PROGRAMMING
Schedule of Events
Image Description: White text over cosmic purple night sky background reads "Radiant Small II ODDITIES & IMAGINATION; curated by Aubrey Hickey Flavin July 12”. Hand drawn cyclops cat with a big green eye sitting with forepaws in front of its body, perched on a green crescent moon swirly drawing on top of the purple background. Hand drawn spotted mushrooms with tall stems in foreground. Other text reads: “July 12 12-3 pm. Radiant Hall Studios McKees Rocks, 734 Thompson Ave. stuffy station. show + tell. art making." Logos of partners/sponsors Radiant Hall Studios and Anthropology of Motherhood on bottom right corner.
Radiant Small II:
Oddities + Imagination
Opening Reception
Saturday, July 12, 2025
12:00 PM 3:00 PM
| R | McKees Rocks, 734 Thompson Ave734 Thompson Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA, 15136, United States (map)
Join us for the second installment of Radiant Small, a youth-led art show now curated by 11½-year-old Aubrey Flavin! This exhibition features work from 30+ young artists (ages 9 months - 15).
Expect a sensory-rich experience with interactive art-making, whimsical artwork for sale, snacks, and take-home goodies + art supplies. Proceeds support caregiving artists in need of financial aid.
🐻 Make Your Own Stuffy Station
📦 Show + Tell
🎨 Art Making
From the curator:
“I think it’s important for kids to have spaces to share their art because then they get to evolve and learn in their own way.”
– Aubrey Flavin
Free and open to the public. All ages welcome!
Made possible by: Jack Buncher Foundation, Anthropology of Motherhood, and Blick Art Materials.
Past Events
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”
