Build Your Altar

​A Creative Workshop to Honor What Matters Most
Hosted by Afterfin x Lauren Seeley

​What do you hold sacred?
What deserves space, presence, and remembrance in your life?

​Build Your Altar is a 75-minute creative and reflective workshop in which you’ll be guided to design your own personal altar—a symbolic space that reflects memory, intention, and meaning. Whether you're honoring a loved one, marking a transition, or seeking connection to something larger, this is a space to explore what truly matters.

​You'll leave with inspiration, ideas, and gentle guidance to create a visual expression of your inner world — using the power of objects, symbols, and storytelling.

​Presented by Afterfin, a DeathLab designing a more open, purposeful, and creative relationship with death. Through collaborations, product launches, and cultural explorations, we are reshaping how death is seen and felt — as a part of life, not apart from it. We work at the intersection of design and foresight to advance death literacy.

​Facilitated by Lauren Seeley, a death and grief doula for pets & humans, altar and funeral curator, illustrator, Reiki practitioner, and creative grief artist. Based in Brooklyn, Lauren also facilitates the Silent Book Club of Death NYC and works in a local funeral home. Her practice weaves beauty and intention into the spaces where grief and creativity meet.