Research paper title ideas continue:
- The dichotomy: I should vs I want, responsibility vs remaining a Child represented by different women in my family. The need to make a choice and what’s the role of creativity in all this?
- Can crafts bring hope through bringing people together and generating connection in times that seem hopeless?
- Feminine Identity and Community: The author emphasizes the importance of community and cultural identity in the lives of Indigenous women. The connection between femaleness and community is highlighted, suggesting that the act of creating art is tied to one’s identity and cultural heritage. This connection fosters a sense of belonging and purpose, which can be seen as a source of hope. From: A Real Feminine Journey. Locating Indigenous Feminisms in the Arts by Nancy Marie Mithlo (JSTOR)
Based on pages 1 and 2 of this article I am beginning to realise that all my Great granmother, grandmother and mother ever wanted to do was to get out of the “village” the “country” the “small town” and get to the big metropolis as soon as possible , that was the ultimate dream, as they wanted to “be someone” and “achieve something big” so my grandmother sacrificed working in the shop and helping great grandma Bronia so that my mother could be born in Warsaw, a Warsaw girl. And somehow, reading this text, I am realising how much has been lost along the way because of that. How the desire for accomplishing and the fame and the fortune comes with the price of loosing a connection with your community, losing the sense of where you came from. And I am becoming increasingly interested in finding that, or talking to people who have managed to maintain in throughout generations. And researching how a sense of belonging and purpose can be a source of hope. Is it through crafts?
Ideas for women-artists I would like to interview about this: Tereza Stehlikova, Patricia Taylor textile artist, Luthgarda.
Visit: Centrum Koronki Koniakowskiej(Lace Centre) in Tatra mountains and try to reach a family, where the skill of hand crocheted bobbin lacemaking has been passed on through generations
Questions:
- What role odoescreativity play (rituals, crafts, connection with nature) in the lifetime of multiple female generations?
- How have you handled the delicate balance of being a working mother? Can you share any particularly triumphant times or, on the flip side, challenging moments?
- What are some unexpected ways that being a mother has informed your art practice?
- What are your most treasured rituals?
- What has been the most challenging aspect of being a working artist and a mother?
- What are the lessons and examples you hope your child learns from you?
- What are the lessons you learned from your mother that you hope to also impart to your child?
- Has seeing art through your child’s eyes changed any of your long-held opinions?
Article from JSTOR: Subversive stitches: Needlework as activism in Australian feminist art of the 1970s