Left to Right: Sam Moyer; Image: Jason Schmidt; Julia Chiang, courtesy of the artist; Christy Turlington Burns; Image: Jody Rogac.
Film & Talk | Giving Birth In America: Arkansas
Followed by a conversation with Julia Chiang, Sam Moyer, and Christy Turlington Burns
August 9, 6 pm - 7 pm
$10 Members | $20 Adults & Resident Benefit Pass | $18 Seniors | $15 Member’s Guest | Free for Students & Children
Join us for a screening of the short film Giving Birth in America: Arkansas followed by a panel conversation with exhibiting artists Julia Chiang, Sam Moyer, and Every Mother Counts founder and president Christy Turlington Burns. The film follows three mothers as they grapple with mental health concerns, lack of paid leave, and other challenges in the days, weeks, and months following birth, vividly painting a picture of the gaps in the current landscape of postpartum care. The film highlights the essential role of community-based support, especially within historically marginalized communities. Julia Chiang and Sam Moyer will be joined in conversation with Christy Turlington Burns as they discuss themes in the film, their approach to work as mothers, and how their maternal experiences affect and inspire their art.
Giving Birth in America: Arkansas is the seventh chapter in Every Mother Counts’ Giving Birth in America film series. This film spotlights Arkansas, the state with the highest maternal mortality rate across the United States. The short film vividly paints a picture of the reality of the postpartum experience. More than half of all maternal deaths take place during the postpartum period, yet this stage of pregnancy is often overlooked.
About Julia Chiang
Julia Chiang (American, b. 1978) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and studied Studio Art and Art History at New York University. Chiang has recently been featured in solo-exhibitions at Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, and The Journal Gallery, New York. This year, she created a mural with RxART for the new SUNY Upstate Nappi Wellness Institute in Syracuse, NY. In 2022, Chiang was commissioned by Rockaway Hotel and Spa for the “Rockaway Mural” in Queens, NY. She has been an artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, The Creative Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital, Henry Street Settlement in New York, HAP Clay Studios in Beijing, and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont.
About Sam Moyer
Sam Moyer (American, b. 1983) received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Bass Museum, Miami; the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; the Drawing Center, New York; the FLAG Art Foundation, New York; the Hill Art Foundation, New York; LAND, Los Angeles; MoMA PS1, Queens; the Parrish Art Museum, New York; Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; and White Flag Projects, St. Louis. Moyer’s large-scale outdoor sculpture Doors for Doris (2020), commissioned by Public Art Fund, was on view in the Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park, New York from September 2020 through October 2021. Her recent solo exhibitions include Memory Mine (2023) at the Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn; Relief (2022) at Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; Good Friend (2021) at Kayne Griffin, Los Angeles; and Tone (2021) at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.
Moyer’s work is featured in prominent public collections, including the Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts; the Morgan Library & Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; the Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; and the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris.
About Every Mother Counts
Motivated by the belief that maternal health is a human right, Every Mother Counts works to advance evidence-based strategies to address the global maternal health crisis and improve maternal health outcomes and the experience of care for all. EMC supports community-centered care and workforce development by raising awareness, investing in community-led solutions, and advocating for critical systems change. To date, EMC has invested over $42M to make pregnancy and childbirth safe, respectful, and equitable for everyone, everywhere.
Friday Nights at the Parrish are made possible by The Corcoran Group.
Film & Talk | Giving Birth In America: Arkansas
Followed by a conversation with Julia Chiang, Sam Moyer, and Christy Turlington Burns
August 9, 6 pm - 7 pm
$10 Members | $20 Adults & Resident Benefit Pass | $18 Seniors | $15 Member’s Guest | Free for Students & Children
Join us for a screening of the short film Giving Birth in America: Arkansas followed by a panel conversation with exhibiting artists Julia Chiang, Sam Moyer, and Every Mother Counts founder and president Christy Turlington Burns. The film follows three mothers as they grapple with mental health concerns, lack of paid leave, and other challenges in the days, weeks, and months following birth, vividly painting a picture of the gaps in the current landscape of postpartum care. The film highlights the essential role of community-based support, especially within historically marginalized communities. Julia Chiang and Sam Moyer will be joined in conversation with Christy Turlington Burns as they discuss themes in the film, their approach to work as mothers, and how their maternal experiences affect and inspire their art.
Giving Birth in America: Arkansas is the seventh chapter in Every Mother Counts’ Giving Birth in America film series. This film spotlights Arkansas, the state with the highest maternal mortality rate across the United States. The short film vividly paints a picture of the reality of the postpartum experience. More than half of all maternal deaths take place during the postpartum period, yet this stage of pregnancy is often overlooked.
About Julia Chiang
Julia Chiang (American, b. 1978) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and studied Studio Art and Art History at New York University. Chiang has recently been featured in solo-exhibitions at Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, and The Journal Gallery, New York. This year, she created a mural with RxART for the new SUNY Upstate Nappi Wellness Institute in Syracuse, NY. In 2022, Chiang was commissioned by Rockaway Hotel and Spa for the “Rockaway Mural” in Queens, NY. She has been an artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, The Creative Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital, Henry Street Settlement in New York, HAP Clay Studios in Beijing, and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont.
About Sam Moyer
Sam Moyer (American, b. 1983) received her BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Bass Museum, Miami; the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; the Drawing Center, New York; the FLAG Art Foundation, New York; the Hill Art Foundation, New York; LAND, Los Angeles; MoMA PS1, Queens; the Parrish Art Museum, New York; Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; and White Flag Projects, St. Louis. Moyer’s large-scale outdoor sculpture Doors for Doris (2020), commissioned by Public Art Fund, was on view in the Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Central Park, New York from September 2020 through October 2021. Her recent solo exhibitions include Memory Mine (2023) at the Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn; Relief (2022) at Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; Good Friend (2021) at Kayne Griffin, Los Angeles; and Tone (2021) at Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.
Moyer’s work is featured in prominent public collections, including the Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts; the Morgan Library & Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; the Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; and the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris.
About Every Mother Counts
Motivated by the belief that maternal health is a human right, Every Mother Counts works to advance evidence-based strategies to address the global maternal health crisis and improve maternal health outcomes and the experience of care for all. EMC supports community-centered care and workforce development by raising awareness, investing in community-led solutions, and advocating for critical systems change. To date, EMC has invested over $42M to make pregnancy and childbirth safe, respectful, and equitable for everyone, everywhere.
Friday Nights at the Parrish are made possible by The Corcoran Group.
