Jan 21, 2021 | Bianca Thompson, Interview, Megan Otto, Nightingale
Bianca Thompson is a longtime friend of Awakenings and has participated in many areas of our programming, from backstage in a more administrative sense to center stage as a performer. Bianca is an Associate Board Member and a member of our Art Committee. And as an...Jan 7, 2021 | Aodan, Interview, Megan Otto, Nightingale
Aodan is a fantastic artist currently exhibiting with Awakenings in Bloom, and she is a deeply thoughtful creative. Within her sculptures collectively entitled Hurting Spring, Aodan brings layers of meaning to work made simultaneously delicate and fierce. Her series...Dec 17, 2020 | Interview, Megan Otto, Nightingale, Sreyash Sarkar
Sreyash Sarkar is one of the artists displaying work in Awakenings’ current exhibit, Bloom. His piece, Roots, is a beautiful network of brush strokes and layering of colors representing the many facets of a survivor’s journey after experiencing abuse. As a...Dec 10, 2020 | Ania Garcia Llorente, Nightingale, Review, Uncategorized
Survivors and those who have experienced physical trauma can have a unique relationship with physical art. As an intern with Awakenings and an artist in her own right, Ania Garcia uses her perspective on intersecting art forms and narratives to offer in-depth analysis...Dec 10, 2020 | Katherine Page, Memoir, Nightingale
In a brilliant bouquet of images, Katherine Page interprets the experience of feeling separate from one’s own body after sexual trauma. Page beautifully reimagines what constitutes one’s physical being and one’s sense of self. Amongst the shifting...