PUBLICATIONS
Awakening Creativity
Dandelion School Blossoms
Awakening Creativity describes the participatory process of artistic expression guided by Lily Yeh at The Dandelion School, a nonprofit organization in Beijing that serves the children of poor migrant workers. Yeh worked with hundreds of students, teachers, and volunteers to transform the school's main campus with mural painting, mosaics, and environmental sculpture.
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda:
Rugerero Survivors Village, an Artist Book
by Susan Viguers and Lily Yeh
Published by: New Village Press
Healing from Genocide in Rwanda demonstrates the power of art in the service of healing, and is a testimony to responsive community process in a highly sensitive environment. The work draws from Lily Yeh’s multifaceted Rwandan Healing Project under the auspices of Barefoot Artists, a project that included, among other things, drawing and storytelling workshops. Susan Viguers conceived and designed the book, incorporating drawings and paintings by Lily Yeh.
Other Publications by Lily Yeh
Contributor, “Stories from Philadelphia, Kenya, and Rwanda, with survivors of poverty, inner city violence, and genocide,” Art-Making with Refugees and Survivors: Creative and Transformative Responses to Trauma After Natural Disasters, War and Other Crises, by Sally Adnams and contributors Lily Yeh, Carol Hofmeyr, Max Levi Freider, and Paul Hogan, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
“Forward,” Field Guide for Creative Placemaking in Parks, by Matthew Clarke, produced by The Trust for Public Land; City Parks Alliance
“The Rwanda Healing Project,” The Harvard Advocate, 2014 Winter Issue
Lily Yeh: Beauty in Broken Places: Healing war-torn, broken, and economically devastated communities through art. YES Magazine, Winter 2012
“How Art Can Heal Broken Places,” Moonrise: The Power Of Women Leading From The Heart, edited by Nina Simon
“My Story,” in “Shout Out, Women of Color Respond to Violence,” edited by Maria Ochoa & Barbara K. Ige. (2007)