"How Could Anybody Be So Cruel To A Child?" How The Aplomb Project Helps Trauma Survivors Heal (Dover Nonprofit)

Danielle Festa couldn't believe it.

She'd lived for decades without knowing the truth.

Until one day in 2020, she received the phone call that would eventually lead to the launch of The Aplomb Project, her Dover-based nonprofit which uses the power of art to help trauma survivors overcome their dark pasts.

From her art gallery in Dover, Danielle joins host Troy Farkas to discuss what happened on that phone call, why she decided to start painting portraits of trauma survivors, the extensive (and emotional) process of painting each survivor, how the Seacoast art community has rallied around the project, why the studio has become a healing space for all who enter, and so much more.

To learn more about the art cafe, splatter rooms, and open gallery hours, please visit TheAplombProject.org.

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