When you look into the eyes of your grandmother immortalized in the photo on your desk, it is amazing seeing your own likeness reflected back. Photographs can transport us, offering an intimate type of visual communication, bridging across time and space…
“My life is teaching me the words to enable it to be a story which can be told. Our journey brings us back to the origin, the beginning. Do not feel lost when you realize you have made your way home…” In what ways can your family’s origin stories help guide you as you build the next chapter of your life?
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…