Today we celebrate Arts Canopy, a program designed to help people living with dementia rediscover their best selves, their creativity, and their current abilities and capacities, by using the arts to foster socialization, a sense of joy and other ways of remembering.
Tag: dementia
Arts Health Month – November 2019 Playshops
AHA! has two great November playshops lined up for you on the last weekend of the month:
Friday, Nov. 29, 6-8: Holiday Baking with 4th year StFX students and staff (at least one student is a...
Arts Canopy – Branching Out Artist Workshops
Are you an artist interested in facilitating arts based programs for people living with dementia?
You are invited to our free workshop:
- Tuesday October 15 : 4 8 pm RK MacDonald Nursing...
Arts Canopy Branching Out
Arts Canopy Branching Out. A workshop for artists in facilitating arts-based programs for people living with dementia.
Arts Health Antigonish (AHA!) invites artists of all expressions to join us...
Arts Canopy Project Update
Since October of 2016, Arts Canopy has been providing arts based programming in music, visual arts, dance/movement, and poetry for people with dementia. It addresses the mental wellbeing of this...
Arts Canopy Project
Living with dementia? You're invited to join us in Arts Canopy!
Arts Canopy will offer creative spaces to enjoy the moment and socialize with others. No arts, music or writing experience...
AHA! is hiring – Arts Canopy Arts Facilitator
Arts Health Antigonish (AHA!) is hiring……
POSITION TITLE: Arts Canopy Arts Facilitator
Hours and Term: approximately 8 hours weekly for 10 weeks...
(AHA!) is hiring…… Arts Canopy Project Coordinator
Arts Health Antigonish (AHA!) is hiring……
POSITION TITLE: Arts Canopy Project Coordinator
Term and hours: approximately 8 hours...
Romi Jones Writing for Elders with Dementia
On September 26th, Winston Churchill Trust Fellow, Romi Jones, spoke to a group at the RK MacDonald Nursing Home in Antigonish about facilitating writing for elders with dementia.
Romi Jones Workshop Sept 26
Workshop
Friday, Sept. 26th, 10 am
Rhubarb Patch, R.K. MacDonald Nursing Home, Antigonish
Romi Jones is currently visiting...