking intently at things.” Nellie Bly was an investigative journalist who was known for her undercover reporting on a mental asylum, her trip around the world, and her advocacy for women’s rights. “She would throw herself into some news, a kind of important journalistic story. The most infamous or famous of this is a piece she wrote called Ten Days in the Madhouse. Off of the coast of New York, Manhattan, there's an island, it's an island that's now called Roosevelt Island and there was a woman's lunatic asylum, and it was supposed to be really corrupt. Nellie Bly got herself into the asylum. She did it by like going overnight, like she didn't let herself sleep. And so, she looked all crazy. And she checked herself into a kind of like dormitory to get into it and acted really crazy. Once she was in, she was eventually accepted into the woman's lunatic asylum. She was, you know, able to really record the horrible abuses and broke the story.” Listen to the podcast to hear about Union Organizer Fannie Sellins, and abolitionist Sarah Mapps Douglass.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 157 January 30, 2025 On the Needles 1:37 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     January Colorwork Cuff Club by Summer Lee, Lemonade Shop Simple Sock in Dunks Flax Worsted Sweater by Tin Can Knits, Neighborhood Fiber Co DK in 1600 Pennsylvania Ave (oct 2020, reusing yarn)-- DONE!!   Succulents 2025 Blanket CAL by Mallory Krall, Hue Loco DK in Echevaria   Hoodola by Laura Nelkin, Lady Dye Yarns DK in Notorious, Yarn Love Amy March DK in Beneath the Waves   Cortney's needles: sewing-related content On the Easel 13:24   Secret 100 Day Project Special pet portrait   Mary Cassatt exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum On the Table 17:22 Hoisin Beef/Mushroom Stew by Julia Turshen   Sweet and Savory Rice Noodles with Roasted Mushrooms from SF Chronicle   BBQ Carrots and Beans from Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry Turnip Chard Soup from Vegetable Kingdom by Bryant Terry   NYT Chicken and artichoke Stew Winter Pilau from East by Meera Sodha (winter veg cooking) On the Nightstand 27:57 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   Arca by G.R. Macallister  All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie (audio, Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James #2) The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett The Rivals by Jane Pek (Claudia Lin #2) Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (audio) Door to Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn, trans by Melody Shaw   All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Outlive by Dr. Peter Attia

Send us a textWhat an incredible honor it is to introduce someone to Jesus. When was the last time you were able to do that?John 1:40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated “the Christ”),and he brought Simon to Jesus.Remaster of Episode 12, originally released on June 12, 2019.Support the show

What makes American art "American"? Let's discuss. On this episode we welcome back Philbrook curator, Susan Green to chat about the new exhibition, "American Artists, American Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976." It's a sweeping, varied exhibition offering more than 100 masterworks -- by Mary Cassatt, Barkley L. Hendricks, Edward Hopper, Thomas Moran, Alice Neel, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andrew Wyeth, and many others. It runs through December 29, 2024.

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel! Here's the link:    / @avantgardebooks   It's 1892. Charlotte and her family have lived abroad in the famous artist colony in Giverny, France, for a year, when an exciting invitation arrives. The celebrated impressionist Mary Cassatt is having an exhibition in Paris. While in Paris, Charlotte dines at a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, watches a marionette show in the Tuileries gardens and celebrates her birthday at the Eiffel Tower. Illustrated with stunning museum reproductions of works by artists such as Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir and Rodin as well as lovely watercolor collages, this sequel to Charlotte in Giverny also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlotte's charming scrapbook will leave fans of the first book, art lovers, Francophiles and readers of all ages shouting, "Vive Charlotte!" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

Our guests are Priscilla and Floyd LeBleu, Lafayette residents and owners of the world's largest collection of artwork by the renowned Edna Hibel. Priscilla and Floyd are looking for a permanent home to publicly display their beloved Hibel collection, hopefully in Lafayette LA. Edna Hibel, an American artist, was revered for her paintings of people expressing emotion or contemplation, which were painted on ceramic, canvas, or etched on Bavarian limestone. She created over 6000 works during her lifetime, including 600 different lithographs. Born as a native of Massachusetts in 1917, she had a fulfilling career promoting peace through her exhibitions and artwork all around the world. Using her artistry, Hibel was able to raise money for charity across the globe. She passed away in her home at the age of 97 in December 2014, right before her 98th birthday. Her work was inspired by Mary Cassatt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and sought by royalty, collected by museums, commissioned by the United Nations and National Archives, and awarded the Medal of Honor and Citation by Pope John Paul II. The World Cultural Council presented the 2001 Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts to Edna Hibel, who is often referred to as the USA's most versatile artist, as well as its best colorist. The Award acknowledges those who endeavour to create different expressions of art and whose work constitutes a significant contribution to the artistic legacy of the world. Priscilla and Floyd became close friends with Ms. Hibel, after Priscilla won a trip to the Edna Hibel Museum of Art in Florida in 1992. She was accompanied by Floyd, who went along just expecting to hang out on the beach. While Floyd had never been a person that was bent to studying art, he immediately became enamored with Ms. Hibel and her captivating art, especially "Russian Mother and Two Children," an oil painting Ms. Hibel had painted in 1990. Floyd bought the piece, his first of some 500 Hibels, and was hooked thereafter. Floyd says, "It was almost like a religious experience when you met her. She captured me....the artist herself and her art. She captured people's dignity." The LeBleu family befriended Ms. Hibel and would visit her in Florida and she would travel to Lafayette to see them. Hibel enjoyed Lafayette and attended a benefit for the Acadiana Center for the Arts, and Floyd recalled her saying, "There is just a feeling of comraderie in Lafayette. I think this is my favorite place." While traveling on a Hibel Society cruise with Priscilla, Floyd asked Ms. Hibel why she never painted men. She replied, women wear pretty hats and dresses that give them a lot of color and flair and make them more interesting subjects." As a joke, Floyd dressed up in a straw hat and toga as he headed to a demonstration Hibel was giving. She laughed and told Floyd he would be the subject of her demonstration that day and she turned him into an Arabian prince in a painting aptly called, "Floyd in a Turban." The LeBleus became owners of a great deal of her works which had previously been displayed at the Hibel Museum of Art on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, Florida. " Floyd and Priscilla LeBleu own the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville and have 127 pieces of Edna Hibel art displayed throughout for visitors to enjoy. They call it their "Hibel addiction" when describing their huge collection Lafayette is now home to the world's largest collection of Edna Hibel's artwork, some of which is on exhibit at Lafayette Consolidated Government's Building at 705 W. University Avenue for the remainder of 2024. Pictured above are Priscilla and Floyd LeBleu, in current times, and the original pose that Edna Hibel utilized to depict the LeBleu family in her own special way. Priscilla and Floyd are reaching out to our community, public officials, and art lovers in the quest to find a permanent home for Hibel's works so...

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel! Here's the link:    / @avantgardebooks   It's 1892. Charlotte and her family have lived abroad in the famous artist colony in Giverny, France, for a year, when an exciting invitation arrives. The celebrated impressionist Mary Cassatt is having an exhibition in Paris. While in Paris, Charlotte dines at a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, watches a marionette show in the Tuileries gardens and celebrates her birthday at the Eiffel Tower. Illustrated with stunning museum reproductions of works by artists such as Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir and Rodin as well as lovely watercolor collages, this sequel to Charlotte in Giverny also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlotte's charming scrapbook will leave fans of the first book, art lovers, Francophiles and readers of all ages shouting, "Vive Charlotte!" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxtDczKFAGnBkpECH3kjziA It's 1892. Charlotte and her family have lived abroad in the famous artist colony in Giverny, France, for a year, when an exciting invitation arrives. The celebrated impressionist Mary Cassatt is having an exhibition in Paris. While in Paris, Charlotte dines at a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, watches a marionette show in the Tuileries gardens and celebrates her birthday at the Eiffel Tower. Illustrated with stunning museum reproductions of works by artists such as Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir and Rodin as well as lovely watercolor collages, this sequel to Charlotte in Giverny also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlotte's charming scrapbook will leave fans of the first book, art lovers, Francophiles and readers of all ages shouting, "Vive Charlotte!" --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

As we approach her 100th death anniversary, we're talking all about Mary Cassatt and how great of an influence she was to the impressionist movement (and to me). In this episode, you'll: Learn how Mary Cassatt brought impressionist art to America Discover the stories behind her most popular paintings Explore the current exhibits where you can see her art in person   For full show notes, go to schulmanart.com/312  

Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxtDczKFAGnBkpECH3kjziA It's 1892. Charlotte and her family have lived abroad in the famous artist colony in Giverny, France, for a year, when an exciting invitation arrives. The celebrated impressionist Mary Cassatt is having an exhibition in Paris. While in Paris, Charlotte dines at a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, watches a marionette show in the Tuileries gardens and celebrates her birthday at the Eiffel Tower. Illustrated with stunning museum reproductions of works by artists such as Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir and Rodin as well as lovely watercolor collages, this sequel to Charlotte in Giverny also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlotte's charming scrapbook will leave fans of the first book, art lovers, Francophiles and readers of all ages shouting, "Vive Charlotte!" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

It's 1892. Charlotte and her family have lived abroad in the famous artist colony in Giverny, France, for a year, when an exciting invitation arrives. The celebrated impressionist Mary Cassatt is having an exhibition in Paris. While in Paris, Charlotte dines at a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, watches a marionette show in the Tuileries gardens and celebrates her birthday at the Eiffel Tower. Illustrated with stunning museum reproductions of works by artists such as Monet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir and Rodin as well as lovely watercolor collages, this sequel to Charlotte in Giverny also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlotte's charming scrapbook will leave fans of the first book, art lovers, Francophiles and readers of all ages shouting, "Vive Charlotte!" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the mother of Modernism; she created a vast body of work, always finding a novel way to express what she wanted to say through her art. After talking about Mary Cassatt, we were both drawn back to her story and thought you might like to revisit her, too. From 2018 This episode is sponsored by: Factor Meals: Use code hc50 Rosetta Stone/CHICKS: 50% off Honeylove/HISTORYCHICKS: 20% off Quince/CHICKS: free-shipping and 365-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just in time for your Memorial Day travels, here's an extended episode celebrating the anniversary of Impressionism! We take another look at three of the originals: Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, and Berthe Morisot. Her painting “The Mother and Sister of the Artist” is featured in the upcoming blockbuster “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” opening Sept. 8 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Find out more on their site. SHOW NOTES Opening theme: "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs Episode Music: OFFENBACH CAN-CAN by Light Symphony Orchestra; Offenbach https://archive.org/details/78_offenbach-can-can_light-symphony-orchestra-offenbach_gbia0309744b EPISODES  Monet--Grainstack Show notes and transcript https://alonglookpodcast.com/grainstack/ Pissarro--Place du Carrousel Show notes and transcript https://alonglookpodcast.com/place-du-carrousel-by-camille-pissarro/ Morisot--Mother and Sister of the Artist Show notes and transcript https://alonglookpodcast.com/the-mother-and-sister-of-the-artist-by-berthe-morisot/ EXHIBITIONS “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment” National Gallery of Art (Sept 8-Jan. 19) https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2024/paris-1874-impressionist-moment.html “Mary Cassatt at Work” Philadelphia Museum of Art (May 18-Sept. 8) https://press.philamuseum.org/mary-cassatt-at-work/ “The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse” Dallas Museum of Art (thru Nov. 3) https://impressionistrevolution.dma.org/p/1 SUGGESTED READING “Luncheon of the Boating Party” by Susan Vreeland https://bookshop.org/p/books/luncheon-of-the-boating-party-susan-vreeland/11716075?ean=9780143113522 Transcript is available at https://alonglookpodcast.com/impressionism

Lauren Dozier's cookies are more than just sweet treats. Incorporating influences from fine art, fashion, children's books, and her ancestors, Lauren has delighted her followers and collaborated with the likes of Loeffler Randall and The Six Bells. She takes vintage and coquette aesthetics to a whole new level with her viral quilt cookies, gingham slice-and-bakes, and other confections, and it's not surprising to learn she's inspired by artists including Mary Cassatt, Betye Saar, and Beatrix Potter.Lauren and host Abena Anim-Somuah discuss Lauren's unique baking style, how loving vintage things and antiques as Black women can feel complicated at times, and how virtual interactions can lead to meaningful connections in real life.Don't miss Lauren's voicemail to her future self.More on Lauren: Instagram, SubstackFollow Abena on InstagramCherry Bombe on InstagramFuture Of Food Is You transcripts can be found hereHosted by Abena Anim-SomuahProduced by Kerry Diamond, Catherine Baker, and Elizabeth VogtEdited by Jenna SadhuContent Operations Manager Londyn CrenshawRecorded at CityVox Studios in NYCThe Future Of Food Is You is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network

Mary Cassatt had always been an independent thinker. But once she became a member of the radical group of artists known as the Impressionists, she sidestepped expectations of gender (and the traditional rules of artistic expression), and forged a singular style that was all her own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 01:24:26 - Toute une vie - par : Brigitte Masson - Mary Cassatt est une peintre reconnue impressionniste mais qui aime les diagonales. Reconnue dès la fin des années 1860 par le Salon officiel, elle s'installe en France en 1874. Si elle expose plusieurs fois avec les Impressionnistes, elle ne s'enferme jamais ni dans un style ni dans une technique.

« A quoi bon mentir et poser. Il est évident que j'ai le désir , sinon l'espoir, de rester sur cette terre de quelque moyen que ce soit. Si je ne meurs pas jeune j'espère rester comme une grande artiste. Mais si je meurs jeune je veux qu'on puisse un jour publier mon journal qui ne peut pas être autre chose qu'intéressant. » Marie Bashkirtseff Bonjour et bienvenue sur ART au féminin. Je suis Aldjia, la fondatrice de cette chaîne de podcast, et je suis ravie de vous retrouver, pour ce tout nouveau épisode. Comme dis lors des deux premiers épisodes de cette saison 5, le paysage foisonnant de l'impressionnisme résonne souvent à travers les noms de Monet, Renoir, ou Degas. Pour ne citer qu'eux. En effet, lors de mes recherches, j'ai constaté que les récits traditionnels se concentrent fréquemment sur les figures masculines qui ont laissé leur empreinte sur l'impressionnisme. Les femmes impressionnistes quand a elles sont souvent occultées, reléguées à l'ombre de leurs homologues masculins. On en cite peut-être une ou deux, comme Berthe Morisot et Mary Cassatt.  Cependant, en creusant un peu plus, nous découvrons qu'elles sont bien plus nombreuses, et c'est précisément ces artistes dont on parle le moins que je souhaite mettre en avant au fil des épisodes de cette saison. Vous le savez certainement déjà, si vous suivez le compte Instagram ART au féminin, j'ai décidé lors des futurs épisodes de partager sur la vie et l'art de :  Eva Gonzales  Mary Cassatt Marie Bashkirtseff Lors des deux précédents épisodes j'ai partagé avec vous sur la vie et l'art d'Eva Gonzales, et Mary Cassatt. Des épisodes que vous pouvez écouter sur la plateforme de votre choix.  Aujourd'hui, je vous retrouve pour le tout dernier épisode de cette saison impressionniste. Un épisode sur Marie Bashkirtseff.  Née dans l'Ukraine de 1858, dans une famille de la noblesse fortunée mais troublée, Marie Bashkirtseff s'épanouit dans les tourbillons de l'art et de la littérature dès son plus jeune âge. Ses voyages à travers l'Europe avec sa mère, loin des scandales et des dissensions familiales, nourrissent sa passion précoce pour la création artistique. Elle intègre l'Académie Julian de Paris, ou elle trouve enfin le terreau fertile nécessaire à l'épanouissement de son talent. Sous la tutelle de maîtres éminents et aux côtés d'artistes prometteurs, Marie élabore une œuvre qui oscille entre naturalisme et humanisme, capturant avec une sensibilité les émotions et les réalités de son époque. Mais son destin tragique lui arrache la vie à l'âge de 26 ans, emportant avec elle un potentiel artistique et des aspirations inachevées. Mais dans le sillage de sa brève existence, Marie Bashkirtseff laisse derrière elle un héritage, un témoignage de son génie et de sa lutte pour l'émancipation des femmes dans le monde de l'art. Et c'est d'ailleurs grâce a son journal qu'elle nous a laissé, qu'elle a été redécouvert. Alors, l'épisode « Marie Bashkirtseff et l'Héritage d'une Vie Trop Courte » c'est maintenant. Bonne écoute ! N'hésitez pas à partager et commenter !! ♥ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ et ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ART au féminin le site⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Soutenir ART au féminin ⁠⁠

« La voix des peintres ne s'entend pas, elle se lit à travers leurs oeuvres, et c'est à un rôle d'interprète qu'est voué celui ou celle qui souhaite les entendre attentivement … Les artistes elles-mêmes ont semé beaucoup de petits cailloux pour nous aider à trouver le chemin, de tableau en tableau. » La peinture au féminin - Berthe et Mary Cassat - Denise Brahimi - Editions Jean Paul Rocher Comme dis lors des deux premiers épisodes de cette nouvelle saison, le paysage foisonnant de l'impressionnisme résonne souvent à travers les noms de Monet, Renoir, ou Degas. Pour ne citer qu'eux. En effet, lors de mes recherches, j'ai constaté que les récits traditionnels se concentrent fréquemment sur les figures masculines qui ont laissé leur empreinte sur l'impressionnisme.  Les femmes impressionnistes quand a elles sont souvent occultées, reléguées à l'ombre de leurs homologues masculins. On en cite peut-être une ou deux, comme Berthe Morisot et Mary Cassatt.  Cependant, en creusant un peu plus, nous découvrons qu'elles sont bien plus nombreuses, et c'est précisément ces artistes dont on parle le moins que je souhaite mettre en avant au fil des épisodes de cette saison. Vous le savez certainement, si vous suivez le compte Instagram ART au féminin, j'ai décidé lors des futurs épisodes de partager sur la vie et l'art de :  Eva Gonzales  Mary Cassatt Marie Bashkirtseff Lors du précédent épisode j'ai partage avec vous sur la contribution a l'histoire de l'art et l'histoire de l'impressionnisme d'Eva Gonzalès.  Souvent associée à Édouard Manet, son mentor, Eva Gonzalès déploie dans son œuvre une fusion subtile entre la tradition académique et l'audace de l'avant-garde, arrivant ainsi à capturer la vie quotidienne et ses relations humaines, dans une période charnière de l'histoire de l'art.  Je vous invite a écouter l'épisode 3 en lien avec la saison impressionniste, sous le nom : « Eva Gonzalès, lumière sur une pionnière impressionniste » sur la plateforme de votre choix.  Vous pouvez aussi aller plus loin en lui laissant 5 étoiles sur votre plateforme d'écoutes et le partager autour de vous. Ça m'aide beaucoup. Aujourd'hui, je vous retrouve pour vous parler de la vie et l'art de Mary Cassatt. Née en 1844 dans une Amérique en pleine mutation, Mary Cassatt a bravement navigué dans un monde artistique dominé par les hommes pour devenir l'une des rares femmes à s'imposer dans le monde de la peinture. Son voyage l'a menée des rives de sa Pennsylvanie natale aux salons parisiens animés, où elle a été profondément influencée par les maîtres impressionnistes français et a trouvé sa voix artistique. À travers cet épisode, nous explorerons les multiples facettes de la vie et de l'œuvre de Mary Cassatt, des premières étapes de sa formation artistique aux sommets de sa carrière, en passant par les défis qu'elle a dû affronter en tant que femme artiste à une époque de changements tumultueux. Il sera également question d'évoquer ses peintures les plus célèbres, et ainsi plonger dans les détails de son style et de son approche de l'art. Bonne écoute. N'hésitez pas à partager et commenter !! ♥ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ et ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ART au féminin le site⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Soutenir ART au féminin ⁠⁠

Episode 188 features illustrator and children's book artist, Adam Gustavson, gallery painter, Cassandra Kim, and illustrator and fine artist, John English. During the episode we talk about artist burnout, historical painters like Mary Cassatt and their profound impact on the art world, and more. Draw along with us. You can find our reference here under February, 2024: https://visualartspassage.com/drawing-hive/archive/

Bonjour et bienvenue sur ART au féminin. Je suis Aldjia, la fondatrice de cette chaîne de podcast, et je suis ravie de vous retrouver, pour ce tout nouveau épisode. Comme dis lors des deux premiers épisodes de cette nouvelle saison, le paysage foisonnant de l'impressionnisme résonne souvent à travers les noms de Monet, Renoir, ou Degas. Pour ne citer qu'eux. En effet, lors de mes recherches, j'ai constaté que les récits traditionnels se concentrent fréquemment sur les figures masculines qui ont laissé leur empreinte sur l'impressionnisme. Les femmes impressionnistes quand a elles sont souvent occultées, reléguées à l'ombre de leurs homologues masculins. On en cite peut-être une ou deux, comme Berthe Morisot et Mary Cassatt.  Cependant, en creusant un peu plus, nous découvrons qu'elles sont bien plus nombreuses, et c'est précisément ces artistes dont on parle le moins que je souhaite mettre en avant au fil des épisodes de cette saison. Vous le savez certainement déjà vu, si vous suivez le compte Instagram ART au féminin, j'ai décidé lors des futurs épisodes de partager sur la vie et l'art de :  Eva Gonzales  Mary Cassatt Marie Bashkirtseff Aujourd'hui, c'est donc la contribution d'Eva Gonzalès que je souhaite souligner. Souvent associée à Édouard Manet, son mentor, Eva Gonzalès déploie dans son œuvre une fusion subtile entre la tradition académique et l'audace de l'avant-garde, arrivant ainsi à capturer la vie quotidienne et ses relations humaines, dans une période charnière de l'histoire de l'art. En effet, Eva Gonzalès va au delà son statut de simple élève pour incarner une figure déterminée à s'imposer dans un milieu artistique. Un milieu où les femmes étaient souvent reléguées aux marges.  Cet épisode est l'occasion de revenir sur plusieurs points de sa vie, son éducation artistique, sa transition vers l'atelier de Manet, et l'influence de ce dernier, tout en évoquant son refus d'exposer aux salons impressionnistes malgré l'influence croissante de l'impressionnisme dans son travail, ses oeuvres bien sur … Bref, je vous laisse maintenant écouter l'épisode sur : Eva Gonzalès, lumière sur une pionnière impressionniste.  Bonne écoute. N'hésitez pas à partager et commenter !! ♥ ⁠Instagram⁠ et ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠ART au féminin le site⁠ ⁠Soutenir ART au féminin ⁠

Join us for another episode talking about another famous Mary Cassatt painting called In the Loge. Thank you to Wilder Things Than Us (formerly My Girl, My Whiskey and Me) for our intro and outro music.

Join us as we discuss the painting A Child's Bath by Mary Cassatt.

« On nous demande, avec une indulgente ironie combien il y a eu de grandes artistes femmes. Eh ! Messieurs, il y en a eu et c'est étonnant, vu les difficultés énormes qu'elles rencontrent » - Marie Bashkirtseff Bonjour et bienvenue sur ART au féminin. Je suis Aldjia, la fondatrice de cette chaîne de podcast, et je suis ravie de vous accueillir pour le lancement de cette toute nouvelle saison, la saison 05.  Cette nouvelle saison (pour l'autodidacte que je suis) représente pour moi une nouvelle opportunité d'explorer l'art et l'histoire des femmes artistes, qu'elles aient laissé leur empreinte par le passé ou qu'elles continuent d'inspirer le monde artistique d'aujourd'hui. Il y a un mois j'ai partagé avec vous la partie 1 portant le nom de  « L'impressionnisme Féminin : Des toiles éclatantes dans l'ombre de l'histoire » Le but de cet épisode était de partager sur l'histoire de l'impressionnisme. Et de comprendre, le comment et pourquoi ce moment est né. Ce mouvement artistique, qui a vu le jour en France au XIXe siècle, a été une révolution artistique majeure. Né en réaction aux normes académiques rigides de l'époque, portant une vision audacieuse de l'art. Avec des artistes qui ont consciemment choisi de capturer l'instantanéité de la vie quotidienne, la fugacité de la nature et la magie changeante de la lumière. Tout au long de cette première partie que vous pouvez écouter sur la plateforme de votre choix, j'ai cherché à comprendre ce qui a motivé la naissance de ce mouvement et les éléments qui l'ont façonné. Et aussi à explorer l'évolution du mouvement à travers les années et l'héritage précieux qu'il a laissé dans le monde de l'art.  Comme promis, je vous retrouve aujourd'hui pour la seconde partie, qui a pour but de mettre en avant l'impressionnisme du coté féminin. Car ce qui rend ce podcast particulièrement spéciale, c'est toujours cette l'envie de mettre en lumière les femmes artistes souvent passées sous silence, bien qu'elles aient contribué de manière significative à l'impressionnisme. Lors de mes recherches pour ce podcast, j'ai constaté que les récits traditionnels se concentrent fréquemment sur les figures masculines qui ont laissé leur empreinte sur l'impressionnisme. Les femmes impressionnistes sont souvent occultées, reléguées à l'ombre de leurs homologues masculins. On en cite peut-être une ou deux, comme Berthe Morisot et Mary Cassatt.  Cependant, en creusant un peu plus, nous découvrons qu'elles sont bien plus nombreuses, et c'est précisément ces artistes dont on parle le moins que je souhaite mettre en avant au fil des épisodes de cette saison. Vous l'avez compris, tout au long de cette saison, nous allons donc explorer leurs vies, leurs œuvres, et leur contribution essentielle à l'histoire de l'art, l'histoire de l'impressionnisme. Bonne écoute ! Sources : Liste livres : "Les pionnières - Femmes et impressionnistes" - Éditions des Fraises.  "Histoire de l'art d'un nouveau genre" - Anne Larue - Éditions Max Milo "Pourquoi n'y a-t-il pas eu de grands artistes femmes ?" - Linda Nochlin - Thames et Hudson Article : "À l'origine, le nu était masculin" Par Elsa Mourgues. N'hésitez pas à partager et commenter !! ♥ ⁠Instagram⁠ et ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠ART au féminin le site⁠ ⁠Soutenir ART au féminin ⁠

Nataša Babič is a New York actress, originally from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Natasa studied musical theater at the Performing Arts Studios Vienna. She continued her studies in New York at The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. Upon completion, she joined the HB Acting Studios and studied with Austin Pendleton in his advanced scene study class.Nataša performed Off and Off Off Broadway for many years. Her first Off Broadway role was Sandra/Sissy a split personality character in Anne L. Thompson Scretching's "The Sanctuary" at the American Theater Of Actors. One of her favorite roles was the impressionist painter Mary Cassatt in The Independents. The play opened Off Broadway at the Jerry Orbach Theater in 2019 and extended it's run twice. Nataša's latest performance Off Broadway was Tammany Hall at the SoHo Playhouse. This immersive theater production was directed by Alexander Wright and Darren Lee Cole. Nataša has also developed her film and TV career. Amongst others she played a lead role in a horror movie Dark Tarot, a supporting role in an indie feature Life is Too Short and a thriller Gunpoint.Nataša joined the Hallmark Movie Channel family in their new production The Dancing Detective, A Deadly Tango. She is playing a lead supporting role of Mary Aston. The movie premiered on Hallmark in June 2023. Nataša is looking forward to what the future might bring and is a determined optimist on this ever changing path of life.Website SRTN Website

This week's cast was an experiment and if it works out we'll do more! We came up with the idea for discussing a comic live on air, the hard part was choosing it, for that we settled on our trusty Kawaiidaigakusei to help us. She chose “Up the Pyramid” by BUDLO. And this was her rationale: “A comic that I had already featured, but deserves a second run in the spotlight. There is a chapter specifically that would work for a Quackcast episode discussion titled, ”My Mother, Her Baby, & Mary Cassatt“ that went live a few weeks after the comic had been featured. It is a story that is told in very beautiful panels, set in real world settings, and it struck a chord with me when I read it over again and gave me a real pause in order to think about life paths. The chapter could resonate with many people on the site.” that seemed like amazing reasoning to us and so we chatted about that chapter of Budlo's comic, page after page, all having seen it for the first time. So fancy that, a webcomic podcast that finally talks about webcomics! Do you think this works? If not, why not? This week Gunwallace has given us the theme to NSFW - Heavy on the bass and lots of groove, this is a very 1970s sound!This tune sticks with a line and rides it through to the end. It's a really solid groove that knows what it wonts and how to get there. Topics and shownotes Links Our comic of Discussion: https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/UP_THE_PYRAMID/5709169/ Featured comic: VIRTUS - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/news/2023/aug/09/featured-comic-virtus/ Featured music: NSFW - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/NSFW/ - by Arborcides, rated A. Special thanks to: Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com Ozoneocean - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/ozoneocean Kawaiidaigakusei - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei Tantz Aerine - https://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Tantz_Aerine/ VIDEO exclusive! Become a subscriber on the $5 level and up to see our weekly Patreon video and get our advertising perks! - https://www.patreon.com/DrunkDuck Even at $1 you get your name with a link on the front page and a mention in the weekend newsposts! Join us on Discord - https://discordapp.com/invite/7NpJ8GS Future-cast - Gendered fashion

Mary Cassatt was born in the US, but spent most of her life in France, where she became known as a prominent member of the Impressionist movement. She was known for her exquisite paintings and prints, many of them revolving around the intimate bond between mothers and children. She had a close working relationship with Edgar Degas. Her artwork can be found in renowned museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.Visit the website (herhalfofhistory.com) for sources, transcripts, and pictures.Support the show on my Patreon page for bonus episodes, polls, and a general feeling of self-satisfaction.Follow me on Twitter as @her_half. Or on Facebook or Instagram as Her Half of History.

It's the Friday news roundup! The team is discussing plans to close the Downtown homeless shelter on Smithfield Street and the push to make part of Lake Erie a national marine sanctuary — because it has so many shipwrecks. Plus, we travel back in time to celebrate a radical Pittsburgh painter who shares a birthday with a member of our team. We love to cite our sources! Kiley Koscinski with WESA has done great reporting on the Smithfield Street shelter closure.  Learn more about the proposal to designate Lake Erie as a national marine sanctuary.  Check out the Hey Pittsburgh feature on the trailblazing painter Mary Cassatt. Take our survey! We're doing an audience survey to learn more about our listeners, so we can make City Cast Pittsburgh an even better, more useful podcast for you. We'd be grateful if you took the survey here–it's only five minutes long. Anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card. One more time, that's at citycast.fm/survey Want some more Pittsburgh news?  Make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey Pittsburgh. We're also on Twitter @citycastpgh & Instagram @CityCastPgh! Not a fan of social? Then leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, I welcomed back, painter, Catherine Haggarty to the Peps pod. We spoke about her background as a high school basketball player and how the focus and commitment required to be an athlete have so many parallels to the life of an artist. Catherine makes luminous paintings and drawings using spray paint, acrylic, watercolor and oil stick of imagined domestic interiors, all put through her uniquely surrealist and prismatic lens. Also, find out what her term "Instagram Brain" means! Catch Catherine's work in person in "Support Structures" at TSA (NY) until June 18, 2023 Catherine's website: www.catherinehaggarty.com and IG: @catherine_haggarty The Canopy Program is online at www.nyccritclub.com or on IG: @the_canopy_program_ Catherine's uber-helpful How to Host A Studio Visit episode Catherine earned her MFA from Rutgers University and has recently shown her work with Geary Contemporary and Hashimoto Contemporary in NYC and at Badr el Jundi Gallery in Madrid. She recently showed her work at Future Fairs in NYC with Lorin Gallery (Los Angeles) Works mentioned: LA Light, Too Many Ideas, Monument to work, Droste Effect for Max Artists mentioned: Jennifer Coates, David Humphrey, Japanese Ukiyo-e artists, Matisse, Sylvia Mangold, Rita MacDonald, Chardin, Mary Cassatt, Catherine Murphy, Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper, Méret Oppenheim, Andrew Prayzner Book mentioned: Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting by Norman Bryson *Shout out to all the Hall of Fame Dads past and present and especially to James Bernard Haggarty, who was the Bee's Knees.* ---------------------------- Pep Talks on IG: ⁠@peptalksforartists⁠ Pep Talks on Art Spiel as written essays: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/7k82vd8s⁠ Amy's Interview on Two Coats of Paint: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/2v2ywnb3⁠ Amy's website: ⁠https://www.amytalluto.com/⁠ Amy on IG: ⁠@talluts⁠ ⁠BuyMeACoffee⁠ Donations appreciated! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peptalksforartistspod/support

For Mother's Day, Vince takes us to Psalm 91, inspired by reflections from feminist process theologian Marjorie Suchocki (Art: The Child's Bath, by Mary Cassatt, 1893)Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connectResources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

For Mother's Day, Vince takes us to Psalm 91, inspired by reflections from feminist process theologian Marjorie Suchocki (Art: The Child's Bath, by Mary Cassatt, 1893)Join our live chat! https://discord.gg/MNXJSM8New here? http://brownlinechurch.org/connectResources http://brownlinechurch.org/resources Donate http://brownlinechurch.org/donate

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Historiquement Vôtre réunit 3 Américaines à Paris : la peintre de philadelphie Mary Cassatt, femme impressionniste dans un milieu d'hommes, plus connue aux Etats-Unis qu'en France où elle a pourtant passé les trois-quarts de sa vie à peindre en faisant justement des dames le sujet central de ses toiles. Puis, elle aussi a choisi Paris : l'Américaine Sylvia Beach, libraire puis éditrice venue chercher refuge dans la capitale des arts et des lettres, où elle su rassembler autour d'elle les plus féconds des esprits, d'Ernest Hemingway à Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Et une Américaine in Paris de fiction, dans un Paris de fiction : l'héroïne de la série de Netflix Emily in Paris, Emily Cooper.

Stéphane Bern, entouré de ses chroniqueurs historiquement drôles et parfaitement informés, s'amuse avec l'Histoire – la grande, la petite, la moyenne… - et retrace les destins extraordinaires de personnalités qui n'auraient jamais pu se croiser, pour deux heures où le savoir et l'humour avancent main dans la main. Aujourd'hui, Mary Cassatt. 

Who are the four most influential artists in your life? The four names that could be carved into a memorial that would represent your birth, growth, and continued development as a creative? As tough as it was to break it down to just four, we did it. So many to consider: N.C. Wyeth, Frank Frazetta, Mary Cassatt, Bob Peak, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leiji Matsumoto, Jeffrey Jones, Jack Kirby, Neal Adams, John Byrne, Claire Wendling, Thomas Blackshear... The list goes on and on.  Who is on your personal Mount Rushmore of artists? 

You've probably heard of the recent Elvis biopic that came out this year,  but do you know more about the man behind the screen... or even more so, the women that stood behind him, were overshadowed by him, and even inspired him?  Today we're talking about the women BEHIND Elvis. From Big Mama Thorton to Priscilla Presley, Ann-Margret Olsson, and beyond, we discuss the controversial relationships with the talented women that stood behind the King of Rock and Roll throughout his tumultuous life.TW:  We do mention (very briefly) at different points, different types of abuse (physical, emotional), and grooming as well as drug and alcohol abuse and harmful dieting.The King's Troubling ObsessionLiked this episode? Check out: Men We Hate in Art & Music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marni NixonFollow us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast

Pour découvrir le podcast "Dodo, sons de la nature et bruit blanc":Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dodo/id1609342835Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y9yr2NlSPEX7mPbNiEWIfDeezer:https://deezer.page.link/v9kNaNjzDEjE1jfq9Google Podcast:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzL2RvZG8tZGVzLW1vdHMtcG91ci1zZW5kb3JtaXI?ep=14-------------------------------------------Dans le genre impressionniste comme dans les autres, les femmes peintres ne sont pas légion. Si Berthe Morisot, par exemple, jouit d'une certaine notoriété, ce n'est pas le cas de Mary Cassatt, qui fut pourtant une artiste très douée. C'est elle aussi qui fit connaître la peinture impressionniste aux États-Unis.Une éducation d'artisteMary Cassatt naît aux États-Unis en 1844, mais, encore très jeune, accompagne sa famille à Paris, pour faire soigner un frère malade. Très attirée par la peinture, elle commence des études artistiques dans son pays natal, puis les poursuit à Paris.Elle étudie la peinture avec des artistes réputés, comme le peintre Jean-Léon Gérôme, spécialisé dans les tableaux d'histoire. En 1868, une de ses toiles est acceptée au salon de Paris, qui agrée les œuvres jugées dignes d'être exposées.Mary Cassatt voyage en Europe, où elle admire les tableaux des grands maîtres et s'initie à la gravure, qui allait devenir l'une de ses spécialités.Un peintre impressionniste à redécouvrirMais c'est la découverte de l'impressionnisme qui va donner son sens à la vie de Mary Cassatt. Elle avait déjà pu admirer des toiles de Manet. Mais c'est la rencontre avec Edgar Degas, en 1875, qui devait être décisive.Un de ses tableaux venant d'être refusé par le Salon, Mary Cassatt se laisse convaincre par Degas de participer à la quatrième exposition que les peintres impressionnistes organisent en 1877.Il ne faut pas oublier qu'à cette époque, ils sont encore considérés avec dédain par les peintres officiels. Mary Cassatt noue un véritable lien d'amitié avec Degas, pour lequel elle accepte de poser.Certes, le peintre impressionniste a joué un rôle notable dans l'évolution artistique de sa consœur. En réalité, entre les deux peintres, l'influence est réciproque. En effet, Degas s'inspire de son sens des couleurs et de son art du portrait.Influencée par l'art de l'estampe japonaise, Mary Cassatt est surtout connue par les tableaux où elle peint une mère et son enfant. Et elle se sert de son entregent et de sa connaissance de l'Amérique pour faire connaître l'impressionnisme aux États-Unis. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Pour découvrir le podcast "Dodo, sons de la nature et bruit blanc": Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dodo/id1609342835 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Y9yr2NlSPEX7mPbNiEWIf Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/v9kNaNjzDEjE1jfq9 Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzL2RvZG8tZGVzLW1vdHMtcG91ci1zZW5kb3JtaXI?ep=14 ------------------------------------------- Dans le genre impressionniste comme dans les autres, les femmes peintres ne sont pas légion. Si Berthe Morisot, par exemple, jouit d'une certaine notoriété, ce n'est pas le cas de Mary Cassatt, qui fut pourtant une artiste très douée. C'est elle aussi qui fit connaître la peinture impressionniste aux États-Unis. Une éducation d'artiste Mary Cassatt naît aux États-Unis en 1844, mais, encore très jeune, accompagne sa famille à Paris, pour faire soigner un frère malade. Très attirée par la peinture, elle commence des études artistiques dans son pays natal, puis les poursuit à Paris. Elle étudie la peinture avec des artistes réputés, comme le peintre Jean-Léon Gérôme, spécialisé dans les tableaux d'histoire. En 1868, une de ses toiles est acceptée au salon de Paris, qui agrée les œuvres jugées dignes d'être exposées. Mary Cassatt voyage en Europe, où elle admire les tableaux des grands maîtres et s'initie à la gravure, qui allait devenir l'une de ses spécialités. Un peintre impressionniste à redécouvrir Mais c'est la découverte de l'impressionnisme qui va donner son sens à la vie de Mary Cassatt. Elle avait déjà pu admirer des toiles de Manet. Mais c'est la rencontre avec Edgar Degas, en 1875, qui devait être décisive. Un de ses tableaux venant d'être refusé par le Salon, Mary Cassatt se laisse convaincre par Degas de participer à la quatrième exposition que les peintres impressionnistes organisent en 1877. Il ne faut pas oublier qu'à cette époque, ils sont encore considérés avec dédain par les peintres officiels. Mary Cassatt noue un véritable lien d'amitié avec Degas, pour lequel elle accepte de poser. Certes, le peintre impressionniste a joué un rôle notable dans l'évolution artistique de sa consœur. En réalité, entre les deux peintres, l'influence est réciproque. En effet, Degas s'inspire de son sens des couleurs et de son art du portrait. Influencée par l'art de l'estampe japonaise, Mary Cassatt est surtout connue par les tableaux où elle peint une mère et son enfant. Et elle se sert de son entregent et de sa connaissance de l'Amérique pour faire connaître l'impressionnisme aux États-Unis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Stauney is talking about one of her personal inspirations, Bea Feitler, a groundbreaking graphic designer from the sixties and seventies who wasn't afraid to embrace the bizarre and unconventional. Feitler was one of the youngest art directors ever when she took her co-director position with her contemporary Ruth Ansel and the two took the major magazine world by storm winning award after award. She would go on to have a flourishing and fulfilling career, constantly pushing the envelope and using her signature neon colors every chance she got and friends continued to describe her as an "unstoppable creative force."Want to check out some of our favorite books? Check out our booklist Follow us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast

We made it to 100 Episodes!! We get to be all reflective and reminisce on our favorite people, topics, and more that we covered that have inspired and helped shape us into the women and artists we are. We also talk about female friendships and the difference they make.Want to check out some of our favorite books? Check out our booklist Follow us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast

This week,  we're spending our time in 18th and 19th century Paris with four great ladies and fundamental artists of Impressionism: Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Eva Gonzalès. All four spent significant amounts of time in the Paris inner circles, with many (if not all) of them related to the most prominent figures in impressionism. They also all overcame family obstacles, gender discrimination, criticism of the movement they believed in, and much more to rise to the top of the impressionist art scene. Although very similar upbringings, these women all created unique and stunning works of art that are the pinnacles of the movement and significant to all of art history.Want to check out some of our favorite books? Check out our booklist Follow us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast

Watercolorist Michele E. Struss was born with a form of dwarfism, causing short stature and orthopedic complications. Despite the challenges and setbacks, her physical disability is what God has used to shape her faith and perspective on life. Michele is confident in who God is and who He has made her to be. Despite the many challenges and limitations she lives with, God has enabled Michele to go on the heights in her faith, life and art all to unveil His glory and power. Her story and paintings motivate others, from young to old, to look beyond what the eyes see…to what is unseen and limitless. Michele's work has traveled the world, hanging in the humblest homes in developing countries as well as in the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas, TX along with works by Michelangelo, Andy Warhol, Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent. Regardless of where her paintings call home, her realistic style draws the viewer into her work as if they themselves are standing before the subject which demands a response. We are so grateful to have Michele Struss share her story on SPARK the Podcast today. Connect with Michele Struss: Website- https://www.hispaintbrush.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/hispaintbrush_michele Connect with the Hosts: Jenna Shotmeyer- https://www.instagram.com/jennashots Mekina Saylor- https://www.instagram.com/mekinasaylor Amy Rizzuto- https://www.instagram.com/amyrizzutophotography Learn more about NJ SPARK at www.njspark.co or follow us on Instagram at www.instagram.com/njsparkco.

XVI. Independent scholar and author Eve Kahn, today's guest on The Gilded Gentleman, calls Mary Rogers Williams "the Mary Cassatt you never heard of". While Cassatt and Rogers lives differed and they likely never met, the rediscovered life of Gilded Age painter Mary Rogers Williams is a fascinating tale of late 19th century artistic circles. Originally from the farmlands of Connecticut, Williams lived and painted among famous artists in New York, London and Paris, and her studies included time with artists such as William Merritt Chase and James McNeill Whistler. A mysterious painting and an extraordinary discovery in 2012 led Kahn to reconstruct the life and world of a unique, innovative -- yet little known until now -- female artist of the Gilded Age. Visit the Gilded Gentleman website for more information.

If you asked any of these gentle parenting experts, they would say parenting is the most important work in the world. But they are also perpetually downplaying the hardest parts of it—which means not ever making visible the parts of parenting that we most need to change.Welcome to Burnt Toast! This is the podcast where we talk about diet culture, fatphobia, parenting, and health. Today I am chatting again with Sara Louise Petersen. She’s the Burnt Toast resident momfluencer expert, and you can catch her previous episodes here and here. Sara is also the author of an upcoming book about momfluencers and the awesome new Substack newsletter In Pursuit of Clean Countertops, which is a must-subscribe!Today, Sara and I are chatting about the gentle parenting trend—and how it intersect with our conversations around gender roles, diet culture, and more. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe, rate and review us in your podcast player! And subscribe to the Burnt Toast newsletter for episode transcripts, reported essays, and more.PS. The Burnt Toast Giving Circle is almost to $9,000! We are so close to our goal and will soon be picking which state election to fund. So if you’ve been thinking about joining, we still need you! Here’s the Burnt Toast episode where I announced it, ICYMI, and the link to donate.Episode 41 TranscriptVirginiaHi Sara! You are the resident Burnt Toast momfluencer expert, which I admit is not a category of expert I knew that I needed when I launched the podcast, but it turns out it very much is. And you just started your own Substack newsletter! So let’s talk about that first.SaraIt’s called In Pursuit of Clean Countertops. It’s not about countertops. It’s not about cleaning. The title is a nod to all of the things that momfluencer culture invites you to pursue and desire and want. I started it a little over a month ago based on an inflammatory post by @BallerinaFarm, Hannah Neeleman. She’s a big one. Her husband Daniel Neeleman started his own Instagram account relatively recently. He posted about the way that Hannah loves to clean and natural light and children like to congregate around her. It just made me feel a lot of a lot of feelings, Virginia. So that was the the post that started it at all.VirginiaI had a lot of feelings about that post, as well. I also love your new Weekly WTF which is so cathartic to read. SaraMy goal is to take the text threads that we all have with our friends, which can be more like, “Holy s**t. Did you see this? This is enraging this is infuriating,” and explore why is it infuriating. Why am I feeling these feelings? To expose the systemic issues at play.VirginiaToday you are coming back on this podcast because we want to dissect a sub-trend of momfluencing culture. We’re talking about “gentle parenting.” I also see it called “positive parenting.” It’s important to say right off the bat, there is no official definition of this concept. Jessica Grose wrote a piece for The New York Times where she described it as “a sort of open-source mélange, interpreted and remixed by moms across the country.” And yes, that is really what it is. Sara, do you want to read this definition that we found in this piece in The New Yorker by Jessica Winter, just so everyone’s on the same page about what we’re talking about here.SaraSo, okay:In its broadest outlines, gentle parenting centers on acknowledging a child’s feelings and the motivations behind challenging behavior, as opposed to correcting the behavior itself. The gentle parent holds firm boundaries, gives a child choices instead of orders, and eschews rewards, punishments, and threats—no sticker charts, no time-outs, no “I will turn this car around right now.” Instead of issuing commands (“Put on your shoes!”), the parent strives to understand why a child is acting out in the first place (“What’s up, honey? You don’t want to put your shoes on?”) or, perhaps, narrates the problem (“You’re playing with your trains because putting on shoes doesn’t feel good”).The gently parented child, the theory goes, learns to recognize and control her emotions because a caregiver is consistently affirming those emotions as real and important. The parent provides a model for keeping one’s cool, but no overt incentives for doing so—the kid becomes a person who is self-regulating, kind, and conscientious because she wants to be, not because it will result in ice cream. VirginiaThat is what I want my children to be, is the thing. This is the goal I think a lot of us have for kids. And yet the path for getting there is so convoluted. Let’s talk about when we each first became aware of this trend and how it’s showing up in our parenting.SaraI became aware of it by way of attachment parenting, which was just everywhere when I had my first kid, who is now almost 10. Attachment parenting is the whole 'if the kid is crying, the kid is not being annoying. It’s expressing needs or desires and it’s your job as the parent to interpret the cries.’ In attachment parenting, you’re not thinking of the kid’s behavior as an impediment to your life, but as the kid expressing his or her or their individuality. I was all about this when I was pregnant. I read all the Dr. Sears books. And then, almost immediately after having my first child, I just felt like I was being gaslit. I remember reading something... Kelly Something?VirginiaOh, yes, KellyMom. Oh, I’m having a trauma response. It’s been a minute.SaraI know. So my kid was not sleeping and I remember reading on KellyMom something like “when cluster feeding happens and baby only wants mom, consider it a compliment.” And I was just like fuuuuuck this. F**k this!!VirginiaIt’s not a compliment. I’m so tired.SaraAttachment parenting kind of feeds into gentle parenting really well in that it’s all about prioritizing the child’s needs. And very rarely are the parent’s needs anywhere in the conversation.VirginiaI had a pretty knee jerk reaction against attachment parenting, although, you know, my oldest is eight, so same time period. It was everywhere. But I was like, this is just code for the woman does everything. And I didn’t sign up for that. It’s not what we’ve agreed upon in my house. We’re not doing it. But then the gentle parenting thing for me, it was discovering Janet Lansbury’s work when my older daughter was a toddler and the toddler tantrums started. (Note from Virginia: I forgot to mention in our conversation that I’ve interviewed Lansbury for parenting articles a few times and think she’s incredibly smart and thoughtful, even if her tantrum advice didn’t always land for me. If you are also a Lansbury fan, this Ariel Levy profile is a must-read.)I was constantly having to negotiate with this person who is totally irrational, according to the way I understand the world. And who is demanding a lot from me in ways that just don’t make sense anymore. At least with a baby, you’re like, well, you’re hungry, or you’re cold or—their needs are just more concrete and not emotional. But suddenly, in the toddler years, you’re sorting through this emotional stuff, as well as—I’m now going to get mail from people saying babies have emotions. I know they do. I know they have emotions. But there’s something about engaging with a tiny verbal child or quasi-verbal child that is just much harder for me. So this whole gentle parenting approach, I sort of clung to it like a life raft. Will someone explain why these children scream so much? And gentle parenting has these '“answers” for you. But what was interesting, even when my older daughter was two or three, was how much it didn’t work with her. All this advice about, like, “What’s up? You don’t want to put your shoes on? Or you’re playing with trains because shoes don’t feel good?” She would just be enraged when I did that. I think it felt like very patronizing to her. She was like, “I am telling you how I feel through my yelling. You putting words to it is not making me better.” SaraWell, one of my challenges that you’re speaking to is: You’ll get this script and the lines that you’re reciting are at odds with your feelings, which are often rage, impatience, annoyance, frustration, despair. So if you’re reciting this script that is like, “I can see you’re having really big feelings right now. And that’s okay. Your big feelings are valid,” kids, I think can tell that you are feeding them a line from a script. Or at least my kids definitely can. It oftentimes in my household has made things worse.VirginiaYes. Because then you’re getting more frustrated while trying to recite the script.SaraAnd then you’re doubly frustrated because the script isn’t working.VirginiaSo, let’s talk more about the scripts because they are one of the most common tropes of the way gentle parenting is performed online. I want to talk about this Dr. Becky post. (Above.) If I have a child screaming, “I hate you! I hope you die!,” which has happened in my life, me responding with calmness is almost denying the feeling. The goal, ostensibly, is to label their feeling, but you’re denying the feeling because you’re responding so stoically to their feelings. Something about it feels so inauthentic.SaraThe other thing that just really stands out to me in this mantra is “the real story is my child’s pain.” There’s no room for the parents’ feelings in this mantra.VirginiaI don’t disagree with the argument here that a small child using that word doesn’t really mean the word the way an adult does. Like, this isn’t them being verbally abusive. I understand that. But that doesn’t stop it from feeling bad when it happens. And we are supposed to so totally center the child’s emotions to the point of having no emotional response to it. It’s just never going to happen, that way.SaraWhat if the kid is saying “I HATE YOU” to the sibling? You have to attend to the kid who’s having feelings and saying I hate you. And you have to attend to the kid who is the target of the “I hate you.” It’s just so much more complicated than any of these scripts would have you believe.VirginiaI think what’s interesting about this movement is there’s a lot of emphasis on not being punitive towards kids when they do bad things. When they hit, when they bite, when they say I hate you. An older model of parenting would have been to punish those behaviors. And their argument is: We’re never going to help kids move past these behaviors if we demonize the kid who’s doing the bad thing. Which I understand. But if you have a dynamic where an older brother has just slapped his little sister in the face, what is that girl learning? That someone who loves you can hurt you like that?SaraWe don’t want our children to internalize our feelings. But I also don’t think it’s terrible if our kids see us have an emotional reaction, such as anger or frustration. It’s natural to have a reaction when somebody says, “I hate you,” or when you get slapped in the face. We need to allow for the parents’ humanity in all of this. If your facial expression becomes angry, that’s okay. You can still value the child’s humanity and individuality and hold space for both things.VirginiaThere’s a lot of talk about how if you tell your child how you feel, you’re making them codependent. I just feel like this is a real big leap because the alternative is you’re teaching your child their emotions should always be centered. That feels like a terrible model for future relationships.SaraIn the Jessica Winter piece, she gives the example of if your kid is having a meltdown and you’re in the middle of vacuuming, you should by all means stop vacuuming and say to the kid, “your feelings are more important than housework.” Winter writes: The housework that [Robin] Einzig says to put off is a synecdoche for everything that the gentle parent—and, perhaps, the gently parented child’s invisible siblings—must push aside in order to complete a transformation into a self-renouncing, perpetually present humanoid who has nothing but time and who is programmed for nothing but calm.”Virginia And when is the vacuuming getting done? Maybe you don’t want to spend your whole day being interrupted during a chore that should take 15 minutes. This feels very much of a piece with what we see in momfleuncer culture. That’s @BallerinaFarm cleaning her house with a smile while the kids are frolicking around. This image of joy and calmness through domestic life doesn’t line up with anything I’ve ever experienced in domestic life. I don’t think it lines up with most people’s experience.SaraNo. I constantly talk to my kids when I’m feeling overwhelmed or how a lot of work goes into keeping a house and raising kids. I’m sure some gentle parenting advocates would tell me I’m burdening my kids with my own suffering or whatever. But it’s true and nobody ever talked to me about this openly, about how being a parent and being a grown up is hard.VirginiaMaking that work visible is so important for so many reasons. We are never going to make progress on our larger cultural gender roles if we are continually downplaying this work. I’m sure if you asked any of these gentle parenting experts, they would say parenting is the most important work in the world. That’s why they’ve devoted their careers to giving us all the scripts! But when you’re perpetually downplaying the hard parts of it, and when you’re needing to perform it in this really controlled way, you’re not actually ever making visible the parts of it that we need to change. SaraI can see a future where kids who are parented perfectly according to the gentle script, turn into parents themselves and say, like, “What the f**k? This is hard as s**t! Why did my parents always present as so calm and pulled together?”VirginiaI mean, that assumes anyone’s able to actually execute gentle parenting. I fhave my doubts that anybody is this parent, even three days a week. The other night, my child who, like I said, screams in fury if I try a gentle parenting script, we were having a thing. I finally said to her, “I am a human being with emotions, and you are hurting my feelings right now.” And one part of my brain was like, You are breaking all the rules. You aren’t supposed to tell her that she’s hurting your feelings. But that was what turned the corner in that particular moment. I’m not saying she was like, “Oh, I’m so sorry, I hurt your feelings.” There was no apology. But it did make her pause for a moment and have this recognition of, Oh, right. I am powerful here. My words have impact. She took a slight step back and we were able to then get on a much better track. A thought I had a lot, especially when I was parenting toddlers was: If an adult treated you like this, it would be an abusive relationship—and yet we are supposed to accept this wholeheartedly from children. It’s one of the things that is so hard about parenting. Because they are children and emotional capabilities are not fully developed, so you literally sign up for accepting abuse for several years. It’s not abuse, but it does not feel great.SaraI’m sure you’ve had this experience, where you are heated, you are furious, you’re having big emotions and the person you’re arguing with is stoic and calm and seemingly unaffected by your big emotions. VirginiaIt’s the worst! SaraIt’s the worst. So I can totally understand why being the kid at the receiving end of these scripts would be infuriating. Like, I’m kicking and screaming and like spitting at you. Why isn’t this having any impact? VirginiaIt feels kind of manipulative in that way, like you’re trying to make them feel powerless. Because kids want a reaction. They’re looking for connection. Often the yelling is an attempt to get your attention and get your connection. So if you’re giving them Robot Mom, you’re not connecting with them authentically. VirginiaOkay, so another big theme, and also m big division point with gentle parenting, is the fact that they frame timeouts as an act of trauma. This is a @biglittlefeelings post. They are big in this space and I have a lot of feelings about that. Because, with both my kids, there are times when timeouts save my family. We all need to step away from each other. I don’t think it is punitive or traumatizing to teach a kid that when your feelings are so big that you can only deliver them in hurtful ways that you need to take some time alone We call them “cool downs” which is totally trying to soften the language. But giving myself permission to use those with my kids has helped so much. SaraI have a kid who, when she’s having her biggest feelings, will remove herself. Like, her instinct is to go and sob sob, sob for 15 minutes. But if I try to go in before 15 minutes, it’s bad. It’s only after that she has that cathartic release that she’s even capable of connecting. VirginiaI am sure there are kids who want to collapse on you and need that sort of experience. But recognizing that, if you yourself are someone who needs to go be alone to think through your big feelings, maybe your kid needs that, too. And maybe it’s okay.SaraAnother thing that I want to highlight that’s giving me some big feelings is the caption. It says:When the parental response is to isolate the child, an instinctual psychological need of the child goes unmet. In fact, brain imaging shows that the experience of relational pain–like that caused by rejection–looks very similar to the experience of physical pain in terms of brain activity. This is not great. VirginiaThere’s no citation, there’s no science. We would need to fact check the heck out of that.SaraIt just feels so manipulative and like playing into parental shame and guilt.VirginiaI bet it’s stemming from the same research used to argue for attachment parenting, about how if you let a baby cry it out, you’re inflicting physical pain on them. And then when we looked at which data they were using, it was children who’d been neglected for months in orphanages. It was not children in loving homes who are being asked to cry for 15 minutes to fall asleep. I’m guessing this is orphanage research again and that research is very important for understanding the impact of true trauma. But it is not helpful to give to parents who are trying really hard to be decent parents. The other trope I wanted to hit on is: Speaking in the child’s voice. This is a post from Robin Einzig’s Facebook page: SaraI just want to describe the image because it’s doing a lot of work. It’s a painting of a very cherubic looking three or four year old, whose eyes are just full of innocent wonder and who has like rosy little pursed lips. She just looks like a blank canvas that you as the parent might be in danger of destroying. So it says, “When you cut it for me, write it for me, open it for me, set it up for me, draw it for me, and make it for me or find it for me. All I learned is that you do it better than I do. So I’ll let you do it. In the textbooks, this is called learned helplessness, but actually I call it clever on the part of the child and less than clever on the part of the adult.”VirginiaSick burn from a gentle parenting expert. SaraAlso the quote says “quote unknown.”VirginiaI mean, obviously the quote is unknown. They just made it up. They’re not quoting a human child because no child has ever said, “You know Mom, when you do this for me, all I learned is that you’re better at things than me.” SaraSo this one’s really thrown me for a loop.VirginiaIt’s another one of those super paralyzing pieces of advice. I remember reading some advice like this. The argument was, if you’re drawing with your child and if they see how you draw a cat, then they’ll never learn how to draw a cat themselves, like in their own vision of a cat. And I remember trying to do that and being like, well, this just sucked all the fun out of drawing. I’m actually kind of good at drawing cats and now I feel like I can’t draw a cat. You’re simultaneously supposed to do nothing for them so they can have all of these learning experiences, yet also be emotionally available to the point you can’t get your vacuuming done.SaraHow the hell are you supposed to get anything done if you’re letting a two-year-old do all these things? You will spend your entire day having the two-year-old cut something. VirginiaThis is just one of those constant tensions of parenting where of course they have to eventually learn to do these things for themselves. But when you’re trying to get out of the door or set them up with an activity, so you can get things done, of course, you’re going to do the hard parts for them. Because life demands it.SaraBecause of life! Like really. Because of life.VirginiaOne more good quote from the Jessica Winter piece: Gentle-parenting advocates are near-unanimous in the view that a child should never be told that she “made Mommy sad”—she should focus on her internal weather rather than peering out the window. “Good job!” is usually not O.K., even if you corroborate why the job is good. “Because I said so” is never O.K., no matter how many times a child asks why she has to go to bed.So Sara, when we were talking about this trend, you really found the mom influencer to end all momfluencers. She’s definitely at the most extreme end of the spectrum. So tell us about @milkgiver, please.SaraSo I’ve been following her for a long time. This type of momfluencer is catnip for me because they present with this very cool hipster, maybe used to live in Brooklyn type of vibe. So I’m initially attracted by their Shaker style fisherman’s sweaters. And then I get lured into the messaging, which often gets into very intense prescriptive nutrition stuff. There’s a lot of beef liver gummy making. VirginiaShe’s in a striped caftan type garment. I mean, I think I have the same mug as her right here because you know, #influenced. I’m pretty sure she has an East Fork pottery mug. So I’m not here to hate on her mug choice.SaraI have yet to pull the trigger, but I’m sure I will, Virginia. I’m sure I will.VirginiaYou will not be sorry. Anyway, she’s basically buried in children while having her morning coffee, is the image.SaraYou know Mary Cassatt paintings? It’s giving me those vibes. Like, you know, adoring children, beatific mother. It’s a long post, the thesis of which is that we, as mothers have so much power over giving our children happy, trauma-free childhoods. She says, …for the most part, I, as a mother, hold the incredible power of creating happy childhoods for my little ones or not so happy childhoods… And this is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. there have been so many recurring themes in my life and something I keep hearing in the health and wellness circles is how disease or illness can be caused by past trauma. how interesting is that to think about? So, I’m not loving the direct connection between “I slammed the door or put my kid in timeout or lose my temper” and “down the road my kids might get cancer.” VirginiaIt defies the major thesis of all parenting research, which is that good enough parenting is all you really need. It’s reminding me quite a lot of the shaming that fat moms get. That your unruly body will be the cause of all of this downfall to your children. And again, that’s not borne out by research. SaraI have a therapist friend who is always like, “I actually take a lot of comfort in the fact that like, my kids can talk about whatever parts of their childhood in therapy later down the road. That’s okay.”VirginiaThat’s a great point.SaraIt’s okay if 20 years from now, my kid is like, “Mom always bitched about cleaning and how hard childcare was.” That’s not the end of the world.VirginiaThere are a lot of tools we can give our kids—including future therapy—to make up for our imperfections. I’m just looking at @milkgiver’s grid now and it is many whimsical hats. It is a lot of homemade. A homemade dollhouse, a homemade garland. Oh, and we should talk about the nutrition piece a little more because I definitely want us to hit on the way gentle parenting intersects with diet culture. Did you say she’s into calf liver gummies?SaraThere are so many gummies. So many.VirginiaHow do you even make liver into a gummy? I know she’ll have a tutorial for me. [Note from Virginia: Our post-recording fact-check revealed that @milkgiver actually makes beef gelatin gummies. We regret this error but not too much because calf liver gummies will surely be next.]Wait, can we also talk about the fact this woman doesn’t have a name? She’s just @milkgiver. SaraI do know her first name just because I’ve been following her forever, but yeah the fact that her identity is the giving of milk to children by way of her Instagram handle says a lot. VirginiaEven in the bio line, it’s just wife and mother of three, homeschooling, gentle parenting, Orthodox Christianity, knitting, nutrition, simple living. No name, no identity for you outside of how you serve your family. SaraDo you see the photo on the grid with the dried oranges? VirginiaOkay, so she writes: How did I get here? From being a fast food junkie, to vegan teen, to full out cigarette and alcohol addicted young adult to mama of three religiously wearing her blue blocker glasses in the evenings, taking raw liver shots and avoiding fluoride at all costs. This crunchy mama road isn’t always an easy one, and high five to anyone else desperately trying to keep their kids away from the junk being thrown at them right and left, I see you! It’s not always an easy path, but it is one I enjoy and ultimately follow because I like feeling good, I like keeping my kids healthy, and I like having energy, because that helps me to be a better mom. That’s my top goal in life currently, and being mostly healthy helps A LOT with it. It’d also be cool to live a long time. But who knows 😉🤎 #crunchymama #embracethecrunchOh, Sara. I don’t like it. I don’t like it at all.SaraI knew you wouldn’t.VirginiaI mean, she’s just combining so many different things. “Fast food junkie” is not the same thing as an alcoholic. Let’s be real clear about that. Addiction is a terrible disease that destroys lives. Eating a lot of fast food is not the same thing.SaraEven even the term junkie in that context.VirginiaYou are not a junkie because you like fast food. And then this, this whole message of, okay, you have to take the hardest road to do everything. Even if you don’t want to eat fast food every day, there’s a big gulf between that and taking raw liver shots and avoiding fluoride. We’re just combining every possible wellness trend. It’s like she needs to check every single box here in a way that’s exhausting and overwhelming, and not at all doable for anybody. And also not necessary. Nobody needs to take raw liver shots in their lives. People have lived to be 100 years old without ever taking raw liver shots.SaraI also don’t like the the use of the word “desperate.” She says, “high five to anyone else desperately trying to keep their kids away from the junk.” How about we desperately try to like give all kids access to food, period?VirginiaThat would be cool.SaraIt just feels like such a classic trope of the self-optimizing white motherhood stuff. “Because I like feeling good. I like keeping my kids healthy.” The implication is that if she were not to follow all these super strict guidelines, she would knowingly be not giving her kids a healthy life. VirginiaAlso this vibe of, “oh well, that’s just me! I like feeling good. I like having healthy kids.” Oh, really? Do you think mothers living in poverty don’t like to feel good? They’re not feeding their kids enough food every day because they don’t like having healthy kids? This isn’t a whimsical choice for you. This is something you can do because you have a ton of privilege. Let’s also talk about if you are a parent desperately trying to keep your kid away from junk food, how fast that’s going backfire and harm your child’s relationship with junk food. I mean, how many letters do I get? (For starters: This one, this one, this one, and this one.) This is probably the number one question I am asked. Sneaking food is just how it plays out every time because your kids know that your raw liver gummies are not as delicious as their friends gummy bears. SaraThe other thing that’s kind of hysterical to me is this is also not in agreement with gentle parenting. We’re supposed to enable our kids to have the tools within themselves to navigate life. So this feels like a direct contradiction. VirginiaThe interesting thing about the way gentle parenting and diet culture intersect is most gentle parenting folks are really big proponents of Division of Responsibility, which is about empowering kids to listen to their bodies and trust their own hunger and fullness. So you’re not counting bites, you’re not requiring them to finish stuff or eat their broccoli before they have the cookie. The problem is, it gets layered in with this idea of, “I have to choose things like calf flavored gummies and green smoothies and all of these perfectly healthy things.” And then I’m frustrated because my kids still is asking for Little Bites muffins and not my homemade spelt muffins or whatever. It’s using Division of Responsibility as a script for diet culture. You’re still trying to control them, but you’ve coopted this other rhetoric to do it. SaraI’m sure you’ve written and talked about this before, but what happens if you are so hyper-controlling the environment that your kid is choosing from? What happens when your kid enters the real world of actual food choice?VirginiaThose are the kids who go on playdates and eat the whole sleeve of Oreos at their friend’s house or eat sugar by the spoonful. I am not shaming those kids, I am not shaming those parents. It’s a totally natural response. You’ve been restricted, these foods have been banned. Forbidden fruit is really powerful and really tempting. Your mom’s not gonna let this stuff in the house. So it’s super understandable. This is another thing where they give us a lot of scripts! Let’s talk about this @biglittlefeelings post (above). SaraMy response as my kid is, “I don’t want either bowl. F**k the bowl, lady!”VirginiaGiving them a choice of the bowls is not going to distract them from the fact that they want cereal. Especially if you’re not offering cereal very often. I’m not saying you should cave in the moment and be a short order cook and just like immediately whisk off the bowl of yogurt and granola and give them the cereal. But you might do better to say, “let me pack cereal for your snack for school,” or “I totally hear you. Let’s make sure we have cereal for breakfast tomorrow.” If we’re gonna give kids permission to have all their big feelings, let’s spend some time on the big feeling about cereal instead of just like moving right past it and trying to distract them with the bowl choices. Again, it runs so counter to the larger message of what they tell us to do. But she doesn’t want to give in on the cereal, so she’s trying to control the food from a diet culture perspective— and then the gentle parenting quickly falls apart in the face of that goal. I also want to say it’s fine if sometimes you do say, “yeah, you know what, I’m gonna grab you the bowl of cereal.” Making a bowl of cereal is not the most time consuming thing. If this allows you to move on with your morning because it’s just been one of those mornings, it’s fine. It happens. We don’t need to feel like we failed because we did that. That’s another piece of this: When you don’t follow the scripts, you have to feel like you got it wrong.SaraTotally.VirginiaLet’s wrap up by talking about some parenting folks we do like. The person that I really liked that I wanted to talk about is Claire Lerner. She is the author of the book, Why Is My Child in Charge. I am going to put in a caveat that her chapter on food is not totally there. There’s definitely some diet culture stuff in it. But this was a really useful book for me to read because she does help parents understand why we end up in those power struggles. And a big thing I like is that she’s pro-timeouts when the kid needs it. She recognizes a place for them. She also really encourages parents to hold boundaries and not feel guilty about it. One line that she uses that I like is “you don’t have to like this.” I’ve started using this when I do say no to my kids about something and they throw a fit. I’m like, “You don’t have to like it, but this is what we’re doing.” And that has been so liberating. Because of course they’re having a tantrum. They don’t like being told TV is done for the day. But they don’t have to like it, we’re just doing it.Sara@Destini.Ann is someone I love. She’s just so approachable and the mother’s emotions are always valued. Her Instagram bio says “sign up for parent coaching below. Peaceful parent, but real AF.” That kind of tells you what you need to know. VirginiaYeah, I like it. I like it a lot. “Gentle is not my default.”SaraYes. Let’s acknowledge that gentleness is not everybody’s default and is labor.Another great one is @EricaMBurrell. I’ll limk to one of her reels where she’s talking about how gentle parenting is not something that white people own.VirginiaThat’s really interesting because that certainly is the impression you get on Instagram. SaraBlack parents have talked a lot about how Black culture plays into parenting mores and how there is a lot of judgment lobbed by white people towards Black parenting, without bothering to engage with Black culture. VirginiaYeah, that’s excellent. And then @supernova_momma?SaraIn her Instagram bio it says “Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, Mother of Two, Autism /Neurodiversity Acceptance, Sometimes I twerk.” A lot of her content speaks specifically to neurodiversity, which I can imagine being so so tricky to maneuver in the gentle parenting space.VirginiaI think anytime your kid is dealing with something extra—whether it’s a disability, neurodiversity, or certain life experiences—there is this disconnect. You try to follow the rules they’re laying out and your kid has a completely opposite reaction to it and then you feel like you did something wrong, when in fact, the advice wasn’t inclusive and wasn’t thinking about your kid at all. SaraAlmost all the problems with gentle parenting arise from not respecting both the parent’s individuality and the kid’s individuality. Both you and I have talked about specific parenting experiences where we recognize, we intuit what our kid needs in that moment. We can intuit that this script is not going to work for either of us. So we make a choice based on our knowledge of our kids’ specific needs and specific personalities and our own specific needs and specific personalities.VirginiaI think it speaks to the fact that, as a culture, we don’t really empower parents—we especially don’t empower moms—to have that confidence in ourselves. You’re simultaneously expected to know exactly what to do and to have all this motherly intuition that guides you perfectly. But you’re also not really empowered to feel like you can make the right choices without outside experts, because we have such rigid standards and expectations. I just think it is helpful to start to realize you can make choices for yourself on this stuff. There is not a parenting police. Dr Becky’s not going to come to your house and edit your scripts. Butter For Your Burnt ToastSaraMy new obsession is Jessica Defino’s newsletter. It’s called The Unpublishable and it’s a takedown of the beauty industry. I just find it so, so delicious. She’s so funny. She’s so smart. I interviewed her recently for my newsletterVirginiaIt is so rare to find beauty content that is not tied to advertising—like so, so, so rare. So she’s a great voice. Hopefully she will be on a Burnt Toast episode soon. Stay tuned! It’s in the works. Okay, my recommendation is a recommendation that I feel I’ve been journeying to for a long time, that I was always meant to be this person and now I finally am. I am now someone who does puzzles. I think no one is surprised, if you know me at all, that I am now in the puzzling phase of my life, that I am I am a puzzler. I started it while we were on vacation. We had two days of a sick kid because that’s how family vacations roll. And so we were in our Airbnb and they had a bunch of puzzles. And I was like, I’m gonna do some puzzles while we’re hanging out here. It was so soothing! I think my husband always knew this about me, before I knew it about myself because several years ago for Christmas, he had given me an 1000 piece puzzle and he’d given me this cool felt mat thing (similar to this one). So you can do the puzzle but you can also roll it up if you’re not done. Because I have a dog and kids and you know, I can’t leave the puzzle out all the time. So I came home and dug it out of the closet and now I’m working on this puzzle in the evenings. I’m so happy. I’m just so happy. It was definitely at the point on vacation where my kids were like, “can we have lunch?” And I was like, “No, I’m doing this puzzle.”SaraIt sucks you in. VirginiaYeah, I was like, “I’m not a parent right now. I’m a puzzler. You have to raise yourself.”SaraWhen I will start a puzzle, the kids will be nowhere in sight to do the hard edges or whatever, and then they’ll come in like little vultures as soon as I’m down to like 50 pieces. Like, back off. Don’t steal my thunder.VirginiaYeah, mine did not want to do it at all. My older daughter did sort of like sit and haze me while I was doing it for a while, which was fun for both of us. But I think she’s got a puzzler in her, too. She’s just not there yet. I think it’ll come out, especially now that this is my life. SaraAnd your identity. VirginiaIt’s my identity now. And what it’s really great for is, this week I had a piece getting some pushback on Twitter and I was having a day where looking at Twitter was not going to be helpful to me. That evening, I put the phone down and puzzled away instead of looking at Twitter. I was really proud of myself!All right, Sara. Thank you so much for being here. Tell everyone where we can find you and find your newsletter!SaraDefinitely check out my newsletter, it’s called In Pursuit of Clean Countertops. I’m on Instagram at @SLouisePeterson and I am on Twitter as the same thing. The Burnt Toast Podcast is produced and hosted by me, Virginia Sole-Smith. You can follow me on Instagram or Twitter.Burnt Toast transcripts and essays are edited and formatted by Corinne Fay, who runs @SellTradePlus, an Instagram account where you can buy and sell plus size clothing.The Burnt Toast logo is by Deanna Lowe.Our theme music is by Jeff Bailey and Chris Maxwell.Tommy Harron is our audio engineer.Thanks for listening and for supporting independent anti-diet journalism. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiasolesmith.substack.com/subscribe

Berthe Morisot fue una pintora francesa y miembro del círculo de pintores de París que llegamos a conocer como los impresionistas. En 1864, Morisot expuso por primera vez en el muy apreciado Salón de París. Su trabajo fue seleccionado para exhibición en seis eventos del Salón posteriores hasta que en 1874 se unió a los impresionistas "rechazados" en la primera de sus propias exposiciones, junto con a Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, entre otros. Es considerada como una de las "trois grandes dames",  o las tres grandes damas, del impresionismo junto a Marie Bracquemond y Mary Cassatt. Desde sus pinceladas impresionistas hasta lo brillante de su mente, hoy nos alimentamos con sus palabras: ​​ ​​Es importante expresarse siempre que los sentimientos sean reales y estén extraídos de la propia experiencia.

Mary Cassatt is one of the most important artists in American history, and much of her time was spent in Paris, France. But as we return to the Columbian Exposition for our latest Who Knew? episode, Mrs. Allgood and Mr. Rixon will dive into Cassatt's impact and influence in Chicago, her travels throughout Europe, and what makes something a distinct "Cassatt" painting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allgood-rixondjo/message

Woman with a Sunflower looks like one of Mary Cassatt's charming domestic scenes. But when she painted this in 1905, times were changing and this is actually a bold statement of women's rights!  In this episode, art historian Nikki Georgopulos joins us to share the secret of the sunflower, and how her research led to the painting's original name being restored. “A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode theme is “Prelude no. 4 in F major” composed by Gabriel Fauré. Courtesy of musopen. org https://musopen.org/music/7934-9-preludes-op-103/ Closing theme is “Give the Ballot to the Mothers” courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways. https://folkways.si.edu/explore Artwork information Woman with a Sunflower https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46573.html Nikki Georgopolus blog post https://www.nga.gov/blog/cassatt-suffragist-symbolism.html  

We kick off this episode with a fresh co-hort of artist recommendations and documentaries to check out, including Netflix's hit ‘Made You Look: A True Story of Fake Art'. The tale of $80 million worth of art forgeries in New York in the 90s and 00s was truly gripping and pretty shocking. We also discuss writer Hettie Judah's campaign for how the art world can avoid excluding artist parents, and the upcoming sale of Karl Lagerfeld's art collection with Sotheby's. Before we weigh into our Artist Focus, we try and tackle the burgeoning NFT crypto art craze and what it will mean for the art world. Finally, our art crush this episode is American Neo-Conceptual and Feminist artist Jenny Holzer. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces, and she often comments on war time controversies and violence against women. SHOW NOTESYulia Iosilzon ‘Fanfarria' at Huxley-Parlour Gallery: https://huxleyparlour.com/exhibitions/yulia-iosilzon-fanfarria/ @yuliusprimeTracey Slater @i_draw_linesBen Reeves: https://www.benreeves.org/ 'The Story of Welsh Art' on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000st2g/the-story-of-welsh-art-series-1-episode-1 'Artforum at Sotheby's: Grief and Grievance at the New Museum': https://www.sothebys.com/en/series/sothebys-talks/museum-spotlight-grief-grievance-at-the-new-museum ‘Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America' until 6th June 2021: https://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/grief-and-grievance-art-and-mourning-in-america-1 The obituary of Nigerian Curator, Okwui Enwezor: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/obituaries/okwui-enwezor-dead.html ‘Front Row Get Creative - Jadé Fadojutimi': https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0980wsn ‘Rita Duffy: Portrait of an Artist' on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rsjt ‘Made You Look: A True Story of Fake Art' on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81406333 ‘Rob and Romesh vs Art' on Sky One: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/rob_and_romesh_vs/episodes/3/1/ Mary Cassatt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cassatt Alice Neel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Neel Chantal Joffe: https://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/19-chantal-joffe/ Jenny Saville: https://gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville/ Gustav Klimt 'The Three Ages of Woman': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Ages_of_Woman_(Klimt) Nicky Arscott: http://www.nickyarscott.co.uk/ Ernst Neuschul ‘Black Mother': https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/historyofart/research/projects/map/issue3/arts-trail-pages/ernst-neuschul-black-mother.aspx Hettie Judah's campaign ‘How Not To Exclude Artist Parents': https://freelandsfoundation.co.uk/event/how-not-to-exclude-artist-mothers-a-conversation-about-artists-parenting-and-institutions Sotheby's upcoming Karl Lagerfeld's collection sale: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/sotheby-s-to-auction-karl-lagerfeld-s-collection-in-monaco https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/karl-lagerfeld What the NFT crypto art craze means for artists: https://qz.com/1988524/can-more-artists-get-rich-in-the-nft-crypto-art-market/ Jenny Holzer: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jenny-holzer-1307 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jenny-holzer-1307/jenny-holzers-inflammatory-essays