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Chicago Cultural Center’s “Not a Soft Thing” Shows Multifaceted Views of Mother Artists
By Elisa Shoenberger
Katie Kirk brings together these contradictions in her ceramic piece “An Inauspicious End” (2025), where she molded her pregnant belly at nine months with a silicone mold. The shield-like piece seems to represent both the strength and fragility of motherhood. It is a callback to the title of the show “Not a Soft Thing.”
WEBZ Chicago Interview - The struggle and strength of motherhood and art making
By Micah Yason
An exhibition by 15 artists and mothers explore and challenge the narrative of motherhood and caregiving. Not a Soft Thing invites visitors to reflect on what it means to create in the stolen moments found in the margins of caregiving and family responsibilities.….
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Maake Magazine Review of Parts & Motions
Reviewed by Christine Han
Walking into Parts and Motions, a solo show of new works by Katie Kirk, you begin with a lone small painting hanging almost….
Voyage LA Artist Feature
Today we’d like to introduce you to Katie Kirk….
LVL3 Artist of the Week
Katie is a painter and ceramicist currently living in Los Angeles…
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