Eye Lounge presents Mapping Matrescence: spider becoming, Megan Driving Hawk’s third and final solo show as an Eye Lounge member. In this self-curated exhibition Driving Hawk maps out patterns in her three creative practices of photography, poetry, and traditional needlework that describe her time of matrescence.
In 1975, Dana Raphael used the word “Matrescence” to describe the time of “mother-becoming.”
“The critical transition period which has been missed is Matrescence. The time of mother-becoming... Giving birth does not automatically make a mother out of a woman... The amount of time it takes to become a mother needs study.”
- DANA RAPHAEL, MATRESCENCE, BECOMING A MOTHER, A NEW/OLD RITE DE PASSAGE (1975)
This exhibition is a study in Driving Hawk’s matrescence. Here she presents artwork made in her last three years of mother-becoming.
Driving Hawk is an artist, mother, and educator practicing habits of the heart to facilitate connection, healing, and learning. Creatively she researches collective healing, generational trauma, memory, and time. Academically she researches culturally responsive teaching in art and Indigenous education.
Exhibition runs: August 18-September 10, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, August 18, 6-9pm
Opening Weekend: Saturday, August 19, 1-5pm & Sunday, August 20, 11-3pm
First Friday Reception: September 1, 2023, 6-9pm
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