About this Event
The Cranston Arts Commission, in collaboration with the Cranston Historical Cemetery Commission, presents In Memory Of: What We Create From What We’ve Lost, a month-long gallery exhibition + event series (9/29-10/27) exploring art, memory, grief, and what we create in response to loss.
Join us for — In Memory Of: What we create from what we’ve lost
Mortality, Meaning & the Art of a Good Death
A lecture + interactive Q&A on Mortality, Meaning & the Art of a Good Death
Part of the In Memory Of series featuring Studio Mortem and End of Life RI.
This event is free but ticketed.
YOUR SPEAKER
Jay Davani, is Providence’s pioneering death advocate—a multifaceted artist, speaker, and hospice grief facilitator with a passion for exploring life’s final frontier. Born in Tehran, Iran and now based in New England, she embraces death positivity with high ethical standards, inviting conversations around mortality that are both profound and transformative.
Jay is an experienced Death Cafés facilitator and completed Ayatana’s Death Residency at a renowned death-positive thanatology school for artists, where she delved into the practical, cultural, and existential dimensions of death and mourning.
Her work has taken her to respected venues including the RISD Museum, North Burial Ground, Biophillum Death Club, and she has served as a Santa Muerte Artist in Residence, capturing the interplay between cemeteries and Persian death rituals through evocative photography.
In addition to planning funerals, memorials, and organizing estate clean-outs, Jay actively participates in Life and Death Cafés, doula and grief trainings, and death book talks, further cementing her role as a transformative voice in the dialogue around life, death, and rebirth.
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Followw @thejaydavani + @pvdstreet for all things photography!
OUR GUESTS
End of Life RI (EOLRI) is an end of life doula community with a mission to educate the public about the role of the end of life doula as well as raise public awareness around death, dying, and the emerging end of life planning and support options in Rhode Island - https://endofliferi.org/. We run monthly virtual programming for members and the general public to attend. And we are always looking for ways to get involved in the community!
Event venue & nearby stays
Cranston Public Library: William Hall Library, 1825 Broad Street, Cranston, United States
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