PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Artwork and readings that address street harassment are displayed at Park Square for a second year in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Berkshire.
Author and artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh outlined her experience with street harassment and the process that went into creating Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We re Taking Back Our Power in a webinar last week. This was the third component of the Berkshire Domestic and Sexual Violence Task Force s annual One Book, One Community event. About two dozen groups around Berkshire County first participated in a communitywide read of the book and Fazlalizadeh s artwork was displayed in several locations across the county leading up to the virtual presentation. Fazlalizadeh is a Black and Iranian visual artist based in Brooklyn, N.Y. She s a painter whose work ranges from the gallery to streets all over the world and has been profiled by publications including The New York Times and Time Magazine.
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