Feed at Chapter Arts
The Feeding Chair will be hosted by Chapter Arts in Cardiff until the end of August 2025. During this time, the arts centre are also collaborating with The Birth Partner Project, a Cardiff-based charity which provides volunteer birth partners to support women seeking sanctuary who would otherwise face pregnancy, birth and early motherhood alone, to think about how their café can contribute to the public health of their local communities and become a more welcoming shared space that meets the needs of parents and carers with young children.
Nurture exhibition
Curated by Crescent Arts, Nurture shows the art of mothers who have yet to have the opportunity to display work due to their caregiving duties. The exhibition has been developed to accompany the Feeding Chair, which is currently touring the UK, alongside the Floor Flag, an artwork developed by design researcher Sally Sutherland in response to conversations with infant feeding activists, and a soundscape by poet Charlotte Oliver, co-created with Scarborough’s community during workshops last November.
Feeding Chair at Watershed, Bristol
During August 2024, the Feeding Chair will be hosted in Watershed’s café bar, as part of a tour of cultural venues across the UK, funded by Arts Council of England. The chair complements Watershed’s own commitments to access and inclusion, demonstrated through their provision of services and spaces that provide social infrastructure, such as their award-winning toilets, which are open for everyone to use, not just their customers.
Photo by Jon Aitken