Artist to bring exhibit to UMaine during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Traci Molloy, an artist and education activist, will give a public presentation at the University of Maine as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
The presentation, “Against My Will,” will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4 in Minsky Recital Hall. Molloy will speak about the creation of the exhibit and previous collaborations with individuals who have experienced trauma, and her educational outreach initiatives.
The presentation will complement an outdoor exhibit of Molloy’s work featuring de-identified images and stories of 22 cisgender female survivors of sexual violence or harassment.
Molloy’s art explores methods for processing trauma and grief, particularly in the aftermath of violence and sexual assault. This exhibit celebrates human resiliency and hopes to provide a voice to marginalized, and often invisible, populations. The exhibit will be on display Oct. 4-25 on the Mall.
Molloy also engages in public collaborations with traumatized adolescents and young adults, including children who lost parents in the attacks on 9/11. She has offered artist lectures for numerous government and private agencies and educational institutions including the Pentagon, the Norman Rockwell Museum, Boston University, the University of Southern Maine, DePauw University and Bucknell University, among others. Organizations partnering with Molloy include Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Yonkers, the Studio Museum of Harlem, Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta, Ohio University, Discovery High School of New York and the Center for Grieving Children in Portland, Maine. Her multimedia collaborations have been exhibited internationally in Johannesburg, South Africa, and in Tokyo, Japan, and five of her collaborations are in the permanent collection at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
Molloy’s visit to UMaine has been organized by the Rising Tide Center in partnership with the Art Department, the College of Education and Human Development, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Honors College, the Division of Student Life and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
For more information about the exhibit or Molloy’s public presentation, contact the Rising Tide Center, 207.581.3439.