Something meaningful is on the horizon… ✨
This May, we’re launching a special online auction to support our Movement Practice for Domestic Violence Survivors program in Italy!
Every bid. Every share. Every contribution matters.
Stay tuned for details… and get ready to bid with purpose 🧡
Together, we move. Together, we heal.
videos by @marissa_lmg
#StayTuned #Fundraiser #ArtForChange #HealingThroughMovement #communitycare
Happy Birthday to the wonderful Giada Matteini 🥳✨
We can’t be more grateful for everything she does! From sweet gatherings to inspirational galleries Giada deserves all the love
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Join us in celebrating her in the comments below 👇
**photo credit to John Eng
#birthday #celebrate #founder #artisticdirector
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us at @fridmangallery for unspoken//unbroken 💜🌷
Almost a month ago unspoken//unbroken was presented, creating a space of remembrance, resilience, and community. This multidisciplinary experience was made possible by the incredible WADE community and the hands that helped our “Garden of the Taken” grow. Each paper flower represents a quiet gesture of attention, transforming data into a floral archive that makes the unspoken visible.
We are deeply grateful to @fridmangallery for hosting us and to the @nyculture (NYC Department of Cultural Affairs) for their vital support in bringing this vision to life. To our artists, donors, and every guest who moved alongside us—thank you for helping us illuminate these stories with care and activism.
Together, we share the unspoken and remain unbroken.
#unspokenunbroken #wadedance #nycculture #artactivism #femicideawareness
Last week, DVP clients and peer leaders contributed to a powerful gallery exhibition organized by the lovely @wade.dance at @fridmangallery . Flowers made by the DVP community went on display as part of an impactful interactive exhibit honoring lives lost to femicide. 🌷
#beheardbefree #domesticviolencesurvivor #empowerment #survivorjustice
What remains unspoken still matters. 💜
In this preview of our interview with Giada Miettini, we reflect on Unspoken Unbroken—and the importance of creating spaces where stories can be shared, heard, and honored.
At Day One, we believe in the power of voice, healing, and community.
🎥 Watch the full conversation through the link in bio.
https://youtu.be/vXPSki2ZGcA
#nyc #unbrokek #foryou #stories
See you tomorrow!!
unspoken//unbroken, a one day community event, will be presented tomorrow @fridmangallery between 11:00am and 7:00pm ✨
Come visit this installation where we will bring together art and awareness! From live music to somatic practices… our community has come together to honor lives lost in gender-based violence.
Each flower created will be presented in the gallery! Thank you @dayoneny and Henry Street Settlement for bringing us in to share “Making Flowers Holding Stories” in preparation for tomorrow, March 16th 💜
Don’t forget at 4:30p @leahhintonhere will be sharing a live jazz performance!
*music credits Leah Hinton*
#livejazz #gallery #genderbasedviolence
Today at the Day One Office, Giada Matteini, Founder and Artistic Director of WADE, facilitated “Making Flowers, Holding Stories”, a paper flower workshop honoring lives lost to gender-based violence. 🌺
The flowers created during the workshop will become part of unspoken//unbroken, a one-day community pop-up exhibition that brings together art, dialogue, and reflection to raise awareness about the ongoing work to end femicide and domestic violence.
We invite our community to visit the installation and witness this collective expression of care and remembrance. 🖤 🗓️ Monday, March 16, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
📍 Fridman Gallery
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Exciting news: we’re honored to announce that we’ve received a grant from @nyculture FY2026 Cultural Development Fund (CDF)!! Art and culture are the heart and soul of New York, and we’re proud to be among the nearly 1,200 groups receiving city support this year thanks to the partnership between the NYC Mayor’s Office and the City Council.
This investment in our work will help us bring accessible, affordable cultural programs to our community. Our CDF grant will support our public program that is building on work initiated during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, this March presentation expands the project’s reach through immersive installation, live music, somatic practice, and dialogue.
#NYCulture #domesticviolenceawareness #grantsupport
UNSPOKEN//UNBROKEN 🌸
As part of unspoken//unbroken, WADE Dance invites you to Making Flowers, Holding Stories — a reflective paper flower workshop led by Giada Matteini.
Through the slow process of folding, cutting, and shaping, we gather to honor lives lost to femicide and reflect on the individuals behind the statistics. Each flower becomes a quiet gesture of attention — holding a story with care.
The flowers made in these workshops will become part of the unspoken//unbroken gallery installation, appearing throughout the space as a collective expression of remembrance and visibility.
This work grows through community. We will continue hosting flower-making gatherings leading up to the gallery, and throughout the exhibition visitors will also be invited to make flowers in the space.
#unspokenunbroken #wadedance #domesticviolenceawarenes
UNSPOKEN//UNBROKEN Returns!
Monday, March 16, 2026
Fridman Gallery, 169 Bowery, New York, NY 10002 @fridmangallery
Free and open to the public. ✨
An immersive, multi-sensory gathering using art, dialogue, and interactive experiences to transform awareness into action and mobilize communities to end domestic violence. 💜
Schedule:
11:00 AM–7:00 PM: Every Ten Minutes (time-based installation)
1:00–3:00 PM: Somatic workshops with live music by Ai Isshiki
4:30–6:30 PM: Happy Hour with live jazz by Leah Hinton
Curated by: Giada Matteini
With collaborators: Jon Allaire, Marissa Chen, Carissa Dahlia, John Eng, Corinne Hart, Leah Hinton, Ai Isshiki, Alisha Khatwani, Colleen Kong-Savage, The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health, Plushie, and Sai Ram Ved Vijapurapu
Produced by: WADE (Wandering Avian Dance Experience)
Supported in part by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
🎶 : @mal.stein
🎥 : @marissa_lmg
🪩 : Learn more at wadedance.org
#artgallery #immersiveart #freenycevents #unspokenunbroken
In less than a month!!
unspoken//unbroken Returns to Manhattan with a One-Day Community Pop-Up 💜
📍@fridmangallery
📆 Monday, March 16th
🔗 visit wadedance.org for more info!
A multidisciplinary public program raising awareness about domestic violence. Presenting the second phase of its project, building on work initiated during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. This March presentation expands the project’s reach through immersive installation, live music, somatic practice, and dialogue
All events are free and open to the public!
📸 @marissa_lmg
#domesticviolenceawareness #onedaypopup #freenycevents
WE WEAR THE SKY // 2025
Some snippets of our residents performing @ihrartmovement !!
❤️ big tub broken machinery by Jay Beardsley @j_b7777777
🧡 I’m not like that but my friend is by Maggie Joy and Corinne Lohner @maggiejjoyy@rinnylohner
💛 Redundance by Dylan Richmond @choreopoet
💚 Come Love Us Baby, Come Let Us Be (C.L.U.B) by Rylan Joenk @drop_dead_joe
We appreciate each of these artists and works and wish them luck on all future endeavors!
#prideresidency #performancereel #2025dance
