about
Thinning the Veil is an ongoing art project exploring grief and community created and curated by Kai Marigold.
Community members are invited to name and submit their own grief stories and experiences to the Thinning the Veil project. These submissions can be as simple as a name or a word connected to their grief, or they can be more extensive in their story telling. All grief is welcome, including disenfranchised grief (grief that is often not openly recognized or supported).
Artist Kai Marigold takes each submission and creates an individual piece of art based on it. These art pieces take form in many mediums including photography, film, collage, poetry, dance, painting, etc. The pieces are being curated into both a digital gallery and a physical show. Names accompanying submissions will remain anonymous, but please note that submissions will be posted with their corresponding art piece. Submissions are accepted at the form here or emailed directly to thinningtheveilcommunity@gmail.com.
The mission of this project is to make space for communal storytelling and grief sharing, thinning the veil both between individuals and their own grief as well as between individuals and each other, creating space for the often unspoken elements of grief. It also serves as a space for the artist Kai to connect with others in grief while processing their own through artistic practice.
Thinning the Veil is an ongoing labor of love, multiple submissions per person welcome, follow @thinningtheveilproject on Instagram for updates.
the artist
Kai Marigold is an artist, author, and grief tender in Western, MA.
Kai’s art takes many forms- photography, mixed media, collage, poetry, dance, and more. They are the author of the poetry book “Kitchen Sink Soup: Poems for the Grieving” and work as the lead choreographer with The House of Grotesque healing arts collective performance group based in Holyoke, MA. They also work as a grief tender offering individual grief support sessions as well as support groups and workshops. Learn more about Kai and their offerings here.
the project