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TAPESTRIES OF GRIEF
4 - 19 September 2021



What is Tapestries of Grief ?
Tapestries of Grief is a multi-platform ‘festival’ that combines virtual talks, face-to-face experiential workshops, and a community art exhibition

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Welcome to Tapestries of Grief events' photo gallery.
Join us to witness the meaningful work of our partners and participants' experiences.





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![]() | ![]() | ![]() Sound of Grief is the closing event for Tapestries of Grief 2022. |
![]() Music Therapist, Camellia, playing the song 小白船 to remember a mother's love for her children. | ![]() Music Therapist, Tammy, playing the song "Words", sharing a story of a patient whose son played the same song for his father before his father passed on. | ![]() Music Therapist, Jolene, playing the song "Visiting Hours" - a song that wondered the possibility of heaven having visiting hours for living to visit the loved ones that was lost. |
![]() Music Therapist, Evelyn, playing the song "Until We Meet Again" as an expression for her experience of grief as a music therapist. | ![]() Our Guest Performer, Amanda, performing her 2021 single "Never Get Over You" inspired and dedicated to her late father. | ![]() Music Therapist, Hanna, performing the song "Ocean" - sharing her own experience of grief. |
![]() Bereaved participants immerse in song and music to express their grief and emotions. | ![]() Bereaved participants express their grief through song and music, with facilitation from board certified Music Therapist, Calvin and Senior Director of Grief Matters, Wai Yee. | ![]() Participants are engaged in using different music instruments to express themselves when there are no words. |
![]() Participants are engaged in using different music instruments to express themselves when there are no words. | ![]() Dr Alicia Pon conducting an experiential sandplay workshop and using symbols for helping professionals supporting bereaved children. | ![]() Participants engaged in pair work using sand to express and process their thoughts and emotions related to self and bereavement work. |
![]() Participants engaged in pair work using sand to express and process their thoughts and emotions related to self and bereavement work. | ![]() Participant engaging in texture rubbing and art-making as a warm up activity to express their grief experience. | ![]() Participant engaging in texture rubbing using natural objects in their environment as a warm up activity to express themselves. |
![]() "Coming Out Of It" - a piece of land art created by a participant using natural objects. | ![]() | ![]() Participants gathering around to witness one another's land art. |
![]() Participant engaging in land art at Botanic Gardens to honour memory of their significant one. | ![]() | ![]() Participant using art materials to create texture rubbings using natural objects around them. |
![]() Participant exploring textures of natural objects in the environment to support mindfulness and meaning-making. | ![]() Bereaved participant creating an artwork using textures and the natural environment to express her grief experience, including challenges and how she coped with the loss. | ![]() Bereaved participant exploring textures using natural objects in their environment as a warm-up activity. |
![]() Caseworkers from SOS created bookmarks to reflect on their personal & professional grief. | ![]() Caseworkers from SOS created bookmarks to reflect on their personal & professional grief. | ![]() Caseworkers from SOS created bookmarks to reflect on their personal & professional grief. |
![]() Caseworkers from SOS created bookmarks to reflect on their personal & professional grief. | ![]() Participants are guided through a warm-up art activity by exploring their natural objects around them through mindfulness and touch. | ![]() Workshop facilitator guiding through participants a forest-bathing activity that activates the body, mind and senses. |
![]() Closing session with a tea ceremony through invitation of senses and sharing. | ![]() Workshop facilitator from Mindful Space supporting bereaved participants in mindfulness, journaling and emotional freedom technique (tapping). | ![]() Workshop facilitator from Mindful Space supporting bereaved participants in mindfulness, journaling and emotional freedom technique (tapping). |
![]() Lena, workshop facilitator supporting bereaved participants through reading texts and poem-writing to process and express their grief reactions. | ![]() Bereaved participants are facilitated through reading texts and poem-writing to process and express their grief reactions. | ![]() Lena, workshop facilitator supporting bereaved participants through reading texts and poem-writing to process and express their grief reactions. |
![]() Mother and daughter observing natural surroundings and making art in nature. | ![]() Group making art after a body scan and setting intention for the session. | ![]() Group circle sharing on their experience and reflections after practising mindfulness and making art in nature. |
![]() Couple taking in the sights and sounds of nature, making art in shared contemplation. | ![]() Group practising mindfulness and engaging in sights and sounds - observing a family of hummingbirds singing and nestling in nature. | ![]() Participant making an art response to natural surroundings - what do you see? what do you observe? what does this mean for you? |
![]() Gentlemen joining the group experience in observing, contemplating and art-making in response to the sights, sounds, smells of nature. | ![]() Mingli (exhale) conducting a somatic healing workshop for participants using movement, breathwork and meditation. | ![]() Mingli (exhale) supporting a participant in session. |
![]() Participants being guided through different body movement postures. | ![]() Mingli (exhale) conducting somatic healing experience for bereaved parents. | ![]() Supporting participants in session using movement, breathwork and meditation. |

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