Check out the latest artists who are grappling with memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia of all kinds through their original work. If you’re an artist or art programmer telling a new story of dementia and want to be Spotlighted, submit a Spotlight.
2022 Dementia Spring Arts Impact Award recipient Modesto Flako Jimenez immerses viewers in Mercedes’ kitchen and life with dementia
2023 Dementia Spring Arts Impact Award recipient Kim Blanck writes/directs her debut film following a Chinese woman fighting dementia
Educator creates bespoke large-format books accessible to those living with dementia and other brain changes.
Cabaret show seeks to provide connection amongst those affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia
Performance, memoir tells the story of the interconnectedness of new life and cognitive decline
Arts, life story program creates intergenerational engagement, seeking to build a culture of compassion in dementia care
Theatrical work reimagines personas from a dementia care facility, encourages conversation around art and long-term care
Family portraits—man’s best friend included—create priceless memories, spur conversations about dementia.
Artist documents caregiving with her mother for their matriarch who was living with Alzheimer’s disease over 5 years.
Composition takes inspiration from those sharing their experiences with Alzheimer’s disease.
Artist and former caregiver finds inspiration for her surreal and graphic compositions in interactions with her father.
Art, nature program seeks to provide a meaningful, creative outlet for those living with dementia and the community.
Artist Emily Page describes her family’s journey through her father’s frontotemporal dementia in this book and series of paintings.
Care partner and wife publishes a collection of poems on this shared experience through dementia.
Closing Time song cycle evokes the emotions of a couple living with dementia.
Dangerous Vacancies choreographer hopes to convey connection, resiliency, and bliss in this dance inspired by dementia
Flowering Your Mind explores the role of flower and color on positive emotional and cognitive benefits in those living with dementia
Musicians, caregivers, and those living with dementia find connection and care in the joy of music.
This weekly mailer provides art supplies and an engaged activity to those living with dementia and their care partners.
An exploration of dementia, memory, and the transformative power of theater in this play that twists through time.
The play takes the audience on a journey exploring the ramifications of an early stage Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
2022 Dementia Spring Arts Impact Award winner Arlieta Hall brings laughter and improv to dementia care.
2022 Dementia Spring Arts Impact Award winner Jess King awakens connection among the dementia community with her song.
2022 Dementia Spring Arts Impact Award winner looks to bring its therapeutic Memory Disco to more communities.
A duo of books by Miriam Schaer chronicles cognition through the fog of dementia via photographs and the written word.
Artist follows her own path by starting a business specializing in art therapy for dementia care.
Artist confronts the fear of Alzheimer’s that has passed through the generations of her family in this live performance.
Take Me To Your Moon explores human connection and dementia through sculpture and text.
Portrait project showcases the kings and queens living with dementia.
The multi-installation exhibition depicts dementia’s effects and shares the stories of those living with dementia.
Artist Irith Fuks walks in the shoes of those affected by dementia in creating her short movie, Lasagna.
The series of photos and images documents the location, mental, and physical conditions of a mom living with dementia.
Feature-length documentary is a celebration of dementia caregivers and the compassion, love, and support they share.
An abstract film that allows a fictional artist who is living with dementia to tell her own story.
Eric Sirota harnesses the power of music to rekindle the memory and awaken the mind in his dementia-inspired musical.
Film seeks to improve communication among caregivers, family, and those living with dementia through improvisation techniques
The Dancing Wheels two-day immersive program combines performance art with dementia education.
Diana Zipeto creates paintings inspired by images of her father’s brain, inviting viewers to sit with the complexity of dementia.
Joshua Hill and his father Greg, who lives with dementia, collaborate on live multimedia experiences that showcase how everyone can make music and express themselves
Fiber artist and professor Ann Clarke weaves emotional, resonant tales of Alzheimer’s disease and caregiving into her large scale textile works, which might just end
Caring for a loved one with dementia is always challenging, but especially when dementia is accompanied by other illnesses. That’s where artist Diane Pontius was
Kirsten Riiber and her colleagues at Chicago’s Neo-Futurist Theater bring dementia to life on stage and educate younger generations about the disease.
Using opera to explore the inner lives of two modern women with dementia, composer Lembit Beecher paints a tender, complex portrait of what it’s like
Stephen DiRado and his father Gene collaborate on a deeply intimate photographic story of dementia, from diagnosis through Gene’s final days.
Not everyone gets to meet their hero, and fewer become their friend, but that’s what happened to journalist Michelle Memran when she looked up María
Painter Jason Yarmosky’s intimate, offbeat oil-on-canvas portraits of his grandparents challenge our notions of aging, heroism and Alzheimer’s disease.
Obscuring the border between reality and illusion, visual artist Amy Parrish expresses her grief through original work after the loss of a loved one with
Simultaneously tender and haunting, these hyper-realistic, mixed-media portraits emphasize the slow evolution of Lou’s confusion while celebrating the wisdom and grace she had shown all
Caring is Art by Leilani Norman offers an outlet and validation for caregivers everywhere through art and resources.
Tango’s artistic intention is to be responsive, caring and unpresuming, which is perhaps why she relates so well to older adults, those with dementia and
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