The Anger Project is a body-based, socially-responsive artistic practice rooted in community and creativity. Through workshops, performances, films, and (soon) a traveling Rage Room, we create space for people to move through anger. What we do shifts depending on resources, location, and the people involved, but at the heart of this work is a commitment to honoring anger through collective expression, deep listening, and radical presence.
In our sessions, we move, scream, sing, draw, dance, paint, write, play, smash things, share stories, breathe, and hold space for silence. We center privacy, presence, and process.
While deeply collaborative in spirit, The Anger Project remains intimate in scale, employing guest artists and facilitators, whose work aligns with our mission, whenever funding allows. Collaborations are rooted in mutual resonance and amplification, uniting creative voices to deepen the work and to empower one another.
At the heart of this work are safety, anonymity, and privacy. Though the project is ongoing, most sessions are not recorded, and many of the individuals who have contributed their voices remain anonymous. Stories are not shared in public spaces unless explicitly requested, each person profoundly shaping this process in ways that can be difficult to articulate. We are deeply grateful for all of the people who have offered their voice, vulnerability, and strength.
Because of the care this work requires, and its intentionally slow pace, The Anger Project has hosted more private gatherings than public ones. To date, the project has sparked 45 moments of collective engagement (in person and online), and has reached communities in Tucson, Chicago, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Boston, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Nogales (and soon Oakland) through workshops, performance events, and film. Of those, only a handful have been publicly shared.
Learn More: https://www.angerproject.org/