HerStory, a YW Domestic Violence Center Support Group, uses art to help participants discover and express their feelings. The purses and mandalas seen in this Arts at the Airport exhibit are the results of a therapeutic project based on each participant's feelings. Thirteen women participated and wrote descriptions of their artwork. Each woman creatively decorated a purse or crafted a mandala.

The YW

"I have moved from my past and I am not going back . . . ."

Domestic Violence is not about a bad marriage, drugs or finances. It is about power and control. It is a family secret passed from generation to generation. The YW is working to break the multi-generational cycle of domestic violence.

The YW Domestic Violence Center is a regional facility that offers immediate help for women and children in crisis. Their services include counseling, support groups, safety planning and training.

For more information, please visit www.theYW.com.

Arts at the Airport receives funding for the visual arts from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) and the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). Music performances are sponsored by MNAA, Delaware North Companies, Inc. and The Paradies Shops. The Flying Solo Exhibition Series is funded in part under an agreement with the TAC and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Arts at the Airport, please call (615)275-1614 or visit www.artsattheairport.com.