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Eric Harris, Palimpsest

Microaggression of a male DMST survivor

November 23, 2021

The piece is an optical illusion to represent that we can’t always see what a person is going through until we get closer to understanding someone pain, resiliency, and we are not defined by our past. The top layer represents my trafficker, my mother, and teachers and the words probation said to me growing up after my exploitation. The middle layer illustrates my accomplishments since leaving the life. The bottom represents my goals for the future.” Continue Reading Microaggression of a male DMST survivor

Movement

September 2, 2021

Joyful Sweep Joyful sweep is when the body is sweeping off of the surface. When you look at the image you cannot see the full body, but you see different pieces of limbs moving throughout the surface. There are small… Continue Reading Movement

Description of Art:
Front: This piece is painted and drawn on a rectangle canvas. It shows a bedroom with yellow walls, tan-colored flooring, a white open door, and typical bedroom furniture. The dresser drawers are open with clothes spilling out of them. The waste basket is overflowing, there is a book on the floor, and someone sitting in their bed on the right side of the room. The person has storm clouds with lightning above them and a thought bubble with the following words: Bills, Crime, Love, Food, Family, Success, School, and Job.


Kenadie’s Safe Place

January 22, 2025

By Artist: Kenadie Description of Art:Front: This piece is painted and drawn on a rectangle canvas. It shows a bedroom with yellow walls, tan-colored flooring, a white open door, and typical bedroom furniture. The dresser drawers are open with clothes… Continue Reading Kenadie’s Safe Place

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IDJ would also like to uplift artwork by survivors with disabilities and people with disabilities broadly.  The artwork does not need to specifically be about people with disabilities or about violence prevention or survivorship.  Publication of artwork may serve 1 of 2 purposes:

  1. To bring creative awareness to disability justice, violence prevention, and/or survivorship.
  2. To uplift the creative work of people with disabilities broadly and survivors with disabilities specifically.

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