• Lectures & Workshops •

blending grief education, personal narratives, & creativity to support communities in meaningful reflection and connection

Education

  • Artistic Expressions of Grief

    FEBRUARY 10, 2026

    7PM EST

    Participants will learn how symbolic, abstract, and realistic representations can give voice to the inexpressible. We will also consider how grief-related art challenges societal narratives, educates others, and validates shared human experiences. This class acknowledges how resilience, activism, and community connection are a part of artistic expressions of grief and how art helps us define life, loss, and our place in the world.

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  • Mending Our Souls: The Role of Textiles in Death, Loss, and Navigating Grief

    MARCH 24, 2026

    7PM EST

    This course explores the role of textiles in supporting healing journeys for individuals and communities experiencing grief, both historically and in contemporary contexts. Just as death and loss are universal experiences, textiles hold significant meaning in every culture and individual’s life. We will examine the importance of textiles in relation to death and mourning by investigating their prominence in rituals, the neurological benefits of textile creation, and the supportive qualities of textile-related practices in both personal and collective grieving. We will also explore how symbolism, memory, and legacy are woven into the identities of textiles. Additionally, we will connect these insights to established grief theories, highlighting the benefits of using textiles as a tool for navigating loss.

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MENDING OUR SOULS

MENDING OUR SOULS

lectures & workshops are specially curated for your event and can be designed for any age group & skill level

Mending What’s Broken Mobile Making

Things break. Fingernails, coffee makers, cars, bones, teacups, relationships. It’s impossible to go through life without experiencing some breakage. 

Mending What’s Broken uses sticks, paper, and embroidery thread to create mobiles that represent healing for the small and large breakages of life – anything from mirrors to marriages.  Participants can engage with their own narratives of loss and healing while they make and adorn a mobile to take home.

•Price dependent on participation and venue

Mending Our Souls Textile Workshop

This workshop invites participants to reflect on loss, memory, legacy, and healing through the transformative act of making. Together, we will create keepsakes that honor our personal experiences with loss. Inspired by the goals of promoting grief awareness, reflection, and expression, this workshop emphasizes the powerful and healing nature of combining creativity with community.

This workshop includes a presentation on the prominence of textiles in relation to grief across cultures and history. The hands-on portion will explore how textiles cani help us engage with our personal narratives of loss and healing. This workshop can be modified to accommodate different ages and a variety of groups of people.

•Price dependent on participation and venue

Who Else Needs to Know?

I offer workshops and presentations that can be adapted to a wide range of settings, including conferences, community centers, workplace team-building events, churches, and retreats.

Drawing from my background in grief and bereavement as well as my practice as a textile artist, my work blends personal narrative, death awareness, and grief education through both engaging talks and hands-on, experiential activities.

I am committed to serving communities—both near and far—by creating meaningful spaces for reflection, connection, and healing.

•Price dependent on participation and venue