"At the beginning I thought, 'How could cutting and gluing my thoughts on paper be helpful?' However, by the end of the session, I was in tears - healing tears. I could see how my abuser beat the sunrays out of my life. Just as the sunrays break through on a stormy day, I too will break through my storm and shine again.”

The feelings shared by this domestic abuse survivor are echoed by so many of the participants in A Window Between Worlds’ healing art programs.  Most wonder how art can possibly assist them in healing the trauma they have suffered, some for countless years. Yet after experiencing just one art workshop, they emerge stronger, more self-reflective, and best of all hopeful.

A Window Between Worlds was established as a way of using art as a healing tool for abused women and children in 1991. “Art provides a critical window of safety to release pain that’s been trapped.  And it becomes a window of courage, a window of relief, even a window of joy.  Art truly becomes a Window Between Worlds in the hearts and lives of these women and children.” Says AWBW Founder and Executive Director, Cathy Salser.