Exhibit: Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County - 2022
Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County
On Display May & June 2022, CAP ArtSpace, Tompkins Center for History & Culture
Lead curator: Zoë Van Nostrand, Rebecca Doyle as assistant, Lyn Staack (Advocacy Center)
Collaborators: Advocacy Center of Tompkins County, The History Center in Tompkins County
'Unfolding: A Timeline of Sexual Assault Activism in Tompkins County' was a 2022 exhibit featuring Clothesline Project artwork by local survivors of sexual and domestic/relationship abuse displayed alongside a timeline of victim/survivor support and prevention efforts in Tompkins County from the 1970's to the present day.
The exhibit included a selection from the “Clothesline” items designed by survivors of sexual assault lent from the public collection of the Advocacy Center, a timeline highlighting milestones in sexual assault activism and services in Tompkins County from the 1970s to today researched and designed by Zoë Van Nostrand and student worker Rebecca Doyle, and an interactive window loom weaving activity.
PRESS & COVERAGE
History Center exhibit this week amplifies survivor stories through art and activism
The Ithaca Voice - June 23rd 2022 - by Eva Salzman
"In addition to the Clothesline Project, the exhibit features artifacts from Tompkins County since the 1970s that document the history of victim and survivor support and prevention efforts in the area. What is now known as The Advocacy Center began as the Task Force for Battered Women in 1977 to support survivors of domestic abuse."
