02/12/2026
Momma Loves You
February 14 – March 21, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 14 | 4–6 PM
Location: Heath Gallery, Harlem, NY
Harlem, NY — Heath Gallery presents Momma Loves You, a group exhibition featuring work by twelve artists whose practices cross portraiture, figurative and abstract work, textile, collage, assemblage, and mixed media.
Some of the artists in the exhibition are mothers, currently or in the past navigating the demands of raising children while continuing to make and share their art publicly. Others are not mothers in the literal sense, but their work is shaped by deep commitments to community, history, justice, self-preservation, and storytelling.
Opening during Black History Month on Valentine’s Day weekend and extending into Women’s History Month, inherent to Momma Loves You are the challenges women artists face in their responsibility to themselves, to family, to community, to history, and to their own creative voices.
Participating Artists:
Danielle Scott
Madge Scott
The Queen’s Artillery / Sandy Clafford
Élan Cadiz
Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper
Phoebe Ploom
Destyni “Desi” Swoope
Shanequa Benitez
Nykie Gibbs
Christina M. Tapper
Heather Williams
Laura Gadson
Exhibition Dates: February 14 – March 21, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 14 | 4–6 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, February 28 | 2-4 PM
Location: Heath Gallery, 24 West 120th Street, Harlem
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
