Artist RENÉE BOUCHARD discusses motherhood & her creative collaborations with her son
In this interview, Renée discusses the unique creative collaborative relationship she has cultivated with her son from the time he was very young, the works they have made together, the ways their connection has evolved, and how the roles of motherhood are undervalued and discriminated against both in the art world and within American society.
Interview by Interlocutor Magazine
CREATIVE ESSAY, ARTIST/MOTHER/QUARANTINE 2020, Isele Magazine
Elemental Fictions, 2022, New York, New York
Nasty Women CT, Lyman Allen Museum and Connecticut College
Sun Journal, Lewiston, ME
2021 B.Amore, Art New England, Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic, March/April, review
Art New England Review by Arlene Distler
Berkshire Eagle
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Gallery 51
Vermont Digger
Southern Vermont College, Visiting Artist, Bennington Banner
Down East Magazine/Emerging Artist Award
Vermont Arts & Living
Folk Art Messenger
Folk Art Messenger (inside) Article by: Tony Gengarelly Ph.D "Inside the Outside: Reconsidering Our Views about Art
2023 Interview: https://interlocutorinterviews.com/new-blog/2023/5/12/renee-bouchard-interview
2020 Essay: Artist/Mother Quarantine by Renée Bouchard https://iselemagazine.com/2020/09/18/artist-mother-quarantine-renee-bouchard
2017 Makayla-Courtney McGeeney, The Bennington Banner, "Bringing students young and old together through art", January 13 2017, Interview
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/bringing-students-young-and-old-together-through-art,495039
2016 Telly Halkias, The Berkshire Eagle, “Artist in Focus/Renée Bouchard: From small town to state house”, July, Interview
2016 Jeb Wallace-Brodeur, The Times Argus, “Visual Art Review: Montpelier throws an art party”, September, Review
http://www.timesargus.com/article/20160904/NEWS01/160909817/0/INFO0407
2016 Features/ A&E/InVite, The Times Argus, Visual Art Review: The World and Within: Renee Bouchard and Tom Wies”, July, Interview
http://timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20160707/FEATURES01/160709724/1121/FEATURES0105
2016 Meg Brazill, Seven Days, “Art Review: ‘Salvage,’ Chandler Center for the Arts”, March, Review
2015 Derek Carson, Bennington Banner, “Local artist leads workshop at Bennington Free Library”, August, Interview
2015 Telly Halkias, Hill Country Observer, “A toddler as muse, Bennington artist blends family, creative lives in works that challenge”, July, Interview
http://hillcountryobserver.com/2015news/july2015toddler-2.htm
2014 Jack McManus, Bennington Banner, “For Bennington artist Bouchard, it's more than lines”, Aug 13, Interview
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/berkshiresweek/ci_26328948/more-than-lines
2014 John Seven, Special to Berkshires Week & Shires of Vermont, “Gallery 51 show brings outside inside”, Feb 27, Interview
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/popular/ci_25231913?source=most_viewed
2013 Arlene Distler, Southern Vermont Arts and Living, “The Art/Life Balance: Southern Vermont artists reflect on juggling their creative pursuits and the realities of parenting”, April 3, Review
http://vermontartsliving.com/?p=1164