by DSF Admin | Dec 15, 2022 | Featured Artist
Ann Clarke’s life was filled with big feelings when her mother, who was living and struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, moved near her home in New York so Ann could take on a bigger role as her caregiver. “OK, this feels big,” Ann says, “so I’m going to make big... 
by DSF Admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Featured Artist
Caring for a loved one with dementia is always challenging, but especially when dementia is accompanied by other illnesses, such as heart failure and bipolar disorder. Add to that an 86-year-old former pioneering pediatric heart surgeon, and that’s where artist Diane... 
by DSF Admin | Oct 26, 2022 | Featured Artist
As a member of Chicago’s Neo-Futurist Theater, KR Riiber might have guessed that her day job as an activities director at a local retirement home would influence her acting work. Riiber was awestruck at the similarities between dementia therapy and theater, and... 
by DSF Admin | Oct 6, 2022 | Featured Artist
Opera might not come to mind immediately when one thinks of how today’s artists are changing the narrative around living with Alzheimer’s disease, but to Lembit Beecher, it fit the bill perfectly. “Opera is the perfect medium,” says Beecher, an... 
by DSF Admin | Aug 31, 2022 | Featured Artist
Photographer and Clark University Professor Stephen DiRado has been taking photographs of his family on a large format, single-plate, tripod-mounted camera since he was a teenager. His father Gene was a successful graphic artist for the state of Massachusetts,... 
by DSF Admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Featured Artist
Not everyone gets to meet their hero, and fewer become their friend, closest confidant and eventual caregiver. But that’s what happened to journalist Michelle Memran when she looked up María Irene Fornés (1930-2018), Obie award winning avant-garde playwright,...