where death work coalesces with art
why death work coalesces with art
Nine Keys Art Gallery
When my apprentices make art of the Nine Keys, not only are they processing and expressing what they are learning or experiencing through imagery and imagination, they are expanding their creative capacities for death work that is new;
death work for these tender unprecedented times.
They are merging boundless topics with tangible manifestations.
Art pushes boundaries and it’s free to challenge the status quo.
Grief
Kay Kinderman
Death Midwife & Hospice LNA
New Hampshire
tenderjagged.com
In the Arms of the Mother
Melissa Word
Artist
Death Doula
Atlanta, GA
melissaword.com / @melissawordstudio
Even Sheer
Rowan Levy
Therapist, Counselor, Life Coach, & Death Coach
Philadelphia, PA
uncommonthreadstherapy.com
Field Study
Kathryn Courant
Artist & Death Midwife
Lowell, ME
www.kathrynmarcellacourant.com
kmarcellacourant@gmail.com
We Are All on Hospice
Juliarose Triebes
Artist
Flagstaff, AZ
julialoffredotriebes@gmail / @juliarosetriebes
Urning Myself
Schara Hallim
Death Doula,
Cartomantic Reader & Medium
Toronto, Canada
schara@gmail.com / @thirdeyeciphers
OYA
India Walker
Death Doula
Atlanta, GA
ritualhauss@gmail.com / @ritualhaus_
Living in a House Called Grief
Jenn J.
Death Midwife
& Grief Coach
www.bodygriefcoach.com
“The creative process is an enigmatic journey akin to deciphering the mysteries present at the end of life.
Both involve piecing together numinous elements and constructing a narrative from fragments of clues. In both cases, there’s a quest to understand the unknown and an invitation to make something out of uncertainty.”
— Narinder Bazen
The Role of a Lifetime
Robin Miniter
Creative Producer & Death Worker
Washington, DC
www.robinminiter.com / @ro.binmin
Jupiter Over Lovelines
Susan Sullivan
Death Doula
San Francisco, CA
SusanTheDeathDoula@gmail.com
Marvelous Error
Amanda Shepherd
Death Doula & Licensed Massage Therapist
Baltimore, MD
www.othersidestudio.space
@othersidestudio.space
Merely a Vessel
Rebecca Lopez Mullins
Death Midwife
Grand Rapids, MI
www.rebeccamullinsstudio.com @rebecca.mullins.studio
there is always enough
Sonja Ausen
Deathworker
Minneapolis, MN
www.seachangedeathwork.com
@minneapolis.death.collective
Composting
Meghan Allynn Johnson
Artist & Death Worker
Madison, WI
www.meghanallynn.com / meghanallynnj@gmail.com @meghan.allynn.deathwork @madison.death.collective
Time Enough
Jessica Tomforde
Death & Grief Guide
Portland, OR
www.jessicatomforde.com / @tomforde.guide
Acceptance
Casey Hansen Conan
Artist & Non-Profit
Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
www.caseyhansenconan.com
Apprentices say…
”Nine Keys has reignited my love for making art!”
”I feel more in touch with my art because of Nine Keys than I did in grad school getting an art degree.”
“Nine Keys opens portals. It opens possibilities. It opens hearts.”
Untitled
Krystal Lundrigan
Nine Keys Apprentice
Ontario, Canada
k.s.lundrigan@gmail.com
@starlight.and.bones
Understanding of Love
Angel Higbee
Death Midwife
Grovetown, GA
@angelstar.deathmidwifery
This gallery is a work in progress! Check back for more art soon.
Are you a Nine Keys Graduate who would like to have their art featured?
Email care@narinderbazen.com
Untitled
Kathryn DiMenichi
Artist, Carpenter, Death Midwife
Atlanta GA
www.dimenichi.com
kdimenichi@gmail.com
Nine Keys
death midwifery apprenticeship
November 2024 cohort is now full.
{accepting applications for January 2025}
Nine Keys is the death midwifery training course for creative thinkers and artists, who are aspiring death workers in touch with the soul of all.
It’s a death arts school. It’s the path of the death midwifery for the mystic*
{*one who serves humanity through their relationship with the divine}