Sea Of Bellies
You Are Here Because You Believe Birth Is About Making Mums Too.
Interview with Jo Davidson
As a Newborn Mother, you are being invited to reinvent yourself because when a baby is born so is a mother, and the birth of a mother can be more intense than childbirth. You'll learn how to find peace and joy in the first 40 days after birth and how your postpartum experience can change your life.
Jo Davidson has worked for Beyond Empathy (BE) as an artist on the Mubali / Sea of Bellies Maternal and Early Childhood Strategy since it began in 2004 in Moree NSW. During this time Jo has developed and seeded this strategy in other places including Narrabri, Illawarra, Derby WA, Mid North Coast - Nambucca, Bowraville, Coffs, Forster, Logan, Capalaba, Strathpine, Deception Bay and Sydney’s Rozelle and Redfern.
Jo makes belly casts of young pregnant Aboriginal mums-to-be, collaborating with local AMHS and Health organisations, training artists, midwives and health workers in belly, hands and feet casting as an inclusive engagement strategy, encompassing local Indigenous culture and language alongside health education. Jo works on project management and curated painted belly cast exhibitions in Moree Plains Regional Gallery, Logan Regional Gallery SEQ, Cleveland Performing Arts Complex SEQ and Great Lakes Library Forster. She is currently developing an online Sea of Bellies Toolkit share site for BE.
Jo has held 17 solo shows of her paintings, drawings and prints and numerous group shows. She makes sculpture and ephemeral works and has run workshops at festivals and regional galleries, completing Public Art projects around the Hastings region where she lives with her lifelong partner artist Stephen Killick. They have shared a number of residencies in Australia and Europe and both their children are artists in Melbourne.
Prior to working with BE, Jo was a part-time TAFE teacher on Aboriginal and Fine Arts courses around Mid North Coast NSW.
You can find out more information here: https://www.seaofbellies.org.au/
Plus check out some more pictures here: https://www.seaofbellies.org.au/gallery
On The Podcast:
Jo shares a beautiful belly casting project with Aboriginal women. This joyous, intergenerational, creative group is an inspiring and unique way to support mothers to engage with health services in a safe and inclusive way.
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