Creativity Matters! Health, Wellness & The Arts Symposium:  Developing Engaging Programs for People with Alzheimer's and Memory Loss and Their Caregivers

Venue: Miami, FL at The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University

Featuring lectures, workshops and small group activities on many topics including:

How to increase your brain fitness through creative activities and the science behind creativity and cognitive enhancement

The TimeSlips Storytelling Method which focuses on forgetting memory and instead using communication, imagination and the present to inspire people with memory loss to tell stories

MoMA Programs in Art and Dementia developed through the Museum of Modern Art in New York City which brings arts engagement programs to people with dementia and their caregivers.

"I Remember Better When I Paint," a documentary film about a person with Alzheimer's who finds meaning and purpose through painting narrated by Olivia de Havilland.

Cost: $75.00 - $25.00 for members of: NCCA, the Miami Alliance on Aging, Florida International University Faculty and Students, Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs, Society for the Arts in Healthcare and The Alzheimer's Association

For more information and to register visit: www.creativeaging.org/symposia-miami/