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EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
All of our exhibitions explore the relationship between making art and the maternal experience, which includes negotiating parenting as well as child loss and infertility.
Our current research looks at mess within this context where it becomes not just an aesthetic but a condition; an obstacle; a form of critique; a mode of play; a process of creation; an act of revolution.
In March 2025, we staged Sorry about the mess, an exhibition of artists and writers who are also mothers, in Meta’s former headquarters at 125 Shaftesbury Avenue. The exhibition was supported by Bow Arts and accompanied by a public programme of events and workshops. Find out more on our Archive page.
Sorry about the mess #2
An exhibition of artists who are also mothers
Birmingham School of Art
1st to 23rd October 2026
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
The show will continue our exploration into the theme of mess within the context of motherhood. We are interested in mess not just as an aesthetic but a condition; an obstacle; a form of critique; a mode of play; a process of creation; an act of revolution.
Who’s eligible?
We are looking for work by Midlands-based artists, who identify as mothers and/or have experienced infertility issues and/or child loss. The work itself does not have to be about the maternal experience, but it is the context in which it’s made.
What do we mean when we say the Midlands?
East Midlands: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
West Midlands: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
We are particularly interested in work that’s some (or all of these) of things:
- tactile
- large-scale
- interdisciplinary
- performative
- subversive
- a little bit strange
How to apply:
Please send a PDF that contains a short biographical statement, images and/or sketches of the proposed work, approximate measurements, any requirements for installation and access.
All queries and proposals to be sent to hello@babestation.org.uk
Submissions close 03.07.26
BABE STATION LIVE
BABE STATION LIVE
Babe Station Live in a roaming series of literary and art events featuring readings and performances by writers and artists who identify as mothers or have experienced child loss.
Acknowledging the difficulty of making work around parenting, we are particularly interested in work that is evolving, fragmented and incomplete, in first drafts and developing ideas, in pieces that expand genre and form, that embrace uncertainty and experimentation. This might include but is not limited to fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, conversations, sound elements and performance.
Performers are selected through an open call and receive a share of ticket sales.
Babe Station Live #3
Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
15 August 2026
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Coinciding with Caroline Walker’s exhibition ‘Mothering’, this event will take the theme of care(lessness). Think nurturing, twisted, romantic, platonic, interspecies relationships; rituals, spells and remedies; vulnerability and exposure; indifference and ill behaviour; indulgences and overspills.
We are looking for text and/or sound-based works by writers, artists and performers who identify as mothers, have experienced fertility issues or child loss, but the work itself does not have to be about the maternal experience.
We are particularly interested in work that is evolving, fragmented and incomplete, in first drafts and developing ideas, in pieces that expand genre and form, that embrace uncertainty, experimentation and subversion. This might include but is not limited to fiction, non-fiction, poetry, memoir, conversations and sound elements. While we will welcome performance work, please note that space is limited. You are welcome to apply as an individual, duo or small collective.
For more information and to submit please complete this Google form. Any submissions sent via Instagram or email will not be considered. If you have any questions or require a different format for submission, please contact hello@babestation.org.uk
Submissions close 10.07.2026.
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
We are excited to launch a new programme of online creative workshops exploring a range of themes around motherhood and art-making. Led by writers, artists, designers, musicians, psychotherapists, philosophers and historians, these workshops invite dialogue, reflection and experimentation through hands-on exercises and curated reading lists. Groups are intentionally small, creating a focused space for learning, play and shared conversation.
Babe Station has also designed and facilitated interdisciplinary workshops at a wide range of venues, including a series of free writing workshops for new mothers at Phlox Books in Leyton, London.
Sex in Motherhood
What happens to desire when there’s a baby in the bedroom?
An explorative workshop led by writer and founder of Babe Station Millie Walton and existential psychotherapist Anna Walton.
Further details and date to be announced