Partnerships
At Awakenings we believe the healing power of artmaking can be amplified when we take the time to build and integrate into a creative community. Our partnerships bring our survivor-centered arts programs and events to our partners’ clients, students, and communities. Our partners include high school education programs, college safety and prevention initiatives, storytelling shows, and crisis centers. Want to partner with us? Let us know.
Our partnerships are often open and free to anyone impacted by sexual violence. Sometimes our partnership programs are available to only our partners’ members. Please see individual partnership information below for more information.
Outspoken at Awakenings
September 2023
Outspoken, an LGBTQ+ storytelling show, teamed up with Awakenings to put on a one off storytelling show about healing in our Ravenswood studio. The Outspoken hosts were Elizabeth Gomez and Archy Jamjun. Six tellers from Awakenings and Outspoken participated.
Future storytelling nights at Awakenings to be announced!
Click through the photos to view moments from our Outspoken + Awakenings storytelling night.
Click through the photos to view moments from our Embarc workshops
Embarc Workshops
Awakenings partners with Embarc to bring Chicago Public High School Students into a healing arts space. Students visit the studio and spend a day learning how survivors heal through different artmaking modalities and then try this out themselves through collective printmaking, painting while dancing, or collaging.
Project S.A.F.E. Workshops
Awakenings partners with Project Securing a Fear Free Environment (S.A.F.E) to bring art workshops directly to City College campuses. Project S.A.F.E. is an initiative funded by the office on Violence Against Women that works to make colleges safer spaces.
Click through the photos to view moments from our Project S.A.F.E. workshops
