Maintenance Artist: Screening and Conversation with Toby Perl Freilich

Join us for a special screening of Maintenance Artist, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Mothers of Invention on view in the Weill Art Gallery. This exclusive event offers a rare opportunity to experience the film within the context of the exhibition.

Directed by Toby Perl Freilich, the film offers a powerful portrait of artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose work transforms care, maintenance, and labor into a radical artistic practice. Described by NBC New York as a “visually explosive portrait of a one-of-a-kind creative,” the film brings renewed attention to the essential, often invisible work that sustains our daily lives.

Following the screening, stay for a conversation with the filmmaker and Mothers of Invention curator Eleanor Heartney.