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The Healing Power of Telling Your Story

homepageJuly 16, 2016

At the end of our first oral history interview session, when asked to reflect about what it felt like to share their stories, one of the things that often surprises people the most is the way in which they feel transformed by the process. Questions to consider…

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Full Circle, Art and Writing by Kristen Larsen

Art of Motherhood Community GalleryJuly 6, 2016

She stared at this photo for some time. I gazed back at her, a tremble of lip began, the tiny empath burgeoning inside her…A thousand more words at the tip of my tongue, falling off my face, trying to tell this child the story, of her…

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The Miracle of You, Writing and Art by Dawn Thompson

Art of Motherhood Community GalleryJune 4, 2016

You are all mouth
until you arrive at the magazines.
Then you are only hands…
one by one…
You rip, tear, crumble
until the carpet is a lawn of disembodied language…

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Art of Transformation & Creative Prompts for Spring

homepageMay 17, 2016

Are you at an important juncture in your life? Have you recently gone through a rite of passage or are you preparing to usher in a time of change? Explore how your own life transitions mark the turning points on your path of growth and discovery…

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Wonder, Paper-cuts by Anna Garwood

Art of Motherhood Community GalleryApril 8, 2016

The creative challenge working in this medium is that an image has to be reduced to all-or-nothing shapes; there is no shading or texture, a line exists or it doesn’t. It requires you to choose the simple lines that capture the expression or the moment…

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Happy 10th Birthday Family Heirloom Arts & A New Website

homepageApril 6, 2016

The seed that would eventually grow into Family Heirloom Arts began to take root around two in the morning in my college apartment. I was listening to tapes of my uncle interviewing my grandfather, Henry Kagan, while I worked to weave…

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Start Creating & Art of Motherhood Student Showcase

Art of Motherhood Community GalleryMarch 5, 2016

Start Creating! Take a few minutes to reflect on the following question. In what ways have your child(ren) taught you to see your life and the world differently? Now I invite you to create a narrative image…

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Art of Motherhood, A New Program is Born!

homepageMarch 2, 2016

Two years after the birth of my son Julius in 2012, the Art of Motherhood program was born! Now the Art of Motherhood program has grown and is entering the public arena on a whole new level. Join us for upcoming workshops and retreats and check out our community…

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The Gift of Story, From Fact to Memory to Meaning

homepageFebruary 11, 2016

Every time I sit down with a Family Heirloom Arts client and begin our first oral history interview session together, it is as if a whole new world is opening up to each of us. For me, I am bearing witness to their life story for the first time…

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Art image of a figure sitting inside a seed which is growing underground.

The Space Between, Poetry and Art by Lisa Kagan

Art of Motherhood Community GalleryFebruary 7, 2016

I plant myself in the darkness
trying to root and hold
I seek life
so I yearn to endure and sustain
I am invisible
my existence is somewhere in between…

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