We Will Not Be Silent was on view from October 30-December 15, 2025, featuring four artists who form a network of survivors and supporters addressing sexual violence. Their sensorial works, made from makeup, salt, clay, wood, fabric, and their own bodies, invite viewers to feel the realities of surviving and confront the inextricable links between sexual violence and the institutions that create it. These artists exemplify the ingenuity of resistance. Their work generates possibilities for a future rooted in the experiences and identities of the artists, as queer, trans, multi-racial, disabled, Indigenous, Mexican, and Black.
Each body of art was displayed alongside the artists’ contributions to the Monument Quilt, a collective project comprised of 3,000 stories from survivors of sexual violence, emblazoned on fabric and displayed in public places. In the spirit of the now concluded Monument Quilt, a series of banners made by UMD students were on view.
Accessibility is a high priority for the exhibition. Accessible practices include content warnings, sensory objects, tactile artworks, seating, braille labels, quiet spaces for rest, and visual descriptions of artworks. Visitors are encouraged to wear a mask while visiting the opening and are also encouraged to read the content warnings ahead of attending (zine available here). Interpretation materials in this exhibition were available in English, Spanish, and Braille. A full statement of accessibility is available here.
Look below for all links to visual descriptions, in alphabetical order by artist.
Gloria Garrett
Blog post by Trinitee Tatum about Gloria Garrett’s art.
Artist Bio:
Quilt Block: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/gloria-garrett-quilt-block/
Makeup Works: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/peace-and-joy-gloria-garrett/
Needle Points: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/have-faith-needlepoint-gloria-garrett/
Workbooks: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/advice-for-life-workbook-gloria-garrett/
Interview Video: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/video-monument-quilt-history-series-gloria-garrett/
Nickole Keith
Artist Bio:
Quilt Square Photograph: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/quilt-block-nickole-keith-wont-be-displayed-but-photo-of-it/
Portrait Photograph: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/photograph-nickole-keith/
Nnoshe: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/nnoshe-portrait-nickole-keith/
374 Broken Promises: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/374-broken-promises-nickole-keith/
Weaving Through Trauma: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/weaving-through-trauma-nickole-keith/
Brenda Joy Day (Video): https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/brenda-joy-day-video/
Basket, Blood, Memory: Past, Present, and Future: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/basket-iii-nickole-keith/
Eva Salazar
Artist Bio:
Quilt Square: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/quilt-block-eva-salazar/
To Have and To Hold: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/to-have-and-to-hold-eva-salazar/
No Teniá Ganas de Nada, Solo de Vivir: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/no-tenia-ganas-de-nada-solo-de-vivir-eva-salazar/
Uno ha creído a veces, en medio de este camino sin orillas, que nada habría después; que no se podría encontrar nada al otro lado, al final de esta llanura rajada de grietas y de arroyos secos. Pero si, hay algo: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/uno-ha-creido-a-veces-en-medio-de-este-camino-sin-orillas-que-nada-habria-despues-que-no-se-podria-encontrar-nada-al-otro-lado-al-final-de-esta-llanura-rajada-de-grietas-y-de-arroyos-secos-pero-s/
Jadelynn St. Dre
Artist Bio:
Quilt Block: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/quilt-block-jadelynn-st-dre/
Choreographies of Disclosure: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/choreographies-of-disclosure-jadelynn-st-dre/
Protection: https://blog.umd.edu/stampgallery/2025/10/23/bones-piece-jadelynn-st-dre/