The Body, Memory & Motherhood: A Fireside Conversation with artist Molly Gochman

Moderated by Tara Clark, Founder of Modern Mom Probs

Join Mama Glow Foundation for an intimate evening with multidisciplinary artist Molly Gochman, moderated by Tara Clark, founder of Modern Mom Probs, exploring motherhood, memory, lineage, reproductive experience, and the stories we carry in our bodies.

The conversation follows Mama Glow Foundation and Molly Gochman Studio’s Navel Casting Ceremony, a participatory artwork that considers the navel as a site of remembrance and connection. Molly’s ongoing Navel Casting practice begins with one of the body’s smallest marks – the place where one body once connected to another – and opens into larger questions around motherhood, ancestry, pregnancy and infant loss, healing, and the ways reproductive experiences shape us. Through a candid conversation with Tara, Molly will share more about the origins of the work, why she was drawn to the navel, and how ritual, art, and collective participation can create space for experiences that are often deeply personal but widely shared.

Together, they’ll explore questions around connection and separation, motherhood and identity, grief and transformation, lineage, memory, and what it means to make private experiences visible through art. The evening will include a moderated conversation followed by audience Q&A, with time before and after to gather, connect, and experience The Soft Space.

About Molly Gochman

Molly Gochman is a multidisciplinary artist whose work often engages with themes of care, memory, connection, collective experience, and the systems that shape our lives. Her Navel Casting ceremonies are part of an ongoing artistic practice and are traditionally intimate, private experiences.

About Tara Clark

Tara Clark is the founder of Modern Mom Probs, a media platform and community exploring the realities of modern motherhood with humor, candor, and connection. She will moderate the evening’s conversation with Molly.

Evening Schedule

5:30 PM | Doors Open & Gathering

6:00 PM | Moderated Conversation with Molly Gochman & Tara Clark

6:45 PM | Audience Q&A

7:00 PM | Community Gathering & Connection

Location

The Soft Space by Mama Glow, 208 N 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

This gathering is open to anyone interested in art, motherhood, reproductive experience, memory, lineage, grief, healing, and storytelling. You do not need to have participated in the Navel Casting Ceremony to attend.