Using visual art in prevention

by Chad Sniffen on February 23, 2010

posted in: prevention

PreventConnect.org

Peggy Diggs

(14 min) In this interview with Peggy Diggs, artist and lecturer at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the role and potential uses for art in the prevention of violence against women is discussed. Diggs gives several examples, including work she created after talking to women incarcerated for murdering their abusive partners.

Her current portfolio is available online at:

http://www.williams.edu/humanities/pdiggs

(Go to Interview)

[podcast]http://www.preventconnect.org/podcasts/V26 Peggy Diggs.mp3[/podcast]

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Author: Chad Sniffen (71 Articles)

Chad Keoni Sniffen has been the Prevention Services Coordinator for CALCASA since September of 2006. He provides training and technical assistance on prevention-related topics to California's rape crisis centers and rape prevention programs. He also works on CALCASA's PreventConnect Project, the MyStrength Campaign, and other CALCASA projects.

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