Artist: Ahran Lee
ARTIST TALKS
Artists share their exhibition art pieces and process
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What drew you to this artist or artwork?
What emotions, memories, or questions surfaced as you listened
How does the artist use materials, images, or process to tell their story?
Did the work mirror anything in your own life or lineage?
What found objects could you use in your art piece to represent what you want for a place of your own?
ALUMNI INTERVIEWS
Videos coming soon …
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What resonated for you in this person’s story or reflections? Do you have any shared experiences, patterns, or questions?
What shifted for them and what felt possible because of that shift?
What does this interview invite you to consider about your own healing or creative path?
What might courage look like for you right now?
RESOURCES
Lectures, exercises, and other downloadable resources
“Haute Couture, Cultural Heritage, and Ancestral Healing as metaphoric art mediums and inspiration.”
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2022
“Artistic Paths to Healing is Social Justice”
UC Berkeley’s Empowering Women of Color Conference 2024
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What concepts or language stayed with you?
Did anything challenge what you thought you already knew?
Where did you feel recognition, resistance, or curiosity in your body?
How do these ideas connect to your own lived or inherited experiences?
What is one insight you want to carry with you?
INTUIT Cards™: Inner Wisdom Made Visible is a self-guided, art-based practice created by visual artist and PLACE founder Cynthia Tom. Using simple intuitive collage techniques, this downloadable guide invites you to create your own personal oracle cards—a living visual language for reflection, insight, and self-compassion. Rooted in decades of creative practice and the belief that awareness is curative, INTUIT Cards™ offer a gentle yet powerful way to explore inner wisdom, shift limiting beliefs, and build an ongoing relationship with intuition. No art experience required—only curiosity, images, and time.