Mourning Flowers: Collective Grief in Response to Mass Violence

Mourning Flowers is an art project by conceptual artist, Tanja Hollander that brings awareness to the ripple effects of trauma and fear that communities sustain after acts of violence. It uses the flowers and empty sleeves that once wrapped them left as offerings at spontaneous memorials to bridge the disconnect between violence and the human response to it.
 

 I am currently raising funds to expand this work by creating the  🤟🏽 (ILY) Garden, an Act of Kindness at the intersection of public gardens, public art and urban beautification for the Lewiston-Auburn and greater local and state community.