From April 2019 – June 2019, “What Were You Wearing, Lubbock?” debuted at CASP and in the Museum of Texas Tech in Lubbock. This exhibition was in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to break myths of sexual assault in the community. My role was curator for the exhibition, designer for promotional and marketing materials, and manager of all press inquiries.
Over 50 stories were represented in the Museum of Texas Tech exhibition of “What Were You Wearing, Lubbock?”. 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime (NSVRC). Each outfit you see was curated from an anonymous story from a survivor in Lubbock.
The exhibition debuted at the CASP Print Studio at Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail. 10 stories were selected for the CASP exhibition to show Lubbockites what they could expect to experience at the full exhibition debuting in late April 2019 at the Museum of Texas Tech.
Mary Simmerling’s poem is the inspiration behind What Were You Wearing exhibitions across the country. The poem was displayed prominently in both iterations of the exhibition to increase understanding of what folks were going to experience throughout their journey taking in the art.
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence, the 24/7 National Domestic Violence Hotline can be reached at 800-799-7233 (SAFE). Additional support resources can be found here.
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