Vision: An Artist's Perspective by Gutfreund Cornett Art and UniteWomen.org

Amy Pleasant Seattle, Washington www.amypleasantseattle.com

Voices in Her Head #1 Mixed media collage on cradle board 10 x 8 inches 2016

Amy Pleasant, the artist, creates a body of work rooted in her personal experience as a survivor of childhood sexual assault at the hands of a group of teenage boys. The result is an exploration of trauma, healing and the nature of memory; the adult looking back as an observer applying visual language to a life changing event in the woods. This piece serves as a return to the explicit moment of the event and daring to repeat the thoughts embedded in the trauma.

Vision: An Artist's Perspective by Gutfreund Cornett Art and UniteWomen.org

Published on Jun 6, 2016

Gutfreund Cornett Art

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Exhibition Catalog for "VISION". Envision, conceive of, imagine . . . In this turbulent time of political changes, women's rights, social, racial, gender and economic inequality, global conflicts, cultural instability, reproductive choice/health care issues, and environmental challenges of overconsumption and resource scarcity - how do we effect positive change through art? How do we listen, speak our minds, include, and act in collaboration or alone across generational differences, races, identities and cultures, to build our future, locally and globally? VISION seeks to bring self-identified women artists into dialogue, retracing an account of the past manifesting in the present, to address major social themes, to define and bring forth what is important to themselves, their families, their communities, our nation and the world at large with art that either reflects on past injustices or focuses on a vision for a more positive, empowering future.

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