Gestures of Care: Exhibition Dates: August 14th to September 12th Opening Reception: Friday August 14th 7:00-10:00pm Artist talk: Saturday September 5th 2:00pm Closing reception: Friday September 11th 7:00-10:00pm Gestures of Care examines motherhood not as a fixed identity but as an evolving set of actions, relationships, and responsibilities. Bringing together photography, video, collage, textiles, and sculpture, the exhibition asks what constitutes motherhood and whether it can be understood beyond biological or societal definitions. Working from distinct yet intersecting perspectives, Ana Treviño and Chantal Lesley explore these themes through lived experience and aspiration. One is grounded in the daily realities of raising a child; the other is rooted in the practices of care, longing, and possibility that surround maternal impulses, whether realized or not. Together, their work suggests that motherhood is an active, ongoing practice. Treviño draws from her experience as a mother, interrogating the historical, cultural, and media narratives that have shaped maternal identity while revealing its complexities, contradictions, and emotional terrain. Seeking other maternal perspe
