Group exhibition at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, 2022
Babes In Arms is a collective of artist mothers living in Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill, who have come together through a shared experience of the inspiration and the difficulties that are attached to being an artist or creative whilst also trying to raise a child.
The collective was initiated by artists Annie Mackin and Elizabeth Power, who often met with their children and decided to call to arms other local creative mothers to join a collective with the objective of having group exhibitions and running artist-led workshops.
Their work encourages mothers to bond with their children over the creative process, and is an outlet that provides some autonomy and independence alongside motherhood. This approach promotes and reignites confidence in creating and recognises the undulating experience and relationship of motherhood and creativity.
This exhibition followed a series of workshops led by Babes in Arms artists at the De La Warr Pavilion throughout summer 2022.
