PROGRAMMING
Schedule of Events
Poetry with Veronica Corpuz: These Walls Can Talk
In partnership with Anthropology of Motherhood and
the Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka
Mondays, August 25-October 6, 2025 | 10:30 am-12:30 pm Eastern Time
(no class September 1)
St. Nicholas Croatian Church
24 Maryland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15209
Completed in 1937 and 1941, the Maxo Vanka murals of St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church in Millvale will serve as the inspiration for generative writing exercises exploring the central themes of social justice, immigration, labor, and motherhood. Prior to participation in the workshop, attendance at one of the Maxo Vanka guided tours is required. All students will receive free entry into the tour via a Madwoman coupon code (but will schedule independently for personal convenience). In each session, we will experiment with various forms of writing, as well as the interplay between text and image, including ekphrastic exercises in response to the murals. Grounded in somatic and embodied awareness, we will excavate the narratives that spoke deeply to this visionary artist and remain relevant in today’s political climate. The workshop will culminate with a public reading of poems at Saint Nicholas church surrounded by the artwork of Maxo Vanka. Visit vankamurals.org for more information on the Maxo Vanka murals.
Past Events
8/9/25
7pm-8pm EST
from the wind to the water: an evening of poetry and sound art
presented by Riverlife in partnership with Anthropology of Motherhood
Riverlife’s Shore Thing, 2 Federal Street, Pittsburgh PA 15212
3/6/25
3/13/25
9am-4:30pm EST
Temple University Institute on Disabilities Pennsylvania Tech Summit
with Keynote Speaker Rebekah Taussig, Ph.D.
Philadelphia, Thursday, March 6, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4:30 pm
Temple University, Howard Gittis Student Center
Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 13, 2025, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Carlow University, A.J. Palumbo Hall of Science and Technology
4/13/23
3:30-4:30pm EST
Writing and Literature as Forms of Care with Author Susan Muaddi Darraj
3/20/23
7-8:30pm EST
9/18/23-12/17/23
Eternal Maternal
Kelly Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Opening Reception: Monday, September 18, 6:00pm
8/28/23-01/19/24
Anthropology of Motherhood: Intersections with Disability
Dyer Arts Center at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
52 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, NY 14623, Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, and by appointment
11/18/23
Anthropology of Motherhood: Vacuum Sealed, West Chelsea Festival of Art, Spirit del Art Gallery
547 West 27th St., 209, 2nd flr. New York, NY 10001
Performance Art by Fran Flaherty. Materials: paint, canvas, customized plastic bags for canvas, shop vac.
6/2/23-6/11/23
Anthropology of Motherhood: Intersections with Disability
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
Opening Reception, June 2, 6-8 pm
10/28/22
The Labor of Care: Art and the Care Paradigm in Anthropology of Motherhood
SECAC 2022 Conference Program, Baltimore, Maryland, hosted by the Maryland Institute College of Art
4/28/22
Care as a #CripRitual Critical Design Lab with Jarah Moesch
4/14/22
Turning the Recorder Off with Harrison Apple
3/31/22
Compassion for Earth, Animals, Humans, Self with Suzy González
3/17/22
Black Madonna to Alpha Shakti: The Great Mother Exalted with Katie Cercone
10/27/21
Anthropology of Motherhood: Paradigms of Care, Artistic Labors, & Anti-Ableism
Parenthood: Choices, Vices and Arts Expressions in Being a Disabled Parent
Lioness Collective: Performance and Poetry Reading
Caring as Curating: Maternal Feminist Practices and Aesthetics in “Anthropology of Motherhood”
