Parenting, Creativity, and Community: Dr. Charity Marsh on GRR, Queer Family Structures, and Raising Kids in the Arts

In this episode of Parenting Creative, I talk with Dr. Charity Marsh—community-engaged researcher, multidisciplinary artist, parent, and professor of Creative Technologies and Design at the University of Regina.

We explore:

• How creative practice sustains parents through crisis
• The intersection of queerness, parenting, and chosen family
• Charity’s work with GRR (formerly Girls Rock Regina) and its shift toward gender inclusivity
• Raising children in grassroots arts communities
• How art-making with children invites vulnerability, joy, and innovation
• The powerful impact of community radio during the pandemic
• Family structures beyond binaries and embracing new language for kinship

Charity shares her journey as a queer, solo parent raising two creative kids, her reflections on systemic sexism in music culture, and how she models creativity as resistance and resilience.

• Imagine This Music - Radio w/ Kids reflection
• Releasing Perfectionism w/ Amber Goodwyn - Parenting Creative
• Nichole Huck: A Journalist's Perspective on Parenting and Creativity - Parenting Creative
• Welcome to GRR!

To check out Charity's documentary I'm Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect, email Charity at [email protected] for access.