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Montrose Art Project Seeks To Bring Awareness To Domestic Violence

There’s an art project on display at the Montrose Library that seeks to bring awareness to domestic violence.

Hilltop’s Tri-County Resource Center created the exhibit for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

It features a mannequin wearing a vintage wedding dress that was donated by a victim of domestic violence.

“On the front of the dress we have attached many different images of the dreams and the beautiful side of marriage and intimate relationships," Aimee Quadri-Chavez, a coordinator for Tri-County, says. "On the back side is attached images of the secret side of sometimes where intimate relationships can go."

Quadri-Chavez says 1 in 3 women in their lifetime will be affected by domestic violence at some point.

"So this awareness project is really our effort to connect to the community in a meaningful and creative way," she says.

The dress will be on display at the Montrose Library throughout the month of October. 

Tri-County provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse in Delta, Montrose, and Ouray counties. 

The nonprofit has an emergency shelter and 24-hour crisis line.

For more information visit htop.org/adult/tcrc.

Laura joined KVNF in 2014. She was the news director for two years and now works as a freelance reporter covering Colorado's Western Slope. Laura is an award-winning journalist with work recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Broadcasters Association, and RTDNA. In 2015, she was a fellow for the Institute for Justice & Journalism. Her fellowship project, a three-part series on the Karen refugee community in Delta, Colorado, received a regional Edward R. Murrow Award.
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