Through Their Eyes: Therapeutic Art for Grieving Children

  • Thursday, March 6
  • 6:00 PM
  • Auditorium
A mural style photograph with flags and crops and the Twin Towers visible

Collection 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Mural created by the Lower School Art Students of Porter Gaud School in Charleston, South Carolina in Mrs. Laura Orvin's Art Class for the people of New York. Gift of Lawrence Knafo. Detail of the work.

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 9/11, opening on February 19, 2025, in the South Tower Gallery. 

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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.

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