Art is a potent means through which donor conceived people can communicate their challenges and experiences. A new venue offers an outlet for your art.
Complex feelings and experiences—like those associated with genetic identity—may be difficult to share through words alone. But art can get to the heart of the matter and communicate more compellingly the tangled emotions and nuances of experiences that arise from grappling with genetic identity issues. There are myriad benefits of artistic expression. Not surprisingly, art is widely known to be a therapeutic strategy, both healing the creators and engendering understanding and empathy in those exposed to it.
If you’re donor conceived and have a creative spirit and a point of view to share, there’s a new platform for your expressive projects. Donor-Conceived Voices is a website created to exhibit artistic works that express “both the joy of discovery and the hardship of rejection, the truth of our complex existence exposed in many forms for all to witness.”
The site’s curator seeks all types of submissions: photographs, paintings, drawings, cartoons, essays, textiles, ceramics, videos, music, and more. The first work showcased is a song by musician Chloe Allworthy, “The Missing Piece,” about frustrations of attempting to hurdle obstacles to locating a sperm donor.
Learn more about how to submit to DCV here.
