Healing Through Art

Trauma often lands in the body long before it reaches language. Many of the women who come to us can describe the day, the room, the weather — but not the feeling. Art gives that feeling somewhere to go.

Our sessions are facilitated by trauma-informed practitioners. There is no critique, no skill requirement and no obligation to explain what you have made. Participants work in paint, collage, textile and clay across a six-week cycle.

What we see, again and again, is a shift in posture before a shift in words. Shoulders drop. Women stay behind to talk. The work becomes a bridge back to speech at a pace the participant sets herself.

Cycles run several times a year in partnership with community spaces across the diaspora. Materials are provided at no cost to participants.