About Artsy Mamas
Artsy Mamas is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization, a series of three blogs, a website, a network, the facilitator of programming that educates and empowers mothers and their children in the arts, and a movement that encourages mothers to get their art on while developing meaningful relationships with their children, other mothers and their community. As our mission statement says, Artsy Mamas provides moms with encouragement, education, and empowerment through the arts, improving their self-esteem and quality of life and positively affecting their children and everyone around them. When you empower a mother, you benefit her child.
About the founder and executive director
Mandy Ray-Jones is a Christian stay-at-home mother of two small children, Hunter and Ronin. She has a BA in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University where she also studied theater, English, Women's studies, and Education. Her interests include writing, reading, performing, exercise, healthy foods, the 80's, bright colors, The B-52's and creating stuff. In February of 2006, she lost her mother to brain cancer and was therefore inspired to live life more authentically as a wife, mom, and artist. In the spring of 2007, she created a non-profit organization called Artsy Mamas which has the mission of bringing arts to moms in order to empower them and improve their self-esteem. The organization has done just that and more for Mandy. Together with her family, she lives in Murfreesboro, TN.