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Join us for a conversation with artist-in-residence Amoke Kubat, an artist, weaver, and sacred doll maker who uses her art to hold a position of wellness in an America sick with inequality and inequity. In 2010, she began developing her Art of Mothering workshops, which became the foundation of Yo Mama’s House: a cooperative for women who are artists, mothers, activists, and healers in North Minneapolis.

Get a peek inside Yo Mama’s House at Amoke’s installation—which involves woven pieces, sacred dolls, texts, and other works crafted by Yo Mama’s House mothers—which will be active in the Riverview Gallery on Saturday and Sunday, November 9 – 10, from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Amoke will be at the museum all-day on Saturday, and will unveil Yo Mama’s Watering (W)hole Playboard, where she’ll survey visitors about their opinions on water. Amoke’s collaborator Shanai Matteson will lead a block printing activity for visitors as part of the installation.

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Amoke Kubat: Yo Mama’s House

Six people are situated in a circle, four in chairs, one standing, and one nailing. They're all speaking to one another. This scene takes plan within Amoke Kubat's Yo Mama's House installation, and their is artwork including weavings and paintings around them.

  Amoke Kubat is an artist, weaver, sacred doll maker, and sometimes stand-up comedian, who uses her art to speak truth to power and hold a position of wellness in an America sick with inequality and inequity. In 2010, Amoke began developing her Art of Mothering workshops, which became the foundation of Yo Mama’s House: a cooperative for women who are artists, mothers, activists, and healers in North Minneapolis. Amoke used her residency to support the development of Yo Mama’s…

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Yo Mama’s Story | An Interview with Amoke Kubat

  Amoke Kubat is an artist, weaver, sacred doll maker, and occasional stand-up comedian, and has been in-residence at the Target Studio since fall 2019. She uses her art to speak truth to power and to maintain a position of wellness in an America sick with inequalities and inequities. In 2010, Amoke founded Yo Mama and The Art of Mothering Workshops, and now YO MAMA’s House Cooperative for women who are artists, mothers, activists, and healers within the rich multicultural community…

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Black to the Future

  Radical means many things to me. It can mean new, it can mean innovative, but it also means moving away from what is the norm. It is a radical idea that we could look at mothers as doing radical work. In 2010, Amoke Kubat founded Yo Mama’s House, a cooperative for women who are artists, mothers, activists, and healers that emphasizes the Mother Wit rooted in the culture and lived experience within the rich multicultural community of North Minneapolis.…

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