Linda Dubin Garfield
Awarded Grants
2007
Art and Change Grant (ACG)
Overview
This collaboration combines Susan's screams and Linda's Invisible/Invincible projects into an interactive art installation. The installation has two rooms: in the first, Linda will work with women and young people from Endow-A-Home, a long-term commitment program helping people work to change their lives, to create a self-portrait. In the second room, the screams performance is set up, consisting of monologue, performance and visuals that come from stories of the participants. This project aims to break down walls that make art exclusionary and to create sensitivity toward those who are discriminated against because they are old, poor, abused, a person of color, homeless, etc. by giving people a chance to express themselves without being judged. All of the work created is shared in subsequent showings, on display for others to learn and grow from, showing the potential we all have to share stories and heal through art.