Woman Made Gallery Located in Chicago, WMG supports women in the arts "by providing opportunities, awareness, and advocacy."
"It is our vision that all survivors of sexual trauma, domestic violence, and
similar emotional and physical abuse, find their own healing, reclaim their own
voice, and assert their individual strength through the transformative power of
art and the creative process. Survivor Circle is an Illinois Not-for-Profit founded by artists, friends, and
survivors Lauren R. Mathews and Skye Enyeart. Since 2000, Survivor Circle has
been advocating and teaching the use of art as a self-healing tool."
Arts and Healing Network an on-line resource for anyone interested in the healing potential of art
Paint the Soul's Dance Located in Coplay, Pennsylvania, equidistant between NYC and Philadelphia, a painting workshop and studio encouraging creative risk-taking
Painted Jay Publishing for the ultimate books on how to price art and how to develop infinite creativity; Pricing Your Artwork with Confidence and Creatively Unblocking Creative Blocks. Unique and original books for artists and other creative folks that give you extensive information, common sense, empowerment and fun.
WOMEN, TRAUMA & VISUAL EXPRESSION will assist those, such as myself, who work with trauma victims, to facilitate their process. For example, the chapter about the visual manifestation of coping mechanisms helped me better understand these defensive actions and patterns. --Beth Coombs
WOMEN, TRAUMA & VISUAL EXPRESSION is a book for our time. Curtis's supple, flowing writing is eloquent, poetic, sensitive and completely available to all audiences, unlike many art historic and theoretic texts. It is relevant, direct, open, insightful, and argues for the potential in all of us to accept, to change, to become. In a society plagued by avoidance and denial, Curtis's book reminds us of all we need to remember and embrace, and that we are affected by one another's lives even if we have never met. --Alex Rheault
After reading WOMEN, TRAUMA & VISUAL EXPRESSION, I can see my art may take a new direction, that I need to be truly myself in my work. --Sally Brown