Artists & Mothers is a nonprofit organization with a mission to support emerging and mid-career artists who identify as mothers. Awarded to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, grantees will receive a grant for nine months of childcare to be used with the provider of their choice.

It has become increasingly prohibitive for artists to balance the demands of raising children, both financially and logistically, while maintaining the space needed to think creatively and remaining committed to their practices. With little to no public options for childcare before the age of three, too often mothers are expected to pause their careers in order to fulfill their obligations as caretakers. Artists & Mothers recognizes the compromises artists are faced with in the early years of parenthood, and seek to provide support at a crucial time in a mother’s personal and professional development.