“Take a Walk in My Shoes” Art Installation on Display at the Laura’s House Resale Store
Posted on February 16, 2013
This month, in honor of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, the Laura’s House Resale Store in Lake Forest is featuring an art installation called “Take a Walk in My Shoes.”
The installation is an adaptation of a project that was first put in display in April 2004 by The Women’s Community, in Wausau, Wisc., in partnership with The Clothesline Project, to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Since that time, many organizations across the United States have displayed similar projects to build awareness for domestic violence and sexual assault.
As part of the project, Laura’s House clients and survivors of domestic violence created pieces of artwork using shoes to express their feelings about surviving domestic violence, and help others understand how it feels to “walk in their shoes.”
“We are proud to be able to provide our clients with this wonderful opportunity to express the feelings they have as survivors of domestic abuse,” said Deborah Phillips, MFT, a clinical therapist with Laura’s House. “The shoes that are on display right now demonstrate both the pain and healing that our clients are experiencing on their journey toward building lives that are free of violence.”
The public is encouraged to stop by the Laura’s House Resale Store, located at 23635 El Toro Road, Suite F in Lake Forest to see the “Take a Walk in My Shoes” art installation on display.
