Trauercafé – Talking about Grief Together

Venue: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Atelier

Meeting point: Museum entrance, ground floor

The Grief Café is a space for conversation, where we can come together to mourn and exchange memories. Farewells are a recurring part of life: whether it’s the end of a romantic relationship, a broken friendship, a death, or an illness. Sharing these experiences creates connection and can have a healing effect.

The Grief Café, inspired by the exhibition Disobedience Archive (Canopy for Broken Time), addresses themes such as loss, memory, political mourning, and community. During a guided tour with grief counselor Jordis Fellmann, we will discuss the thoughts and feelings the exhibition evokes in us.

Afterward, we will gather in the art mediation studio over coffee and cake to share our own experiences. Together with the grief counselor, we will explore rituals to confront death, grief, and loss, finding ways to process them effectively. To conclude, with the guidance of an art therapist, we will use various materials, paper, and colors to give shape to our grief and emotions through art.

• With: Jordis Fellmann, certified grief counselor and art educator and Cynthia Gavranic, art educator and art therapist
• Languages: in German and English
• Recommended for: Teenagers and adults aged 16 and older
• Registration: Please register at least 3 days before the event by emailing kunstvermittlung@migrosmuseum.ch
• Participants: Limited to 15 people – free of charge