Our Voices
The Art and Stories Shared Through Campaign #ArtHeals
Art illuminates. For the 2025 #ArtHeals campaign, we invited people with invisible disabilities and their allies to share how art and artistic expression have helped them navigate the unseen layers of their lives—and the response was deeply moving. From poems that reflect unnoticed struggles to video testimonials, visual art, songwriting, cartoon art and photography, these submissions reveal how creativity can be both a lifeline and an amplifier.
#ArtHeals – Seeing Invisible Disabilities Through the Arts
At Athena, we believe that art has the power to spark connection, inspire empathy, and offer support throughout processes of healing. Welcome to the 2025 #ArtHeals campaign! #ArtHeals is all about illuminating the role that art plays in people’s lives, exploring how creative spaces provide comfort and promote healing throughout life’s many seasons.
2025 Athena Stories for #ReproductiveJustice
Amplifying Voices: A Look at the Personal Stories and Plays Shared in Athena’s 2025 Reproductive Justice Campaign. We asked for stories that speak truth to power—and wow, did our community deliver. This blog post dives into the incredible submissions to Athena’s 2025 Expanded #ReproductiveJustice Campaign, spotlighting experiences that boldly expose the urgent need for body sovereignty and reproductive rights.
2025 Athena Art for #ReproductiveJustice
Art as Activism: A Look at the Art from Athena’s 2025 Reproductive Justice Campaign. As the fight for equity, healthcare access, and bodily autonomy continues, the work of artists standing up for Reproductive Justice has been a source of awe and inspiration for the entire Athena Project team.
There is no #ReproductiveJustice without Solidarity!
Intersectionality and community solidarity are essential in the movement for reproductive justice. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court struck down decades of precedent by ending the constitutional right to have an abortion. The decision sparked rage and resistance across the nation, with thousands of people taking to the streets and making their voices heard, demanding equity and bodily autonomy for people who can get pregnant.
Defining #ReproductiveJustice
The power of art to promote equity, demand justice, and spark transformative change is a force to be reckoned with. Today, amidst ongoing attacks on reproductive and healthcare rights–from the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, which eliminated the constitutional right to abortion access, to the implementation of anti-LGBTQ+ policies interfering with access to gender-affirming care and bodily autonomy–artists have used their craft to practice resistance, advocating for bodily autonomy and reproductive justice.
#ArtsEquity – Winners, Answers and Insights from our March Arts Equity Trivia
Thank you to all who participated in our March 2025 Arts Equity Trivia! The winners are: Emily Sanders, Denver CO, Diana Pinheiro, Portugal, and Ashley Quach, California. Congratulations on winning a ticket to our Cocktails & Comedy fundraising event on May 8th!
#ArtsEducatorsAppreciation eCard for Athena’s 2004 Summer Camp Teaching Artists
Read #ArtsEducatorsAppreciation eCard for Athena’s 2004 Summer Camp Teaching Artists
Pay Equity in American Theatre: An Interview with Playwright Sarah Bierstock for #ArtsEquity
In this shortened version of our September 2024 interview, playwright Sarah Bierstock talks about casting bias, the overwhelming equity challenges for mothers in theatre, and how women are changing the world in their roles as producers, directors and decision-makers.
#ArtsEquity: It’s More Than Just a Pay Gap!
Did you know that in the USA, women typically make 84 cents to the dollar of male white workers in a comparable job? (See aauw.org) This is what we call an unacceptable pay gap! This gap applies across the US arts industry, where women often struggle to even score lesser-paid work opportunities, not to mention leadership positions.