Susan DiPronio

Susan has a broad artistic practice that has included poetry, essay writing, directing short films, writing plays, photography, creating fiction, and conducting writing/art workshops for the underserved. She offers the workshops for free in an effort to create community among the participants and to help others write and share their personal stories in order to foster healing. A survivor of trauma, cancer, homelessness, and homophobia, Susan hopes to create safe spaces where a group of people can form a connection, challenge expectations, and support each other. 

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.