"It’s been about 120 years since Cassatt painted 'Caresse Maternelle,' but this painting filled with affection has crossed my mind a lot lately. I’ve thought about it, and Cassatt’s entire body of work, this year—when my right to make decisions about my own body and my own life has been perilously scrutinized and in some places revoked altogether."⁣ ⁣ This month on our Art for This Moment blog, Sunny Kennedy (@brightdenimpresident), Creative Coordinator, takes a contemporary look at this painting by #MaryCassatt in the context of the artist’s own life and choices.⁣ ⁣ 📝 Read her full essay via the link in our bio.⁣ ⁣ 🖼️: "Caresse Maternelle" (about 1902), oil on canvas