The Empty Chairs Project: Loss After Suicide
They are at the dining table, the office, in the classroom. Empty chairs that were once filled by fathers, sisters, friends – even strangers.
Curated by Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services in Ithaca, New York, The Empty Chairs Project gives new meaning to found-object assemblage art. Please consider the power of these everyday objects—chairs. And then consider the people whose lives graced those seats.
The Sentence
by Kathryn D. Redman for Kevin James Quirk, her brother
Lori Figelman
by Kenny Berkowitz for a friend
The Beachfront
by Nina Chasnoff for Robert Chasnoff, her father
Memories’ Mist
by Caroline Cox for Philip West Ulrey, her brother
Henry Emde: A Life
by Lisa Fasanella, Ryan Young, & Debby Delpopolo for Hank Emde, brother and friend
Empty Chair for Laurie
by Helen Kuveke for Laurie, a stranger
The Frame of a Friendship
by Lee-Ellen Marvin for Beverly H. Apgar, a friend
I'll never see you...
by Jayme Peck for Laurie, a stranger
- The Sentence
by Kathryn D. Redman for Kevin James Quirk, her brother
Waiting for Jason
by Cecile Scott for Jason "Jay Jay" Belodoff, her son
Into the Light
by Jan Simpson for Jason Belodoff, her nephew
Sunset Rose
by Meghan Wheeler for Virginia, her mother