Arts / Music
(Includes sites specifically focusing on art featuring violence against women, such as plays and visual art and music.)

Art Works for Change – partnering with leading educational and activist organizations to produce art exhibitions on such topics as social justice, human rights, gender equity, war and peace, and the environment. The current exhibition is, Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art – An International Contemporary Art Exhibition (scroll down), Oakland, CA.

Arte Sana (art heals) – a nonprofit agency for underserved survivors of gender and racial violence that promotes healing and empowerment through the arts and community education, Austin, TX.

Deana’s Educational Theater – preventing bullying, dating/domestic violence and sexual assault by developing and producing high impact programs to promote healthy relationships. Our professional actors are specially trained to lead dynamic discussions following each performance. Deana's Educational Theater now has the Yellow Dress available on DVD, Stoneham, MA.

The Door, Gift From Within – a woman's journey from domestic violence victim to survivor.

Ki Theatre – producer of plays focusing on survivors' stories.

The Men's Story Project – a new public performance and community dialogue project that explores social ideas about masculinity, using the arts as a medium for community-building and social change. It aims to highlight men's stories that are less often heard; to break silence on issues including sexism, racism, heterosexism, ableism and violence – and ways in which these are often intertwined with masculinities; to celebrate men's beauty and humanness; and to stimulate active discussion on what being a man is all about. The ultimate goal of this replicable project is to help increase the presence of genuine self-expression, peace, health and justice in communities, San Francisco Bay Area, CA.

Snapshots – a sobering and poignant journey with women determined to survive physical and emotional abuse by playwright and director Patricia Henritze.

Survivors Art Foundation – dedicated to encourage healing through the arts, Survivors Art Foundation is committed to empowering trauma survivors with effective expressive outlets via internet art gallery, outreach programs, national exhibitions, publications and development of employment skills.  Our goals are to provide entertainment, education, and exposure to the arts. We endeavor to raise public awareness through the arts: eradicating abuse and creating an atmosphere of acceptance for survivors with disabilities. Mainstreaming trauma survivors with physical and mental disabilities into the arts, Westhampton, NY.

Yell, Yell, Yell – a song about a women killed by her husband by Pearson Perry.

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