Creativity and Funeral Rites; The Use of Creative Arts during Wakes, Funerals & Memorials

This presentation discusses the use of creative practices to honour those who have died/what we have lost, through funerals, memorials and events. We explore secular ritual, its use in modern Australian Funerals and ways to expand, personalise and deepen meaning-making through creativity. Joh Fairley, aka Joh Nyx (She/Her), shared images and videos of past work that she has done in developing secular art rituals around grief, loss and heartbreak.