Art Ideas

ScrippsAVID is a video chat app based on OMA (AVID stands for Arts-based, Virtual, Intergenerational, and Dementia-friendly). ScrippsAVID will connect older and younger adults to share visual art,...
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Chloe Bradwell, a drama practitioner and current PhD candidate at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, developed a way to share and create stories with individuals in long-term care. Each...
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The pandemic did not stop residents at Kavod Senior Life in Denver, CO, to continue the OMA program. Holly Sherman (OMA trained facilitator class of 2021) worked with Counseling graduate students...
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Do you have picture frame mats stained with paint from OMA sessions? Bring new life to used mats by applying OMA project...
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You can make beautiful wreaths out of unframed OMA artwork. You will need about 4-5 sheets of 9×12 painted watercolor paper with similar color...
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Through its person-centered approach, Opening Minds through Art (OMA) plays to the strengths of its artists, who have unique needs as People with Dementia (PWD). In addition to changes in cognitive...
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