Grief and Loss

How does suffering a great loss impact someone’s art beyond providing material for poems, songs and visual art? For some artists, telling, singing, or painting their grief allows them to fully understand and make sense of their experience, especially when it is articulated to an audience. Local painter and musician Helen Amirian (who performs as The Crash and Betty Show) will share her songs and the stories behind them, including her experience of losing her sister violently and unexpectedly. Audience members are invited to bring a notebook – there will be time to write or draw your own stories of loss and to share these, if you like.

7 p.m., Three Friends Coffee House,
SE 12th and Ash, Portland, Oregon