Wednesday, June 10th and 17th, 2026, 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Meetings will take place in the Poetry Center's Alumni Room, Room 205; limit 12 students. General registration for Summer Classes & Workshops will open on Tuesday, May 12th at 10:00AM.
Grief and loss are universal human experiences and our most beloved, as well as complicated, relationships are forever changed by death. This workshop brings continuing bonds theory, sympathetic magic, and creative practice together to better understand our ongoing relationships to those we’ve lost; We will direct our attention and intention towards finding connection and meaning through physical objects, small acts, symbols, or ritual, which all act as conduits between this realm and the next. Through storytelling, writing, collage, and bookmaking we’ll consider new ways one might (re)connect and continue building or deepening relationships with an ancestor of your choosing. Come ready with (copies of) personal texts, imagery, and photos that you’ll incorporate into handmade books, transforming precious memories into a multi-sensory way to "hold" those or what’s been lost while tending to your grief. No bookmaking experience necessary and all materials provided.