m Other: Stepmothers Group Exhibit
The exhibition m OTHER is a provocative showcase of artwork that explores the overlooked topic of stepmotherhood. Through a range of live performance art, installations, workshops, and various visual mediums, m OTHER presents a powerful narrative that challenges the societal norms surrounding stepmothers. The core of the exhibition reveals the isolation, and loss of personhood one must endure when entering the role. The exhibit shines a light on the oppressive and undervalued efforts that stepmothers face, while various artists produce real-time, creative research and data in a safe setting away from usual family cohabitation.
Pieroni’s work encourages visitors to question the accustomed family norms and societal pressures that keeps this marginalized groups voiceless. m OTHER is a vital showcase that analyzes the complexities of stepmotherhood and invites visitors to engage with the issues surrounding modern-day family dynamics. Pieroni’s work is a compelling reminder that subject-object dualism remains a burden on human behavior. To achieve freedom from stigma, statistics, and stereotypes, there needs to be a collective unraveling of the definition of family, through detachment of conventional patterns and territorial principles.
Schedule of Events on March 15, 2024
Dr. Lisa Doodson, psychologist and stepfamily expert, will be guiding private one-to-one videos throughout the day.
Wednesday Martin, Ph.D., author of New York Times bestseller Stepmonster, will have her full-length interview from the documentary available for individual listening in the back room throughout the day.
4:00 PM – Naja Hall, founder of VIP Stepmom and Blended and Black, will conduct a live interview with a Q&A session.
5:00 PM – Round Table discussion with Brenda Ockun, Publisher, StepMom Magazine, Naja Hall, and Blakelee Pieroni.
6:00 PM – Chloe Caldwell, writer featured in The New York Times and The Cut, will lead a writing workshop titled “Writing The Stepmom Experience.”
7:00 PM – Not Invisible: Vividly Alive, a long-form performance art piece featuring Blakelee Pieroni and various artists and dancers. The performance will be accompanied afterwards by refreshments.