Artist Collaborates with Local Citizens on Motherhood to Create “A New (Ancient) Archetype for the Buffalo People”

Debuts at Fitz Books & Waffles on June 6, 2025 – 5 to 9pm – 6pm Panel

Artist Limited Edition Corresponding T-Shirts on pre-sale until 5/13/15

A bitten lemon, a patched jacket, a poured out coconut. Images like these populate artist Claire Connolly’s forthcoming project about the pregnancy experience. On approaching this aspect of motherhood without its conventional imagery, Connolly says, “I want to find new ways of engaging with the physical adventure of bearing children, so that audiences of all genders and lifestyles can see themselves in the heroic childbearer the way we all do with the ubiquitous male warrior hero. Pregnant people, especially those of color, put their lives on the line for the greater good."

At Fitz Books and Waffles on June 6, 2025, Connolly will debut See Me Bearing and thus ask us to invite ‘the Childbearer’ into our universal collective consciousness. The t-shirts are currently available for pre-order on the project website ahead of the event until May 13, 2025. The work will remain on display until June 30, 2025.