This Virtual Pop-Up Library is a collaboration between the John M. Flaxman Library and SAIC's Domestic Violence Awareness Month Committee. Read more and see the full SAIC DVAM program at saic.edu/dvam.
-WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH?-
October 1 marks the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). This month, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) provides programming and awareness opportunities that not only educate our community about domestic violence and its impact, but also create moments of partnership and collaboration that will help to end domestic violence.
There is a great deal more work to be done to end domestic violence, and we hope you’ll take this month as an opportunity to learn, reflect, and take action.
-POLICIES, RESOURCES, AND REPORTING-
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) does not tolerate any form of Domestic and Dating Violence. To learn more about SAIC’s policies, please go to our Sexual Misconduct Under Title IX Policy and Policy Prohibiting Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking available at saic.edu/stopsexualviolence.
-MORE DVAM INFORMATION AND HELP-
-BOOKS-
Fiction
Behind Closed Doors by 
Into the Darkest Corner by Nonfiction - General
In the Dream House by 
Surviving Domestic Violence: Voices of Women Who Broke Free by 
Not on My Watch [Comic] by 
Not That Bad by 
No Visible Bruises by 
But He'll Change by 
When Things Fall Apart by 
Why Does He Do That? by 
Anger: How to Live with and Without It by 
The Gift of Fear by Nonfiction - Art Therapy
The Use of the Creative Therapies with Survivors of Domestic Violence by 
Trauma-Informed Treatment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence by 
Abused Women and Survivor Therapy by 
Supporting Women after Domestic Violence by 
Psychological and Physical Aggression in Couples by 
Preventing Partner Violence-THESES-
Searching for Umbrellas: Art Therapy with Black Women Within a Domestic Violence Shelter by Exploring Honesty and Accountability with Partner-violent males through Art Therapy Intervention by -ARTICLES-
Art Therapy, Arts-Based Research and Transitional Stories of Domestic Violence and Abuse*
By Jamie Bird. International Journal of Art Therapy 23, no. 1 (2017): 14–24.
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Evaluating the Effects of Creative Journal Arts Therapy for Survivors of Domestic Violence*
James Ikonomopoulos, Javier Cavazos-Vela, Patsy Vela, Martha Sanchez, Claudia Schmidt, and Cynthia V Catchings. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health 12, no. 4 (October 2, 2017): 496–512.
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Unchain My Anguish: A Feminist Take on Art and Trauma*
Tania L. Abramson, Feminist Review 122, no. 1 (July 2019): 189–197.
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Painting Indignity / Painting in Dignity : Art-Making in Response to Gender-Based Violence*
Karen McIntyre, Women’s Studies Journal 29, no. 2 (December 2015): 60–69.
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‘I Want but I Can't’. A Description About the Resistances and Limits in a Groupwork of Art-Therapy Concerning Domestic Violence, through the Evolution of a Concrete Case [Article in Spanish]
Pilar Ascaso Palacín Arteterapia 7 (January 1, 2013): 223–244.
The Role of Art for Homeless Women and Survivors of Domestic Violence*
Mary Stokrocki, Sandra Sutton Andrews, and Sigrun Saemundsdottir. Visual Arts Research 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 73–82.
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