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Art as Release: Channeling Grief Through Creative Expression

Fri, Apr 04

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The Portland Grief House

Join us for "Art as Release: Channeling Grief Through Creative Expression," a unique workshop where you’ll have the chance to process grief through art or craft followed by an optional 30-minute “Community in Grief” gathering, a safe and respectful space to find quiet companionship for your grief.

Art as Release: Channeling Grief Through Creative Expression
Art as Release: Channeling Grief Through Creative Expression

When & Where

Last available date

Apr 04, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The Portland Grief House, 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203, USA

Who

What

In this workshop, led by Sandra Hunter, participants will learn to externalize their grief through any form of art or craft they choose: writing, knitting, drawing, 3D modeling, and more.


Beginning with a reflective prompt, participants will have dedicated time to explore their feelings through their chosen medium. The session will conclude with a gentle exchange, where each person shares their piece with a partner who will reflect on how it makes them feel—without critique or interpretation. This generous, expressive space invites connection and healing through creative expression.


After creative expression, participants are invited to stay for a 30-minute “Community in Grief” session. During this time we'll reserve the upstairs rooms for silent processing and offer the living room space for verbal reflection on your experience. This will be a non-judgmental space, offering dignity, respect, and companionship to those seeking comfort and understanding in the presence of others. Facilitators will…


Tickets

  • Art as Release Ticket

    From $20.00 to $35.00
    • $35.00
      +$0.88 ticket service fee
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    • $20.00
      +$0.50 ticket service fee

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    $0.00

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    All grief is welcome here.

    All are welcome here.

    This is an LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-affirming place.

    The Grief House is not a replacement for skilled mental health care. We cannot provide acute crisis intervention. If you’re struggling to find the help you need, we are happy to offer referrals and suggest resources. If you feel like you might hurt yourself or someone else, help is available 24 hours a day from the National Suicide Hotline (1-800-273-8255) or by dialing or texting 988. If you are having a medical emergency, please dial 911.

    Finding Us

    The Atlanta Grief House Nickerson Cottage at Legacy Park Decatur 500 S. Columbia Dr, Decatur, GA 30030 Notes on finding us: GPS will take you to the center of Legacy Park. The Nickerson Cottage is a stone building with raised bed gardens on the south side of Legacy Park's campus. If you enter campus through the south entrance it will be the first cottage you come to. You can park in any of the surrounding lots. If coming in the evening you will see the string lights on our front porch. Nickerson Cottage is largely wheelchair accessible.

    The Portland Grief House 7906 N Fessenden St, Portland, OR 97203 Notes on finding us: We are the green house on the corner of N Fessenden & N Allegheny Ave. Enter through the gate at the corner.

    Wilderings, operating as The Grief House, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN  84-4336786) and all donations are tax deductible. 

    The Grief House works on and serves communities on land that is the unceeded territory of the Muskogee, Cherokee and Creek peoples in Georgia and the Clackamas, Stl’pulmsh, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla and Siletz peoples in Oregon.

     

    We honor them as we live, work and serve grievers on these unceeded lands. 

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