by DSF Admin | May 10, 2022 | Featured Artist
Holly Sabine Nerreter’s drawings and portraits of older persons are incredibly rich and detailed, informed by her mother’s journey into dementia which was initially caused by a brain tumor. Nerreter hadn’t had any prior experience with memory loss before her mother...
by DSF Admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Featured Artist
‘This is the paper that gives the dateThis is the kettle to boil the waterThis is a china breakfast plateThis is a note to call my daughter’ The libretto from Shadow and Light: An Alzheimer’s Journey in 16 Movements – an epic choral-orchestral work on the subject of...
by DSF Admin | Apr 7, 2022 | Featured Artist
Sitting in front of her keyboard and springing into song, Karla’s passion for music is infectious. Karla Wilson, a board certified Music Therapist, brings music therapy into the homes of clients all over. While she works with a range of clients, Karla has a passion...
by DSF Admin | Mar 24, 2022 | Featured Artist
An artist and dementia care professional, Lola Fraknoi uses art both to portray her own journey as a dementia care partner and to assist individuals living with dementia. Inspired by her personal journey with her mother’s journey with dementia, Lola created Lola’s...
by DSF Admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured Artist
“Words often fail me when I try to explain my art, and words often fail people who suffer with Alzheimer’s Disease. I think we both occupy interior worlds that don’t always match up with everyday reality.” Josh Dorman, painter and mixed media artist, had his first...
by DSF Admin | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured Artist
“I think that painting is all about memory,” said Patricia Utermohlen, renowned art historian and dementia caregiver to her husband William who battled Alzheimer’s for over a decade. An artist his whole life, William Utermohlen continued his work after his diagnosis...
