Through Their Eyes: Therapeutic Art for Grieving Children

  • Thursday, March 6
  • 6:00 PM
  • Auditorium
Photo by David E. Starke

Through Their Eyes: Therapeutic Art for Grieving Children
Thursday, March 6, 2025, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. ET

Following the 9/11 attacks, young people around the world created art in response to the violence they had witnessed. This program will explore the role of art-making and art therapy to process grief and trauma, with a focus on two organizations created in the wake of 9/11: The World Trade Center Family Center and America’s Camp, a summer sleepaway camp for young relatives of 9/11 victims. Moderated by Executive Vice President of Collections & Chief Curator Dr. Jan Ramirez, this discussion brings together America’s Camp artist-in-residence Traci Molloy, clinical psychologist and WTC Family Center consultant Dr. Tom Demaria, and 9/11 family member Amy Gardner, who participated in art activities offered through both organizations.

This program is presented as a complement to the Museum’s new exhibition Drawing Meaning: Trauma and Children’s Art After 9/11opening on February 19, 2025, in the South Tower Gallery. 

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, MA-255848-OMS-24.

IMLS Logo: Institute of Museum and Library Services green logo with nine rays of dots coming out from a sphere. The rays are on the left side, and in the blank space are the words.

Photos

Photos by David E. Starke

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