Arts

Sofonisba Anguissola, Three Siblings of the Gaddi Family with Dog, c. 1555-1560, oil on panel, 74 cm x 95 cm, private collection. Italy. Public Domain {PD-US}
Gabriel Yuri, New Operations Workshop
Gabriel Yuri, New Operations Workshop
Oscar García Rivera, Comparsa (Street Dance), c. 1940. Oil on canvas. 40 x 58 in. Cuba. Permission by Cernuda Arte, Miami.
Frida Kahlo, My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree), 1936, oil and tempera on zinc, 30.7 x 34.5 cm, MOMA, NY. © 2017 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Fair Use.

The arts provide a salve that helps us face problems and traumas that may otherwise be too painful or uncomfortable to confront. Yet the arts also provide exuberant expression of our joys and innermost desires.

As Family Spirals’ Virtual Art Galleries continue to grow, we bring together historically significant, culturally diverse, and thematically compelling works to make visible relationships and experiences that are often overlooked, difficult, or culturally constrained. Artists have long observed and expressed family dynamics that researchers have not fully recognized. These galleries are curated to help individuals explore their inner lives, interpersonal relationships, cultural norms, cultural shifts, and underexplored connections to Nature. We encourage families to experience the arts together, as audience members and creators.

Virtual Art Galleries

Center on Sibling Dynamics™

Music  |  Paintings & Drawings  |  Poetry  |  Short Films

Center for Families & Animals

Paintings  |  Short Films  |  Music

Center for the Adult Child™

Visual Arts  |  Music

Special Projects

“Let’s Get Through This”:  Kahlil Gibran – On Children

Green Pet-Burial Society:  Art Galleries

Arts League

Members of the Family Spirals Arts League are being recruited as arts advisors representing a diversity of art forms. Members may support projects, lead workshops, curate exhibits, judge competitions, and participate in events online and at locations around the world. As the Arts League grows, we hope to include people from different cultural backgrounds, both within and outside established art institutions and programs. To learn more or join as a member, please contact us.

Members:

  • Pierre Gider, Ph.D., Dance & Movement – Sports biology in dance, University of Graz (Austria), Special Olympics International.
  • Kat Kramer, Performing Arts – Founder, Kat Kramer’s Films That Change the World, and #SHEroesForChange; actor, singer, producer, writer.
  • Jason Ostro, Visual Arts – Artist, Gabba Gallery owner.
  • Gabriel Yuri, Spaces for Living Beings – Architect, designer, photographer, entrepreneur.

Originally published: 3/19/2018 · Updated: 9/26/2026

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