{"id":36064,"date":"2016-03-09T12:05:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=36064"},"modified":"2016-03-16T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T16:34:49","slug":"collective-voices-shared-journeys-art-that-pays-homage-to-survivors-of-gender-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/collective-voices-shared-journeys-art-that-pays-homage-to-survivors-of-gender-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCollective Voices, Shared Journeys\u201d: Art that pays homage to survivors of gender violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s=Jenny+G+Zhang\">Jenny G. Zhang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Malala Yousafzai. Benazir Bhutto. Gloria Gaynor. These women of color \u2013 activists, leaders, cultural icons \u2013 stand in sharp relief against the sky-blue background of the collage.<\/p>\n<p>Pasted together, their edges overlapping, the figures pay homage to survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, political violence, deportation, incarceration and hate crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey kept going,\u201d said the artist, Naomi Anurag Lahiri, gazing at her framed collage on the wall. Sometimes it\u2019s hard for her to get out of bed in the morning, she said; this piece is a reminder to push onward.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lahiri is one of several survivors and supporters whose work is currently being exhibited in \u201cCollective Voices, Shared Journeys,\u201d the second annual art show by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apnaghar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apna Ghar<\/a>, a Chicago-based women\u2019s agency dedicated to advocating for immigrant survivors of gender violence.<\/p>\n<p>The organization, which was founded by five Asian American women in the 1980s, has long used art as a tool for healing and expression. This show, explained Apna Ghar counseling services manager Sangeetha Ravichandran, is an extension of that culture and community.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition opened on Friday, March 4. Over the course of the evening, over 100 guests streamed in and out of the Montgomery Ward Lounge in Student Center East at the University of Illinois at Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Near the back of the room: a table laid out with refreshments for guests to enjoy as they mingle. In the center, seated on a cushy, circular sofa: a collective, collaborative embroidery project hosted by art therapy group <a href=\"http:\/\/creativelyempoweredwomen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CEW Design Studio<\/a>. Towards the front: a space cleared for performances by poets, activists and singers. Lining the four walls of the gallery: 30+ works of art, each interpreting the show\u2019s theme of incarceration and gender justice in colorfully different ways.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang2-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang2-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang2-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cI Alone Knew.\u201d Collage and acrylic on paper. \u201cThis piece pays homage to women of color, both alive and who have passed, who are survivors. They have survived sexual violence, domestic violence, political violence, deportation, incarceration, and transphobic and homophobic hate crimes. This piece also includes actresses from Bollywood films on the topic of domestic violence.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang3-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang3-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang3-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Artist Naomi Anurag Lahiri, a social worker and former Apna Ghar staff member, still considers Apna Ghar \u201chome.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang4-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang4-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang4-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cFamily in bed\u201d and \u201cAbused Mother.\u201d Giclee print. Artists in the show are unnamed, but not \u201canonymous,\u201d according to Sangeetha Ravichandran. (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang5-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang5-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang5-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cUntitled.\u201d Photo. \u201cUnarmed Chiapenecan women lead the struggle against paramilitary invasion of their homes and communities.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"4\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang6-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang6-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang6-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cTapestry.\u201d Fabric. \u201cThis art making helped me a lot. All of my family was killed. Back home, I don\u2019t have anybody anymore. That is my story. Mother, Father, brother, they were all killed. There is no heart that is still beating. I am happy that I stayed here.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang7-1024x732.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang7-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang7-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">CEW Design Studio member B\u00e0hra Pu\u0161kar stitches tally marks over an embroidered uterus for the \u201ccraft activism\u201d project <a href=\"http:\/\/5point4million.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">5.4 Million and Counting<\/a>. (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"6\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang8-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang8-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang8-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Each mark represents an individual woman whose reproductive rights are at risk as a result of attempts to abortion care providers in Texas, according to the project\u2019s website. (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"7\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang9-1024x722.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang9-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang9-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cStarts with a Dream and Ends with.\u201d India ink and acrylic on cardboard. \u201cI was thinking of many women who make sacrifices for their families when I made this painting. The woman at the table is thinking of her past self in addition to what her future holds while focusing on the present task of preparing food for the day.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"8\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang10-1024x640.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang10-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang10-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cHow You See Me Is Not How I See Me.\u201d Plaster, acrylic, glitter, found objects. \u201cThese pieces represent how we feel others see us versus how we see ourselves.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"9\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang11-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang11-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang11-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cRADIANT ENERGY.\u201d Acrylic on mirror. \u201creaching for light and healing and love from the depths \/ of despair and misunderstanding; we persevere in an \/ anti-gravity, strong-willed flight.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"10\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang12-1024x682.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang12-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang12-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201c#SurvivedAndPunished.\u201d Collage on wood. \u201cThis piece represents that too many survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of gender violence have survived their traumatic experiences yet are being punished and burned by the legal system. There are even more than are represented in this piece. 1 in 3 women will experience some form of gender violence in her lifetime.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"11\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang13-1024x683.jpg\" title=\"apna ghar art show\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"11\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"apna ghar art show\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang13-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/jennygzhang13-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cCollective Voices, Shared Journeys\u201d will be on display March 4-30. (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Artist and educator Melody Williams, for example, approached the theme through the lens of consent, as is revealed in her piece \u201cNONONONON.\u201d The words \u201cNO\u201d and \u201cON,\u201d printed in vibrant colors and plastered floor-to-ceiling in one corner of the room, represent a \u201cyes\/no\u201d binary present in both computing and issues of consent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in an era of coerced consent,\u201d Williams said during the reception, referencing Michelle Alexander\u2019s book \u201cThe New Jim Crow.&#8221; Without an explicit \u201cno,\u201d Williams explained, consent is understood to be given, even if questions of intimidation, fear and ignorance come into play.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s theme of incarceration and gender justice doesn\u2019t just have to refer to the detention of women who are charged with murder after killing their abusers in self-defense, according to Apna Ghar outreach and education manager Radhika Sharma-Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur clients are trapped in different ways,\u201d she said. Poverty, immigration laws, family and lack of access to education and resources are different forms of incarceration that often affect immigrant women and women of color.<\/p>\n<p>An event like \u201cCollective Voices, Shared Journeys\u201d helps bring visibility to the intersections of gender violence with immigration and refugee rights, race, class, sexuality, disabilities and mental health \u2013 all through the incredibly expressive power of art, said Sharma-Gordon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, it was creative and supportive; there was laughter, and smiles, and people just really engrossed in the artwork,\u201d she said after the end of the opening reception last Friday. \u201cIt was a very good spirit that was created in the room tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Artist Melody Williams stands in front of her piece \u201cNONONONON.\u201d (Jenny G. Zhang\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jenny G. Zhang Malala Yousafzai. 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