Spilt Milk is a not-for-profit arts organisation who support and promote the work of artist-mothers. Founded by Lauren McLaughlin, Spilt Milk is a curated platform showcasing the beautiful, exciting, diverse and groundbreaking artwork being produced by International female artists who are practicing art alongside raising children. As well as providing opportunities for artists to exhibit work, gain exposure and sell work, we are also creating links with flexible/affordable childcare models in Scotland and the rest of the UK in order to make it easier for artists with children to create new work and sustain their careers. We aim to facilitate an exciting programme of exhibitions, events and workshops which will create a supportive and collaborative community for female artists and their children to fully engage with the contemporary art world.
My work explores the ever changing roles and identities we take on as artist-mothers and how these multi faceted identities can be both connected and conflicted. Motherhood; a concept both revered and ignored, informs the works I produce through a mixed media approach; collage, photography, text installation and sculpture all come together and allow me to investigate my own multi faceted identity through a process of visual experimentation and written investigations.