The Clothesline Project
The Clothesline Project is a visual display of stories that often go ignored. These stories are told through writing on T-shirts which are then hung on a clothesline and displayed together. Each shirt is made by a survivor of violence or someone who has lost a loved one to violence. The color of each shirt represents a different type of abuse.
The colors of the t-shirts are as follows: White represents someone who has died due to violence:
Yellow represents a survivor of physical assault or domestic violence
Red, Pink, and Orange represent a survivor of rape or childhood sexual abuse
Blue and Green represent a survivor of incest or childhood sexual abuse
Purple represents someone who was attacked because of their sexual orientation
Brown or Gray represent a survivor of emotional, spiritual, or verbal abuse
Black represents someone disabled due to an assault or someone who was assaulted because of their disability
