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Among the 2025 Dementia Arts Fellowship projects is this improvisation-based theater program helping caregivers to navigate the daily challenges of dementia care

Among the 2025 Dementia Arts Fellowship projects is this short film telling the story of Megan, a person living with Alzheimer’s, and her sister, Katie, her caregiver

Photo and video series documents a family’s life with dementia over 3 years of capturing unique images together

Multidisciplinary film installation honors 20th-century Black Canadian elder who was living with memory loss

In recent weeks, the Dementia Spring community lost one of its founding fathers, Ira G. Asherman.  Ira passed quietly at home, surrounded by family, after a prolonged battle with cancer that exceeded his oncologist’s expectations for survival, which should surprise no one who knew him well. Advocate for the Arts in Dementia Care A stalwart […]

Capturing his life with early-onset dementia, Luke’s documentary invites an authentic look at Alzheimer’s disease and its impact

Composer writes 5-song album fueled by the emotions of his father’s experience living with dementia

The Dementia Spring Foundation is proud to announce this year’s Dementia Arts Fellowship projects and introduce the Caregiver Engagement Fellowship.

Performer living with mild cognitive impairment writes and performs in a play detailing her — and her mother’s — experience with Alzheimer’s disease

Nonprofit provides intergenerational opportunities for creative expression, meaningful connection and joy

Short film invites audiences to engage in shared creative expression— dancing and moving—with those living with dementia

Photographer and his father, Jack, document Jack’s years living with dementia from both points of view

Artist reclaims green space at residential home and creates a program for aging residents to make, plant, and grow together

Photographer shares captured moments of presence, vulnerability and connection with her mother through years of living with dementia

Artist expresses the devastating experience of Alzheimer’s disease, grief and loss in mixed media collection

Short film captures the experience of a young mother diagnosed with young-onset dementia

Through December, screen films and participate in talkbacks with creators of dementia-centered works, including members of the Dementia Spring community

Organization uses movement-based intervention to creatively interact with those living with dementia and their caregivers

Collection explores the relationship between modern and contemporary medical visual culture, including in the face of Alzheimer’s disease

Photo book shares experience of caregiving through COVID, documenting a father’s journey with dementia

Community program provides respite for caregivers with creative projects and nature walks in the Philadelphia area

Filmmaker brings along his camera to walk alongside his mother through her final years living with frontotemporal dementia

Hospice chaplain takes on hard themes, such as consent and social erasure, in this short film depicting dementia as it unfolds in a queer couple

When Memory Fades is a series of seven paintings depicting the stages of dementia. Inspired by my grandmother’s experience, the work explores the loss of memory and identity, reflecting the emotional impact on both the individual and their loved ones

Full length musical about the reconciliation of a mother/daughter while navigating an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

Driving the Daisies is a limited series that explores what it’s like to lose independence as we age. Based on real people. One losing independence mentally with Dementia and the other physically with Parkinsons.

Concetta is a violinist, music composer and end of life doula. She provides live music as a support for those who are terminally ill and their grieving communities who surround them. She is the founder of Sound and Memory (www.soundandmemory.com).

I offer therapeutic movement experiences, SenseAble creative suggestions for support and empowerment, and therapeutic, evidence-based advice to help communities, individuals, and their care partners navigate life changes and move towards wellness.

My work aims to be a multimedia exhibit that blends portrait photography, personal storytelling, and clinical insight to honor individuals living with dementia.

Short film dealing with the challenges of caregivers and the importance of the arts and connections in memory care.

I’m shooting a documentary about dementia caregivers, covering the immense daily logistical struggles they face on top of the ongoing and unique process of dementia grief

Grandpa & Lewy is a children’s book that addresses some of the symptoms patients face and how a child might help a loved one dealing with LBD. A story of hope and empowerment that takes children through possible scenarios in a non-frightening way.

Short-film on the effects of dementia in an elderly gay man.

Iris Music Project transforms senior living communities into spaces of creative exchange by employing professional musicians as long term resident artists in the community. We are grateful to have been featured in your latest Artist Spotlight!

PCC’s Creative Aging program offers elders the opportunity to deepen social connections, develop new skills, and make meaning out of shared stories and life experiences through a supported documentary theater and storytelling creative process.

“Mitzi” is a short film about a woman living with dementia who believes herself to be a famous actress living in a grand estate while her son struggles to connect with her through the veil of her fantasy.

I create hundreds of small forms resembling the plant myosotis sylvatica; know in its common name, the forget-me-not. Each paper form is sewed to canvas stretchers. The work is made on smaller panels intended to be viewed as one larger installation.

Iris’ unique Ensemble-in-Residence programs embed musicians in retirement and healthcare communities as core members of the workforce, turning healthcare institutions into creative hubs. Each week Iris’ programming reaches over 1,800 older adults.

I will be creating a 20-25 minute short film about a rural family dictating whether or not to euthanize their elderly mutt, who’s best friend is a grandfather with dementia. I hope make a statement about the treatment of elderly citizens.

I am an artist making work that centers on sharing my mother’s advancing dementia, and a digital storytelling mentor and facilitator through StoryCenter.org, supporting people w/personal & professional experiences with dementia/caregiving.

I have written, produced, and performed a one woman show about my journey with my mother as she has gone through her early on- set Alzheimer’s. She was diagnosed when she was 54 and I was 25. I am taking my show to Edinburgh Fringe this August.

Musician employs jazz to bridge the distance between himself and his father, who is living with Alzheimer’s disease

Collaboration of carers culminates in a music single with video animation depicting the lives of families living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

Artist collaborates with subjects combating dementia onset with creativity and community

Book inspires artist to create space for conversations about memory loss among families with this dance theater adaptation

One-woman show walks audience through a mother’s transition to memory care as she and her daughter cope with the realities of early-onset Alzheimer’s

Artist finds creative outlet in making music alongside his father, as a family affected by Alzheimer’s disease

Combining passions of music and science, group brings mariachi performances to memory care facilities in Houston area

Documentary project seeks to bring comfort, validation and connection to families living with dementia