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>> CHICAGO IS HOME TO AN

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UNCOMMON ART GALLERY HAS HAS

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BECOME AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO

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EXPLORE SPREKSES OF HEALING.

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SOME OF THE ARTWORK MAY BE

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CONSIDERED GRAPHIC OR UPSETTING.

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>> AT THE AWAKENINGS GALLERY IN

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THE RAVENSWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD

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THERE ARE WISH-FILLED DREAMS.

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AND HORRIFYING NIGHTMARES.

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IT IS THE WORK OF ARTISTS UNITED

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BY TRAUMA.

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>> MAKE VISIBLE THE ARTISTIC

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EXPRESSION FOR SURVIVORS OF

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

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AND IT MEANS FAMILY MEMBERS,

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FRIENDS, LOVED ONES.

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>> WE HOPE TO GIVE ALL SURVIVORS

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A TRAUMA INFORMED ARTS

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EXPERIENCE THAT THEY OTHERWISE

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MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO.

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WE HAVE ART EXHIBITS

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PERFORMANCES, MUSIC, THEATRE AND

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A BLOG A LOT GOING ON.

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>> IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION

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ONE CANVAS LOOKS AT THE FINE

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LINE WALKED BY SURVIVORS AND

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PARTNERS.

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OTHER WORKS REVEAL THE WEIGHT OF

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PAIN.

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>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO

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REMARK HOW DARK SOME OF THE

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IMAGERY IS BUT THERE IS A

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HEALING STORY ATTACHED TO IT WHY

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WE VALUE THE ARTIST STATEMENTS

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TO GO WITH THE ARTWORK SO PEOPLE

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CAN UNDERSTAND THEY MIGHT BE

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LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT SEEMS

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IT WAS DISTURBING BUT IT WAS

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HEALING FROM THE ARTISTS.

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>> ARTISTS ARE FROM CHICAGO AND

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AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND AS

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FAR AWAY AS PORTUGAL.

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THEY INCLUDE MEN SEEKING TO

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REASSEMBLE THEIR LIVES.

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>> WE WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE

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THAT MEN ARE INCLUDED.

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SEXUAL VIOLENCE CANNOT BE

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DISMANTLED WITHOUT MEN AND IT'S

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IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE MALE

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SURVIVORS BECAUSE THERE ARE

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VERY, VERY FEW RESOURCES FOR

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THEM.

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>> AWAKENINGS GALLERY IS NOW IN

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THE 10TH YEAR OF BREAKING

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SILENCES.

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>> THE HUGE COMPONENT OF WHAT WE

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DO PROVIDING SPACE AND RESOURCES

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FOR PEOPLE TO TELL THEIR STORY

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AS THEY WANT TO TELL IT FOR THEM

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TO DEFINE SURVIVE EVERSHIP IN

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THEIR OWN --

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SURVIVORSHIP IN THEIR OWN TERMS

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BUT SURVIVORSHIP CAN FEEL STUCK

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AND ANGRY, AND SOMETIMES

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ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IS FULL OF

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JOY AND GLITTER.

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>> WE WANT TO BE SURE WE ARE

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WELCOMING ARTISTS FROM ANY SKILL

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LEVEL.

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WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND

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ARTISTS THAT HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL

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AND PEOPLE NEVER CREATED ART IN

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THEIR LIVES.

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>> THE ART IS THERAPEUTIC BUT...

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>> WE ARE NOT A CLINICAL SPACE

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WE ARE NOT THERAPISTS.

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WE ARE NOT.

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OUR JOB IS TO SHOWCASE THE ART

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AND CREATE A COMMUNITY AROUND

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HEALING THROUGH ART.

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>> AND THERE ARE HOPEFUL OUT

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COMES IN THESE CREATIVE

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ENDEAVORS.

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>> WE ALSO HAVE REALLY EXCITED

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TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO

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SAY MY HEALING NOW LOOKS AT THE

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PLACES WHERE I FIND JOY AND THE

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PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED ME ALONG

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THE WAY EVEN IF THAT SUPPORT HAS

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BEEN IMPERFECT OR DIFFERENT

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TIMING THAN THAT PERSON WISHES.

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THERE IS A HUGE PLACE FOR

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RENEWAL AND FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL

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LIKE WHAT MAYBE FOR A WHILE WAS

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STUCK OR FRAGMENTED HAS BEGUN TO

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GROW AGAIN.

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>> AWAKENINGS GALLERY IS A

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NONPROFIT SUPPORTED BY CITY AND