Legacies live on. Honor theirs.
You’re invited to experience
What Grows Here
Empathy’s public art installation
at Grand Central Terminal
This August, in recognition of Grief Awareness Day
and Make-a-Will Month, Empathy is bringing New
Yorkers together to celebrate memory and legacy.
Write a note to someone you love, someone you miss,
someone you’d like to honor, or as a reminder to
yourself about the legacy you’re building.
Then become a part of living art by attaching your
note to a stalk of wheat, as the installation grows into
a collective portrait of many, many shared memories
and legacies.
You’re Invited.
Every life leaves something behind.
Sometimes it’s a tradition passed from one generation to the next. Sometimes it’s a favorite recipe, a familiar phrase, or a lesson we carry with us every day. Often, it’s the quiet ways the people we love continue to shape who we are.
This National Grief Awareness Month, Empathy invites you to experience What Grows Here – a free, interactive public art installation inspired by the idea that legacies live on.
For two days only, visitors are invited to write the name of someone they love, miss, or wish to honor – or share a message of gratitude, remembrance, or hope – and add it to a growing field of wheat. Throughout the installation, every handwritten note becomes part of a living artwork that grows with each contribution, celebrating the people whose influence continues long after they’re gone.
Whether you choose to write a message, read the stories of others, or simply pause for a moment of reflection, we invite you to become part of the installation – and help the artwork grow.
