Violence Transformed: An Exhibition of Visual and Performing Arts

is embarking on a third year of celebrating the power of art, artists and art-making to confront, challenge and mediate violence. From shrines to peace gardens, murals to performing art, quilts to video installations, our communities are remarkably creative in using art to express collective horror, commemorate victims, foster healing, and imagine alternatives.

Violence Transformed
The 2009 State House Exhibition
Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston
Monday April 27-Friday May 1

Violence Transformed 2009, in concert with the Annual Victims Rights Conference of the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance, will draw the attention of government officials and the general public to art, artists and art-making as crucial sources of societal and community transformation. This week long event also serves as the centerpiece of a series of exhibitions of visual and performing art located at othe venues throughout April and May.

For more information, see the
Violence Transformed 2009 Prospectus

Violence Transformed 2009 will incorporate a wide range of artistic perspectives and include works in a variety of media by young artists, professional artists, and artists who are survivors. Curators from diverse areas and organizations in Boston will select works that represent, for them, art’s transformative relationship to violence.

To learn more about submitting works for consideration, please visit our Call to Artists

Community Partners to Violence Transformed 2009 are diverse in background and professional orientation. We share a conviction that art and art-making are essential to the well-being and vibrancy of the community.

For more information about this year's participants, please check out Who we Are

To make a tax-deductible donation, visit “Donate to Violence Transformed” for more information

Please plan on visiting the exhibits at the State House and other venues and join us at the various openings. For more information see the “Calendar of Events”.


State House Exhibit 2008