Eight women participated in creative workshops with musician and artists George Williams, Geoff Hassall and Paige Duggan in a series of workshops called Words Out.

A launch event to be hosted at the Art Gallery of Ballarat on Saturday will celebrate their work through a presentation of their performances and music videos.

Words Out facilitator George Williams said the group sessions provided a supportive environment for survivors to express their feelings.

"Each week people would come in and someone had written a new song and they shared it. Week by week people gained confidence in what they were sharing," she said.

"Something that I was made more aware of through the sharing over the weeks was how the ripple effect of sexual abuse is so damaging throughout families and into the community.

"It is quite profound the ramifications of that through so many different ways in people's lives and it goes on throughout their lives."

Words Out is a part of City of Ballarat's Continuous Voices project which connects trauma and creativity to take a stand against sexual assault and sexual abuse.

Other art sessions including photography, sculpture and drawing were also held, using creative collaboration to determine the shape and space of a reflective memorial in Ballarat.

Ms Williams said Words Out helped capture people's individual and differing experiences and perspectives.

One Words Out participant said the process helped her start writing again and acknowledge the hurt and pain she and her family had been through.

"It's been really healing to be a part of this with other creative people," she said.

"It was amazing to meet everyone and work with them collaboratively and hearing their stories makes me feel less alone and less disconnected.

"I wanted to say many things to my perpetrators but was never able to due to circumstances beyond my control.

"Writing about it is a way I could let go of all the hurt and pain in being silenced by them and not being able to tell them the truth of the impacts of the torture they put me through.

"For me the only way I could confront my past was creatively."

Words Out facilitator Geoff Hassell said art was a 'powerful medicine for the soul'.

"You can talk about something and bring it out and get all upset about it again until it settles down, but if you do it through a creative process it seems to sort it out somehow, it removes it," he said.

The Words Out launch is on Saturday June 26 at 2pm at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

Visit artgalleryofballarat.com.au/events to book for the free event.

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