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Art of survival : women, healing, and the arts / edited by Elka Kazmierczak.

Title
Art of survival : women, healing, and the arts / edited by Elka Kazmierczak.
Publication
Carbondale, IL : Elka Books for art4e.org, c2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Kazmierczak, Elka.
  • Art4Empowerment (Organization)
  • Women's Center (Carbondale, Ill.)
Description
32 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
Summary
Write from my heart /Diana Tigerlily --The context of community and the aesthetics of human existence /Thomas Alexander --What we know is what we see /Elka Kazmierczak --Storytelling through quilts /JoAnna Johnson --Portrait of a woman : prints by Elka Kazmierczak /Beth Raps --Women, abuse, and society /Ann Hammett --The journey of a heroineTruddi Santos Clark.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Art, American > 20th century
  • American literature > 20th century
  • Women artists > United States
  • Women in art
  • American literature > Women authors
  • Feminism and art
  • Feminism > Literary collections
  • Abused women
  • Creative ability in women
  • Healing in art
  • Self-knowledge in art
Genre/Form
  • Literature
  • Literary collections
Note
  • One poem, six essays, and annotated illustrations of seventy-two works of art.
  • "The project Art of survival: women, healing and the arts has three parts: this publication, a traveling exhibition of survivors' art, and a Web site hosted by Art4Empowerment (www.art4e.org)" --Verso of cover.
  • Funded in part by the Women's Center, Carbondale, Illinois.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Write from my heart / Diana Tigerlily -- The context of community and the aesthetics of human existence / Thomas Alexander -- What we know is what we see / Elka Kazmierczak -- Storytelling through quilts / JoAnna Johnson -- Portrait of a woman : prints by Elka Kazmierczak / Beth Raps -- Women, abuse, and society / Ann Hammett -- The journey of a heroine / Truddi Santos Clark -- Index/contributors -- Warning signs of an abusive relationship.
ISBN
  • 0977847802
  • 9780977847808
LCCN
^^2006907518
OCLC
  • 79874275
  • SCSB-11412222
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library