The Dementia Spring Foundation is proud to announce this year’s Dementia Arts Fellowship projects and introduce the Caregiver Engagement Fellowship
Dementia Spring Foundation is honored to announce the projects that have received the 2025 Dementia Arts Fellowship, including the 3-year Caregiver Engagement Fellowship new this year with the support of the Tarnow family.
“This year’s cohort of Dementia Spring Fellows truly embodies what it means to tell new stories of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease,” says Dr. Marc Rothman, co-founder of Dementia Spring. “With their focus on caregivers, and their engagement with the dementia community, they are breaking new ground and advocating for the arts as safe, effective strategies for communication, connection and resilience in difficult times. I can’t wait to see their projects take flight in 2026.”
Fellows were selected from more than 100 applications from 14 countries, a 20% year-over-year increase. They join a growing cohort of Fellows who are changing the stories we tell of dementia and providing innovative community programming for those living with dementia and their caregivers. Now in its fifth year, Dementia Arts Fellowship is an annual grant that funds and supports artists and innovators who are depicting dementia and serving the community through visual and performance art.
The winners are:
- Starling Street, a narrative short film about 2 sisters, one living with dementia and the other her caregiver, from Christia Crocker and Heather Konowal
- DanceStream Project and Magda Kaczmarska: Stories in the Moment, a community-based program encouraging dance for brain health in older adults with cognitive impairment
- Improv for Caregivers, an improvisation-based theater program that helps caregivers to cope with daily challenges, and Sage Tokach is receiving our inaugural Caregiver Engagement Fellowship
Stay tuned to Spotlight to learn more about these projects in 2026, and follow us on social media to gain all of the updates.
Dementia Spring supports visual and performing artists who raise awareness about dementia and inspire creativity in people living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about Dementia Spring and the Dementia Arts Fellowship at DementiaSpring.org.
