Experiential and worldwide:
4CE 4-hr VIRTUAL MASTER CLASS | Expressive Therapies Summit (Los Angeles 2021)
This process really resonates with me and gives a structure or container for the 'hows'…
2-hr VIRTUAL TRAINING | Portland Institute for Grief and Loss (2021)
"Dreamscaping can be emotionally less taxing on client’s physiology and can be energizing." Grace B.…
4CE 4-hr VIRTUAL WORKSHOP | BHAVA Therapy Group (NY 2021)
"This training really helped me understand better how to assist clients in coming to a…
PODCAST | Voices from the Expressive Therapies Summit (2020)
October 28, 2020 Nancy Gershman, LMSW, talks to the Creative Psychotherapist, Reina Lombardi about Dreamscaping…
4CE 4-hr MASTER CLASS | Expressive Therapies Summit (NY 2020)
"An innovative, truly transdisciplinary approach. It will be exciting to try it out on my…
BOOK LAUNCH | Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
November 14, 2019 New York, NY –Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss: The Art of…
EXPERIENTIAL 2 DAY WORKSHOP | Peninsula Home Hospice (Australia 2019)
"This is a great intervention for grieving clients – particularly when death due to suicide—sudden,…
PRESENTER | ADEC 41st Annual Conference (Atlanta)
April 11, 2019 Atlanta, GA. Part book launch, part Dreamscaping debut, "Alive and Enlivening: Prescriptive…
BOOK LAUNCH | Routledge's Taylor & Francis Group
November 14, 2018 New York, NY Book launch for "Prescriptive Memories in Grief and Loss:…
GUEST | To Grieve Podcast
November 9, 2018 Asheville, NC. This episode features 4 of the nearly 40 artists featured…
NBC Left Field documentary: "Would You Be Happier if You Embraced Death?
Producer Carlos Beltran's documentary for NBC Left Field, "Would You be Happier if You Embraced…
PRESENTER | ADEC 40th Annual Conference (Pittsburgh)
April 28, 2018 Pittsburgh. Memory artist, Nancy Gershman—host of Death Cafe New York City—and Lynda…
Presenter | ADEC Pre-Conference Institute's Advanced Course with Robert Neimeyer
April, 5, 2017 Memory artist, Nancy Gershman presenting "Dreamscaping in Grief Therapy: Consolation Through Prescriptive Memories"…
Interview | Open To Hope Radio
March 23, 2017 Dr. Heidi Horsley invites memory artist, Nancy Gershman to come and talk…
Interview | Open To Hope Radio 2017
March 23, 2017 Dr. Heidi Horsley invites memory artist, Nancy Gershman to come and talk…
Interview | Open To Hope TV 2016
Oct. 8, 2016 Family member, Debla Hargreaves and memory artist, Nancy Gershman talk to the psychologists, Gloria and…
GUEST | Open To Hope TV 2016
Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 Family member, Debla Hargreaves and memory artist, Nancy Gershman talk to the psychologists, Gloria…
4CE 3-hr MASTER CLASS | Expressive Therapies Summit (NY 2016)
Sunday, November 13, 2016 Announcing my upcoming workshop at the Seventh Annual Expressive Therapies Summit in…
NY1 News / New Yorker of the Week: Nancy Gershman
March 4, 2016 "Nancy Gershman Brings Light to Families During Their Darkest Hours" NY1 News…
FEATURED | NY1's New Yorker of The Week
March 4, 2016 "Nancy Gershman Brings Light to Families During Their Darkest Hours" NY1 News…
WINNER | Create Fest's Soaring Sun Award
"Nancy Gershman gets the Soaring Sun Award this month for her live contribution at Create…
PANELIST | Power of Personal Imagery Conference (Hofstra University)
April 14, 2016 Presented by the Creative Arts Therapy Program at Hofstra University School of Health…
Speaker | Create Fest Video Summit 2016
February 26, 2016 Memory artist Nancy Gershman joins twelve other mental health professionals in Courtney…
Book chapter | Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment and Intervention (Routledge, 2016)
As a contributing author to grief expert Robert A. Neimeyer’s compendium,"Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment…
"My Dad, Immortalized on a Postage Stamp" by Debla H
A firsthand account by Debla H (daughter of VNSNY Haven Hospice patient, Luis H) of how her father's…
Fifty is the New Fifty (Blog)
Journalist Stephanie Schroeder talks to hosts of Death Cafés on the West Coast (Portland, San…
Interview | ADEC 37th Annual Conference on Dying, Death and Bereavement in a Multicultural World (San Antonio)
Gloria Horsley interviews memory artist, Nancy Gershman at the 2015 ADEC (Association for Death Education…
VERA Hospice Charity Fund (Russia)
May 6, 2015 Elizaveta Bakunina, medical consultant for VERA Hospice Charity Fund (headquartered in Russia) talks with memory…
REPORTAGE | International Hospice & Palliative Care
5 April 2015 Memory Artist at First Moscow Hospice Transcript of the interview with memory…
Workshop | Creative Centre PSYforte (Moscow, Russia)
March 13, 2015 In her workshop, "Constructing a New Memory," memory artist, Nancy Gershman talked about the discoveries…
Memory Artist from NYC Gives a Talk at First Moscow Hospice
Feb. 12, 2015: Художник памяти» из нью-йоркского хосписа (Moscow, Russia)
Tragicomedia with cartoonist Keith Knight on how our words live on
How to keep our minds "flowing comedically" after a death with smart phones, comic strips and…
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE | First Moscow Hospice (Moscow, Russia)
February 11, 2015 At First Moscow Hospice (Russia), memory artist, Nancy Gershman gives an in-service talk…
Qeepr.com Blog
Qeepr.com are the folks who are employing QR codes to make our gravestones, urns, and other…
THE JOURNEY, a podcast on end-of-life care
January 13, 2015 End-of-life educator Deanna Cochran RN, BA, CHPN of Quality of Life Care interviews…
GUEST | The Journey Intention Radio
January 13, 2015 Palliative care and end-of-life educator Deanna Cochran RN, BA, CHPN of Quality of…
Tragicomedia with writer Penny Slusher on somber-free rites
Buying presents for the dead and gifting them; knowing your "mama dance" and texting as the deceased:…
Tragicomedia with improv artist Marc Hershon on vision quests for mourners
Fasting on water, chanting his heart out and beating a drum for 4 solitary days in a pine…
Press Release on Remember Books
Press Release: Remember Me Books": Your Life Story Illustrated by Memory Artist Nancy Gershman
Tragicomedia with poet Dana Jerman on griever dreams and signs
Not only is there is no wrong way to interpret dreams and signs, but they can…
AUDIOFILES podcast
Radio journalist Julia Alsop interviews two creative practitioners working at the frontline of end of life…
Tragicomedia with writer J.W. Basilo on starting fresh when the Old Guard is gone
How to use the death of a matriarch and birth of a baby to foster a new culture of decency around…
Tragicomedia with comic Yisrael Campbell on uplifting the dying
Be a DJ on a pretend radio station with your friend's name in the call letters:…
Tragicomedia with playwright Taren Sterry on finding the funny in awfulness
Taren Sterry is a comedic actress and playwright who also teaches improv, presentation coaching, public…
Tragicomedia with comic Lynn Ruth Miller on sentimentality
Every day Lynn Ruth Miller lives a full life for the people she's loved -- who…
Tragicomedia with Anita Milner on doing standup comedy about her late husband
Marriage jokes about her late husband's snoring. Widow jokes about their one-sided conversations. This and…
Tragicomedia with playwright Ann Randolph on creative writing about grief
How is a performance and a post-show creative writing workshop sparking a national discourse on…
Interview | ADEC 2014 (Baltimore, MD)
In this Open To Hope Foundation YouTube video, memory artist, Nancy Gershman tells founder Gloria…
Tragicomedia with comic Brian Karem on saying goodbye
We need to say goodbye early on by listening and loving more. This and more…
"My Mom's Dignity Portrait"
In VNSNY's Spring 2014 issue of "Seasons of Life" - its newsletter to bereaved families -…
Tragicomedia with playwright Gary Rudoren about last words
What's there to talk about in the 24 hours before "your son, the serial killer"…
GRIEF TALK WITH AUDREY:
On "Grief Talk with Audrey," grief mentor Audrey Pellicano talks with memory artist Nancy Gershman…
LECTURE | Memorial Sloan Kettering Bereavement Clinic Conference (New York)
April 8, 2014, 4:00-5:00 pm Library at the Counseling Center 641 Lexington Ave. (on 54th…
Tragicomedia with comic Steve Mittleman about forgiving hard parents
It's easy to forgive the hardest parent when they thank you through tears with: "Nobody…
Tragicomedia with comic Janice Messitte on being a newly wedded widow
In the space of two weeks, how did the supporters of a newly wedded 44-yr…
FEATURED | ENERGY TIMES
Violet Snow is a freelance journalist who frequently writes about history, nature, and spirituality. Her latest research project…
Tragicomedia with comedian Steve Jameson on shattered self-worth
How to love one's own "character" after loss - this and more from London-based comedian,…
EXHIBIT | University of Chicago's Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery and Gordon Center for Integrative Science (Chicago)
Feb. 21 - Apr 30, 2014 "For The Brides of Ed: An Integrated Approach To…
Tragicomedia with comic John DeBellis on grandfather loss
End of life for Al, an ex-mobster versus John, who in his 80's believed he…
Tragicomedia with comic Rashida Lucas on parental loss as a twin
As Daddy's girls, she and her twin practically cried themselves dry after their father's death…
PANEL | The Seleni Institute (NYC)
February 4th, 2014 Panel discussion from 9:00-10:00 am at The Seleni Institute, 207 East 94th…
Tragicomedia with comic and chaplain, Hollie Laudal on drama-free dying
From the smoking granny who asks to die before the family arrives, to the ranting…
Tragicomedia with comedian Bobby Kelton on death of a BFF
Can people actually cause their own death after saying stuff like ‘If they ever…
Tragicomedia with comedian Bea "Funny" Fiala on the accidental death of her grandson
Playing the Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda Game after an accidental death is as patently unhelpful as playing it after…
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED NEWSLETTER
Peggy Sweeney is the founder and president of the Sweeney Alliance; a bereavement educator, and…
Tragicomedia with comedy writer, Joe Janes on truthful memorialization
Joe tickled by Mom stoically eating his tofurkey. Mom openly guzzling "horrible things" like caffeine-free…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Marv Stottlemire on estrangement loss and denial
Is denial born of excess optimism? Can visualizing yourself in the improv game, Hitchhiker lead…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Mike Rose on loss after a freak accident
When an antique mirror "pretty much slices off" your nose, even an actor must stop…
Tragicomedia with The Irreverent Widow, Sandi Amorello about young widows
What the bereavement support group dress code should be and why widows often say they've…
CAMPUS TIMES / UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
Pedro Pinera (class of 2016) reviews the art-neuroscience themed exhibition, "For The Brides of Ed:…
Tragicomedia with stand-up comedian Rev. Susan Sparks about Divorce, 9/11 & Breast Cancer
When there's a death but no body, is it ok for a 9/11 widow to…
Tragicomedia with Poor Widow Me's Carol Scibelli
Widows who ask themselves "What would my dead husband do?"; play the widow card and…
Tragicomedia with comedian Sam Pancake about Repressed Feelings and Suicide
"Be happy, well-behaved and don’t make trouble for anybody" is a credo that's led to suicide…
Tragicomedia with humorist, Regi Carpenter about burials and morticians
How to teach your dead husband's first wife a lesson with your burial plot and…
Tragicomedia with stand-up Jay Nog about a friend's suicide
Pranksters commit suicide too; eat/work-out/meditate before an emotional death anniversary; and why public Remembering should…
Tragicomedia with Chicago playwright, Rebecca Langguth
Why special treatment from friends makes the bereaved act out; whether to carry on your…
Tragicomedia with sketch performer Beth Crosby on her BFF's suicide
Hospital patients as life coaches; testing "What would Bette Midler do?" in the face of…
EXHIBIT | University of Rochester Medical Center (NY)
Oct. 15 & 16, 2013 "For The Brides of Ed: An Integrated Approach To Eating…
Tragicomedia with Don Hall, host of Chicago's The Moth
Why you should live your dead guy's life for a day; the 3-day rule for…
Tragicomedia with NYC stand-up, Jordon Ferber
Schadenfreude on a bus, a missing watch and losing a leg are just a few…
Tragicomedia on grief with comedian David Himmel
Memory artist Nancy Gershman launches "Tragicomedia" - her new oral history series about loss and regrets, meaning-making and memory…
Memory Overload in Grief
When Memories of The Dead Overload Our Circuits Grief expert Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT, DCC recently listed…
Doing No-Thing For Your Patient Is Not Doing Nothing
Doing No-Thing: a 2-Way Exercise The art of doing no-thing with a needy patient…
Giving Grief A Voice with Audrey Pellicano
Stuck By Guilt and Regrets? Wishful Reality Gets Visualized on "Giving Grief A Voice"
NYU Langone Medical Center's MSB Gallery
"For The Brides of Ed": Art Exhibit Featuring Pioneering New Approach To Treating Eating Disorder
NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER MAGAZINE
Senior Associate Olivia Smith's write-up of the MSB Gallery exhibit, "For The Brides of Ed:…
Traveling Exhibit: NYU Langone Medical Center
Sept. 18, 2012 An opening night virtual tour through the exhibit "For The Brides of…
EXHIBIT | NYU Langone Medical Center (NYC)
March 18-April 12, 2013 "For the Brides of Ed: An Integrated Approach To Treating Eating…
GUEST | Giving Grief a Voice with Audrey Pellicano
March 26, 2013 at 3:00 pm (EST) Grief Counselor and Registered Nurse Audrey Pellicano talks…
The Hand-Held Photo: A Forgotten Way to Reminisce?
In Alina Tugend's recent article about memory-keeping in the wake of Hurricane Sandy,"The Meaning in…
THE OPEN TO HOPE FOUNDATION: YouTube Channel
A short documentary from The Open To Hope Foundation's YouTube channel, featuring digital artist Nancy…
ROUTLEDGE PRESS: Techniques of Grief Therapy edited by Robert A. Neimeyer
This chapter on prescriptive photomontage for the bereaved by memory artist, Nancy Gershman written expressly for grief…
ARTEMICTA PRESS:
In the chapter of her latest book, Transforming Traumatic Grief: Six Steps to Move from…
ASSOCIATION OF PERSONAL HISTORIANS newsletter:
In the Fall 2011 Association of Personal Historians newsletter, legacy artist Nancy Gershman speaks with…
Stories To Tell Books website
Ancestor Dreamscapes of Legacy Artist Nancy Gershman Featured on Stories To Tell Book Podcast
Genealogy Blogger Anita Wills Interviews Nancy Gershman about "Ancestor Photo-Ops"
Anita Wills, host of “Anita Talks Genealogy” on Blog Talk Radio interviewed me about my…
Cover Art for Legacy Works: It's Not Window Dressing
Linda Coffin knows one thing, and that is that narrative and design “simply must go…
Anita Talks Geneaology Internet Radio Show
April 1, 2011: Nancy Gershman Interview on Anita Talks Genealogy Blog Talk Radio Program airs…
Cut and Paste for Healing on Mother's Day
Nancy's warring mother and grandmother Psychologist Elizabeth Lombardo, author of the happiness guidebook, "A Happy You:…
Grief-wear: Photo Purses Become The New Locket of Hair
Can a healing photo montage - not just metaphorically but literally - commingle our public…
POSTER | ADEC 9th Int'l Conference on Grief & Bereavement in Contemporary Society (Miami)
June 22-25, 2011 ADEC (Association of Death Education and Counseling) 33rd Annual Conference and 9th International Conference…
Art For Your Sake Interviewed by Thomas MacEntee of Geneabloggers.com
Below is the interview reprinted in full with Thomas MacEntee of High Definition Genealogy and…
Why Legacy Artists Favor Family Lore over Fact
It's a historian's professional obligation to dispel myths and legends writes Gordon Wood (No Thanks…
Treats (versus Treatment) for the Grieving
Prescriptive photomontage for Shirley H Retelling the story of loss hurts. A normal component of grief…
BLOG RADIO: Anita Talks Genealogy
Anita Wills of Anita Talks Genealogy" talks with legacy portrait artist Nancy Gershman about transposing…
The Coolest Gift to Give a 20-Something
What do you get your college-age nephew, your sister who's graduating, or your 20-something running…
HEKTOEN INTERNATIONAL
A psychiatric nurse with an eating disorder exacts a promise from her husband that he…
ANNALS OF AMERICAN PSYCHOTHERAPY:
Memory artist, Nancy Gershman and Dr. Jenna Baddeley (a specialist in clinical and social/personality psychology) describe…
HEKTOEN INTERNATIONAL: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HUMANITIES
The subject of how Craig died no longer was the elephant in the room after…
Photomontage Portraiture:The Most Meaningful Gift in the World
[Jump ahead to find out why these symbols are in Fran and Rick's custom…
Imagine You & Your Valentine,Together As Little Kids
Blow her mind this Valentine's Day. Or his. Have me make you a custom, fine art…
CBC RADIO: Definitely Not The Opera
The host of Canadian Broadcasting's Definitely Not The Opera, Sook-Yin Lee, talks with prescriptive artist…
Healing The Grieving Heart Internet Radio Show
Jenna Baddeley and Nancy Gershman, to appear on Healing the Grieving Heart National Radio Show
LIVING WITH LOSS MAGAZINE:
Seventeen-year old Adrian had a premonition that she would live in a Heaven that resembled…
VOICEAMERICA: Healing Our Grief Story
In an episode entitled "Creative Connections & Rewriting Our Grief Story" psychologists Drs. Gloria and…
ADVANCE FOR NURSES MAGAZINE
Rachel Christophe Baker, Director of Cultural and Educational Development at The Hektoen Institute of Medicine…
HEKTOEN INTERNATIONAL:
Creating a 3D photo sculpture from a Healing Dreamscape, prescriptive artist Nancy Gershman enabled this…
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART: solo show
An opening night virtual tour through artist Nancy Gershman’s 2008-9 solo show at The Loyola…
AGNIESKA ZIEMACKA-MASTERS: documentary (Part 1)
“The Healing Dreamscapes of Nancy Gershman” - Part 1: Case Studies of Shirley H and…
AGNIESKA ZIEMACKA-MASTERS: documentary (Part 2)
“The Healing Dreamscapes of Nancy Gershman”- Part 2: CASE STUDY of Simon S - by…
AGNIESKA ZIEMACKA-MASTERS: documentary (Part 3)
“The Healing Dreamscapes of Nancy Gershman” - Part 3/ Case Study of Isabel C -…
AGNIESKA ZIEMACKA-MASTERS: documentary (Part 4)
In the short documentary “The Healing Dreamscapes of Nancy Gershman” - Part 4/ Case Study…
Why Fantasy Photomontage Fulfills an Aging Parent's Dreams
Your Dad may be a lot like Albert: a humble maverick. A lawyer for almost…
From Ordinary to Epic: The Fantasy Digital Photo Collage
The Fantasy Digital Photo Collage So you want to make an epic photo gift. Oddly…
EXHIBIT | Loyola University Museum of Art (Chicago)
November 28, 2008 - January 6, 2009"Dreamscaping: The Therapeutic Photomontages of Nancy Gershman" opened this…
Press Release from Loyola University Museum of Art Chicago
Therapeutic Photomontages Tell the Story at Loyola University Museum of Art
PANEL | Hektoen Institute of Medicine (Chicago)
May 11, 2008 In conjunction with The Hektoen Institute of Medicine/ Pain Society and Nurses and…
LIVING WITH LOSS MAGAZINE:
Digital artist Nancy Gershman describes how a photomontage valentine in black and white from a…
When Your Newborn Dies, Hug Their Photosculpture
Even after Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and the seven stages of dying; the establishment of umpteen grief…
Thank Sponsors with a Custom Photo Collage Recognition Award
Say you’re the Director of Marketing & Special Events. Or you’re in Philanthropy or the…
TALK | Children's Memorial Hospital/ Heartlight Services (Chicago)
June 2007 Prescriptive artist Nancy Gershman joins documentary photographer Todd Hochberg of Touching Souls Bereavement…
Change Your Luck: Consult a Memory Decorator
Shrinks listen to our hit lists and wish lists; then note our sorry habits and…
Hire a Fine Artist to Make Your Legacy Photomontage Portrait
Behind every really artistic product is an artistic mind - not a web-based graphic service…
A Visual Eulogy: The Latest Gift For Grievers
What do you give a grieving friend or relative who doesn't seem to be springing…
A Birth Mom's Gift To Her Adult Child
When adopted kids grow-up with kids of their own, a new maturity blooms. It can…
Healing Artwork for a Death Bed Refresh
A year ago, I started to work with a family where the grandmother was beginning…
A Creative Sympathy Gift for the Motherless Child
Photomontage enhanced by the symbolism of two chocolate kisses, sitting on a couch against a…
CHICAGO JEWISH NEWS:
Chicago Jewish News Editor Pauline Dubkin Yearwood probes how Nancy Gershman’s prescriptive photomontages have the…
SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP
Staff Writer Patrick Butler explains why the work of Nancy Gershman, a prescriptive photomontage artist,…