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NEWS:
Ventiko and the Damien Center Present Masks of Resilience, a Free Public Workshop Series on Art, Substance Use Disorder Awareness, and Recovery.
Photo: Gabrielle Marie
Nervosity, Sylva Dean and Me, Performance Still, Risky Business, Phoenix Theater, Indianapolis, IN, 2024
Rooted in Ventiko's own recovery, Masks of Resilience draws on masking for survival and through Sylva Dean and Me, her fifteen year performance art project, to guide participants in building masks, constructing identities and sharing stories s tools for
resilience in the face of addiction.
Masks of Resilience Workshops are every Saturday in March.
Location: Cafe Oztara
1446 E Washington St, Indianapolis, IN 46201
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m
Free
Masks of Resilience culminates in an exhibition opening on
Saturday, April 4, 2026, 11 a.m., Cafe Oztara
with a performance by Sylva Dean and Me at 11:30 a.m.
Masks of Resilience is a project by Ventiko in collaboration with Lukas Felix Schooler, art therapist Benjamin Aquila (MA, ATR-P) of the Damien Center and
supported by the Indy Arts Council and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Nervosity by Sylva Dean and Me, Performance Still, Risky Business, Phoenix Theater, Indianapolis, IN, 2024
Photo: Gabrielle Marie
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