Gallery visit of Rooted Resistance hosted by Lesly Deschler Canossi

Participating artist Shweta Bist will be joined by co curator (and artist) Caroline McAuliffe for this virtual conversation. This exhibition examines how creative practice, caregiving, and ecological advocacy intersect and amplify one another, exploring themes from nature's mutual support networks (like "Mother Trees") to generational stewardship, domestic ecological action, and collaborative pathways for environmental activism. This exhibtion offers an opportunity to engage directly with one of the most pressing conversations of our time: how we care for our kin and our planet in an era of ecological crisis.

Caroline McAuliffe, Allison Belolan, Katherine Gressel and Jocelyn Russell, of the Mother Creatrix Collective curated Rooted Resistance. Mother Creatrix Collective established in 2022 creates platforms that highlight the voices and experiences of artists navigating the complex intersections of motherhood, caregiving, and artistic practice. Through exhibitions, programming, and collective dialogue, MCC seeks to challenge dominant narratives around caregiving while amplifying the diverse perspectives of mother-artists whose work often emerges from—and responds to—the lived realities of parenting and creative labor.

Event Details: Monday, December 8th | 1:00 – 1:45 PM
LIVE ON ZOOM
Free Registration

These talks are designed to be concise 45-minute conversations in real time. The aim of this series is to offer wider access to art and artists' processes as they relate to sharing and showing work. Don't miss this opportunity to hear directly from the artist on collective care through artmaking and on forming an artist collective.

Hope to see you there!

-Lesly

Banner Images: Shweta Bist, Recycling, 2025 Dye sublimation print on satin, zarī and sequins lace, petit café rod, 58” x 40” and Rooted Resistence, announcement, artist by Nina Wood (partially shown), installation view by Etienne Frossard.

Rooted Resistance: Art, Care, and Environmental Activism

On view: Thursday, October 16 - Sunday, January 11, 2026

Old Stone House 336 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States