Opening Reception: Two Births and the Afterlife, 6PM

Join us at Carver Museum ATX for our newest exhibition featuring the work of Aimée Everett! 

There is a Death with every Birth. When giving Birth to a child, the birthing person welcomes a new version of themselves, and instantly their former identity Dies. This instant Death was something I was not prepared for. I found myself watching my heart beat outside of my chest with a joy that illuminated every fiber of my being. While also feeling parts of me grow colorless, untouchable, and unresponsive to this new joy.

The months after giving Birth proved to be a difficult transition. There is a child, my child, that commands nurturing, while also finding my footing with the new identity of Mother. And interacting with a world that does not recognize or respect my new position making the days overwhelming and difficult.

But with my child's help, I am beginning to embrace the second birth. She requires only my presence. A presence without armor or what has been accumulated through life before her. With honor and gratitude, I put to rest those former selves and thank them for making way for the new. In this second life, this second chance I am free.

This body of work explores these emotions through abstraction, minimal line-making, saturated color, and musical composition. In New Orleans, we celebrate the dead, and with this work, I continue the tradition while looking forward to the new. RSVP here.

On view at Carver Museum ATX January 11, 2024 - April 20, 2024.