Dementia Arts Spotlights

Textiles

Jewelry company honors the artist’s grandmother, Thekla, a World War II survivor, a teacher, a mother, and a person who was living with dementia

Art Programming

Art Expressions Program by the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center

Annual program brings together people living with cognitive decline to create works of art and culminates in a show within their community

Film

‘Wake Up Maggie’ by Katie Prentiss

Filmmaker goes from short to feature-length as she takes on frontotemporal dementia in this coming of middle age story

Painting, Photography

‘People Watched But Could Not See’ by Ally Zlatar

Artist processes her own experience with serious illness alongside her father's dementia diagnosis in a series of revealing portraits

Abstract Art

‘This is My Brain Today’ by Carlos Olivas, Jr.

Artist continues his work in figurative and abstract art, amplified by his caregiver

Film

‘The Long Goodbye’ by Steven G. Smith

The documentary chronicles a father and daughter living with and caring for someone who is living with dementia

Film

‘My Story of Alzheimer’s Disease’ by Kim Plumridge

The short documentary tells the story of 5 diverse caregivers amid their journey through Alzheimer’s.

Painting, Photography

‘Mycelium’ by Justus de Rode

Photography and painting allow father and son to find a shared experience and language amid Alzheimer’s

Film, Photography

‘Tell Me Everything I Know and Everything I Don’t Know’ by Katy Gross

Multimedia project depicts letting go of the person we'd thought we'd be amid dementia with audio, video, and multiple-exposure still images

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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.

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The Dementia Spring Foundation connects artists with the dementia community to raise awareness and improve access to the arts for people with memory loss.

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