The Alzheimer’s Association is hosting its annual Memories in the Making event from 5:30-10 p.m., Friday, May 3, at Vibrant Arena at The Mark.
Paintings created by local artists, who are living with Alzheimer’s or dementia, participating in the Memories in the Making Art Therapy program will be available for purchase at the gala’s live and silent auction. All proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association to support Alzheimer’s care, support and research.
That therapy program helps those living with the disease that have lost the ability to use words to express their thoughts and emotions and to share memories through paintings with watercolors. The association said the program helps improve the quality of life for people living with the disease and bring their stories and feelings to light.
“Art is a powerful form of communication. In each stroke of a brush is a feeling, a word…a memory,” says Tessa Pozzi, event committee member and marketing specialist at Friendship Manor.
“What the Memories in the Making Art Therapy program has done is offer those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia use this tool of communication to convey very powerful statements and memories, even if they are non-verbal or struggle to express with words as they once had,” she said. “What the gala does is allow us to share these artists and their memories with the public.”
Tickets for the Memories in the Making event are available at QCMemories24.givesmart.com. For more information about the Alzheimer’s Association, visit alz.org/iowa. Tickets are $60 a person.
