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Mums in charge: Her blog grew into a community of arts-loving mamas supporting mental health

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Mama on Palette founder Alice Yu Yuebo (centre, blue dress) with mum-artists (from left) Mrs Praveena mangipudi, Ms Swati Kollipara, Ms Shermaine Tey, Ms Shilpa Kedia, Ms Bhagyalaxmi Rao and Mrs Joyce Orallo Lim. The artists exhibited at a pop=up market at Chokmah Arts Studio in Stamford Arts Centre on April 27.

Mama on Palette founder Alice Yu Yuebo (centre, blue dress) with mum-artists (from left) Praveena Mangipudi, Swati Kollipara, Shermaine Tey, Shilpa Kedia, Bhagyalaxmi Rao and Joyce Orallo Lim.

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SINGAPORE – When Ms Alice Yu Yuebo started a parenting and arts-related blog called Mama on Palette in April 2018, she never imagined it would grow into a 300-strong community of artistically inclined mothers doing good.

Ms Yu, 32, suffered from prenatal blues before she gave birth to her only child in October 2017. It was her love of drawing and painting that helped pull her out of the depressive episodes.

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