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  • 1.  Art Builds Bridges Across the Isolation of Dementia | An Article

    Posted 08-10-2023 05:31 PM
    Hello all,
    With the AAM 2024 conference theme announced, I thought y'all would be interested in this recently published article about a nonprofit called Arts & Minds that engages adults with memory loss and their caregivers with art - in the museum!

    Here's the article:

    All the best,
    Elysian
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    Elysian McNiff Koglmeier (she/her)
    Head of Partnerships
    Artwork Archive

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  • 2.  RE: Art Builds Bridges Across the Isolation of Dementia | An Article

    Posted 08-11-2023 08:40 AM

    Thank you so much for sharing Carolyn's article. I appreciate learning more about the work of Arts and Minds. I love it and resonate with it as I have been working with adults living with dementia over the last 10 years and am so inspired by their creativity time and time again. I love how time allowed for creative expression sets the stage for participants to become lost in the present moment and/or recall memories. Thanks again for sharing!



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    Nicole Root
    Creative Sensory Engagement Specialist
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  • 3.  RE: Art Builds Bridges Across the Isolation of Dementia | An Article

    Posted 08-11-2023 01:20 PM

    Thank you so much, Elysian, for this lovely article. You have really captured our approach to museum programming for communities affected by dementia. A number of people on this forum have reached out to me this morning and I am happy to say that we will be launching an online training course this fall. Feel free to email me at info@artsandminds.org if you are interested.

    Thanks again!



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    Carolyn Halpin-Healy
    Executive Director, Arts & Minds
    New York NY
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