"Art reveals to us the essence of things, the essence of our existence." - Rudolf Arnheim February 2012 |
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ARTZ in the Press |
Restoring Memories Through Movies:
A theater program is igniting the minds of dementia patients by Sally Abrams Read the article here... |
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Save the Date!
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Thursday, March 22nd
10am - 12pm
'Meet Me at the Coolidge...
and Make Memories'
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
A free interactive classic film program for people with dementia and their care partners. For more information, to volunteer, or to RSVP
please click here
Program made possible through the generosity of the Llewelyn Foundation and the Jane B. Cook 1992 Charitable Trust.
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ARTZ "It Takes a Village" Dementia Support Program | | |
Brookline to become the first community in America to implement the 'It Takes a Village' program for people with dementia and their care partners
Brookline, MA - "It Takes a Village-Brookline is a creative
and innovative way for Brookline to show that we are a welcoming and open place for people with disabilities including dementia," said Richard E. Ward, Executive Director of the Brookline Community Foundation.
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ARTZ Comes to California!
| |  Tiffany Paige named Director ARTZ welcomes Sacramento as the first California chapter of ARTZ. ARTZ will be teaming up with Sacramento's Crocker Museum and the California Museum to begin a pilot program for people with dementia and their care partners. Read the Sacramento Bee feature here... |
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ARTZ Volunteer Spotlight | |  ACM Ballet Theatre, Paris
Since 2006, the ACM has donated its time on behalf of ARTZ and other non-profit organizations. The ACM has developed 'Dance in the Hospital,' specifically for long-term residents of geriatric hospitals, many of whom have a dementia diagnosis. To go to the ACM website please click here... |
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2012 ARTZ Massachusetts Museum Network
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ARTZ & Massachusetts Museums Partner to Offer Free, Weekly Dementia Specific Programs
For the fourth consecutive year ARTZ has teamed up with  Massachusetts based cultural institutions to offer free weekly events for those with dementia and their care partners. ARTZ is delighted to offer programs at the following museums: deCordova Museum & Sculpture Park in Lincoln, Fuller-Craft Museum in Brockton, Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, and Harvard University's Museum of Natural History and Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology in Cambridge. This program is made possible through a generous grant from the McCance Family Foundation. For a listing of tours through March and for information about planning a visit please visit here... |
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ARTZ is an initiative of the 501(c)(3) I'm Still Here Foundation, founded in 2001, with the purpose of enhancing the cultural and creative life of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. ARTZ draws on the support and collaboration of artists and cultural institutions, as a collective resource, to share, educate, and inspire. ARTZ has developed dementia-specific cultural access programs with some of the worlds most renowned cultural institutions, which include: the Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, the National Gallery of Australia, the Big Apple Circus, and the Tribeca Film Institute, among others. ARTZ has organized and facilitated over 400 community events, serving more than 10,000 people living with dementia and their care partners. ARTZ chapters have been developed in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Sacramento, the United Kingdom and Paris. 
www.ArtzAlz.org |
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