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Megan Joplin has been a freelance photographer for over fifteen years. She is currently working on a series of portraits of men and women who have exeperienced recurrent miscarriage. This series is a very personal one, Megan miscarried four times prior to having her now three year old son. Meet Megan and her work at http://www.mjoplinphotography.com/

Alyssa Dawn St. Peters, age 15, wrote a song, "Butterfly" about her infant sister Aurora who died during childbirth in September of 2009. The song is inspired by a recurring dream Alyssa has about Aurora and the life she was never able to live. Alyssa wrote the song with the help of her best friend Christian and recently performed it with a My Voice Music and SUN School program hosted at David Douglas High School. Learn more about the program at http://www.myvoicemusic.org/blog/?p=740

Katherine Greer is a midwife serving families in Portland, Oregon. Katherine created a piece of artwork dedicated to the three families she has grieved beside, as they excitedly anticipated the birth of little ones, only to be met with loss and having to say goodbye. She is committed to not letting the grief of loss be silent and alone. "Just like the work of raising children is work we do together. We must come together to let them go."

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Jocelyn Rahm's painting process has been an important place for her to reconcile the experience of not being able to conceive. Jocelyn feels that it connects her to her inherent ability to create in the face of not being able to create a life. Her process has provided a forum for both catharsis and possibility. Meet Jocelyn and more of her work at www.jocelynrahm.com/


Kristen Larsen, experienced unexplained recurrent miscarriage in her attempt to start a family with her husband Marc. Kristen created the Bearing Witness Art Show in an attempt to find community and understanding, build relantionships and share the healing possibilities that come with art making and sharing ones story. She is honored to be a part of this amazing collection of artists.


Rachel Rekord experienced her second pregnancy loss in 2010 in the form of an ectopic pregnancy, followed by emergency surgery.  Taking a drawing class that fall helped her  get out of bed on those crisp, late fall days. Drawing is also what gave Rachel an outlet this past winter after the birth of her daughter.  When Rachel thinks about the losses of 2010, she is reminded of what she has today, her daughter, for which she wouldn’t trade anything, not even loss.      

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Laurinda Reddig lost her first daughter Rowan shortly after birth. Laurinda created the Remembering Rowan Project, and designed Rowan's Crochet Sampler Afghan as a Crochet Along on her blog, encouraging others to make squares to donate locally while learning new crochet stitches.  Meet Laurinda and learn more about her project and passions at http://rememberingrowan.blogspot.com/



Sally Foster Rudolph is grateful for the processes of art-making and writing as ways to cope and attempt to make sense of life.  Her mixed media image represents a miscarriage she experienced.  This loss is sandwiched by unbelievable luck; her two daughters.  She is constantly surprised by how hardships and beauty seem to work in partnership.  She is constantly surprised by how renewal can emerge from pain and loss with the help of creative expression.



Ginger Burrell is an artist and teacher.Ginger’s primary medium is artist’s books. Her work includes photography, monotype and composite imagery and explores a range of topics from the personal, to the political, to the universal.Ginger has struggled with infertility. And, like many artists, she makes art about those topics which are the hardest and the most important to explore.  Meet Ginger and more of her work at http://www.gingerburrell.com/index.html