...transforming family images and stories into art
Photos of family members are not simple things. They are multi-layered experiences evoking a rich confusion of memories and emotions. When we look at family photos, it’s not individuals we see; sometimes we see the story of our lives.
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In this workshop, writer and personal historian Donna Gold works with artist Patricia Wheeler to guide you on a journey from family image and memory to art and insight.
You’ll begin this journey with your own ancestry, for we ask you to arrive with many copies of pictures of family members and of places that hold a special meaning. You may also bring old garments, letters or other documents.
The final work emerges from your own story and process. It may take the form of a small book, prayer flag, collage, wall quilt, whatever. It can have no writing or be mostly writing. Some create gifts for family members, others work with more intimate ideas. You decide.
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Those who have worked with us find that treating the images and stories of their lives as art is a uniquely liberating experience. As family members become subjects for artmaking, compassion and objectivity grow. Participants relish the conversations and storytelling that emerges as part of the process, leaving workshops able to look at their lives anew, finding their own histories to be fertile ground for art. |
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