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Tag: Heirloom Arts

Posted on January 1, 2020January 14, 2020

Exploring the Power of Stories

By Lisa Kagan (Director, Family Heirloom Arts) “The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves, they find their own order… the continuous thread of revelation.”- Eudora Welty, author and photographer The Power of Stories Lisa Kagan, Director, Family Heirloom Arts Through my work as a personal …

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