Frye Art Museum

The Frye Art Museum will expand its arts engagement program for people living with dementia and their care partners with new program components that serve participants at later stages of the disease. The museum will offer gallery tours, art-making classes, and an interactive film program; convene a professional development conference on art, creativity and dementia; establish a student internship in creative aging with a local university; publish a report and present the results of the program pilot at conferences; and present an education workshop for caregivers and health providers on techniques for incorporating art into dementia care. Participants in the program will develop connections with care partners to reduce feelings of isolation and depression. Families, caregivers, and the health care community will learn to apply creative activities into their caregiving routines. As a result, the project will help to enhance quality of life throughout the course of the disease for people living with dementia and their care partners.