https://artistparentindex.com/files/original/5e51a83532d22c22afbf645cdadc2d59.jpg 6b5181675e71227854887735e284c9e5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artist Parent Index Person An individual. Website The Artist's website <a href="https://www.hollydgray.com/one-day-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hollydgray.com</a> Topic Parenting a disabled child complex caregiving collaborating with families of disabled children diability mothering collaboration medical care medical waste consumer packaging Medium photography Artist Statement Becoming a mother is an undoubtedly life-altering experience. As the mother of a child, born with multiple disabilities, my experience of becoming a parent was drastically different from that of the norm. With a shift that was existentially consuming, I was thrust into a new identity as a female and artist. <br /><br />Carol Hanisch wrote “the personal is political.” My work fully embodies this notion by offering a political perspective on disability that is solely based on my personal experiences. By walking the fine line of empowering my daughter with strength and independence while appeasing the political, insurance and medical models; the themes of my work can present themselves as questioning and demure while the objects themselves hold power. <br /><br />By situating my art practice in the context of maternalism, I’m not making work about motherhood, but out of it. By offering visuals of detritus, consumption, politics, identity, domesticity and healthcare; I’m offer a chance to discern emotion, rethink assumptions and to consider what constitutes a life worth living. Location The location of the interview Arlington Texas USA Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Holly D. Gray Title A name given to the resource Holly D. Gray Arlington collaborating with families of disabled children complex caregiving consumer packaging disability medical care medical waste mothering Parenting a disabled child photography Texas USA