Past Events | Sheila Collins

Remembering and Making Meaning through The Art of Storytelling

by Sheila Collins | Oct 31, 2024 | Art & Life, Community, Gatherings, Grieving, History, Past Events, Personal Stories, Uncategorized

Last Sunday, amid the extreme bruhaha in the swing state of Pennsylvania related to the upcoming national election I attended the Commemoration Ceremony of the sixth anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh. Eleven people lost their lives, and...

Broken Hearts, Broken Families, Broken Careers

by Sheila Collins | Sep 19, 2024 | Art & Life, Duality, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

A family therapy expert whose name I can’t recall, or I would give him proper credit said something when I was a student in his class that I’ve never forgotten all these years later– “You can never be rid of anyone, (and I would add, anything) that you have ever...

Honoring Our Deceased Loved Ones

by Sheila Collins | Aug 15, 2024 | Community, Family, Gatherings, Health, Health and Wellness, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, The Art of Grieving

Each death of a loved one has its own set of circumstances and presents its own challenges as far as grieving is concerned. But the death of a child is considered by many the most difficult grief assignment that life can hand us. It seems against the natural order,...

Craft, Memories and the Art of Grieving

by Sheila Collins | Aug 8, 2024 | Art & Life, Celebrations, Community, Family, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Past Events, Personal Stories, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving

Last May, after writing and publishing a book on how art and artmaking help us grieve, I learned of the opening of the Contemporary Craft Museum’s art exhibit, Hereafter. I attended the opening which featured 13 regional artists exploring the themes of grief, mourning...

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

by Sheila Collins | Apr 11, 2024 | Celebrations, Community, Environment, Gatherings, History, Past Events, Personal Stories

My husband and I are on the shores of Lake Conneaut, the largest natural lake in the state of Pennsylvania. We’re meeting for the first-time, relatives and friends of our Pittsburgh neighbors who share a century old summer cottage on the lake. We’ve driven several...

How Visual Arts Help Us Grieve

by Sheila Collins | Apr 4, 2024 | Dances, Health and Wellness, History, Past Events, Personal Stories, Self-Care, The Art of Grieving

Freud got one important thing wrong about grief. I discovered this when my experiences as a mourner did not always jive with what I had been taught as a social worker and practiced as a therapist. During the time of my university education and study of the great...

« Older Entries

Learn the Many, Magical Ways Art Transforms Grieving!

(No art skills required.)

Loss is inevitable, yet too often we bury our grief, pretending we're OK when we're not.

In my new book (COMING SOON), I'll share some uncommon notions about grief and how the arts, and art-making, have transformative powers that take us to the heart of the matter.

Remembering and Making Meaning through The Art of Storytelling

Broken Hearts, Broken Families, Broken Careers

Honoring Our Deceased Loved Ones

Craft, Memories and the Art of Grieving

Art of Grieving Lessons from the Eclipse

How Visual Arts Help Us Grieve

Latest Posts

Categories

TOUGH INTO TRIUMPH

Poster Download

You have Successfully Subscribed!