COURSES
“My work, for so many years, has come back to the feeling and experience of grief. I couldn’t, in my wildest dreams, have imagined a class as perfect as this one existing. Lesly and Anthoula created such a beautifully safe space for artists to share, express, and sit with feelings that we all experience so deeply. I’m incredibly grateful to have been given the opportunity to take this class and to make and share work with my classmates, all while processing these images and feelings together. Thank you both for everything, always!”
-Olive, Framing Grief, 2025
“Framing Grief is not just a class; it is the creative and sensitive support I began to seek since I knew of my mother's illness. I sought support in death cafes, with friends, and with my therapist, but nothing was as loving as this experience with Anthoula and Lesly, who were always kind enough to ask me how my mother was doing and how I was feeling.
I will always be deeply grateful. Thank you for everything.”
-Majo, Framing Grief, 2025
Framing Grief
Tuesdays, 7pm to 9pm EST Online, Oct 7th Dec 2nd, 2025 / 8 sessions / online
October 7 / October 14 / October 21 / October 28 / November 4 / November 11 / November 18 / NO CLASS on Nov 25 / Dec 2
Grief touches every human life, yet its profound emotional landscape often remains hidden and deeply personal. This photography course creates a supportive environment where students can explore the multifaceted nature of loss—from intimate personal experiences to broader ecological and collective grief—through diverse photographic approaches.
Students will engage with both documentary and conceptual photography practices, experimenting with collage, image transfer techniques, and the integration of personal archives to create meaningful visual narratives. The course emphasizes photography not just as documentation, but as a powerful tool for processing, expressing, and transforming experiences of loss into art.
This compassionate learning space encourages authentic expression while providing practical skills in advanced photographic techniques. Students will develop both technical proficiency and conceptual depth as they create bodies of work that honor their experiences and connect with universal themes of healing and resilience.
The course is co-taught by two practicing artists (Lesly Deschler Canossi + Anthoula Lelekidis) who bring a combined twenty-five years of teaching experience alongside their own artistic explorations of grief and loss, offering both professional expertise and personal understanding of the creative process as a means of navigating difficult emotions.
Cost: $475.00 via Zelle (preferred) to Anthoula at 347-273-4778 & please note “Framing Grief” or via Square HERE
Image credit: Anthoula Lelekidis