I was invited as a storyteller for the Basking Ridge YMCA "Memory Cafe" - a place of respite for adults with dementia & their caregivers.
Talked about how sometimes we are afraid to create art, until somebody shows they have confidence in us.
Read The Dot by Peter Reynolds
Then talked about the Neo-Impressionist art movement "Pointellism"
Asked who had taken kids/grandkids to an art museum
Asked who had taken kids/grandkids to an art museum
Said about to read about an art museum visit that turns into a fantasy as the people climb in and out of the paintings!
Read Katie's Sunday Afternoon by James Mayhew while projecting slides of the works mentioned so everyone could see them in more detail
Afterwards, participants created their own pointillist artworks - supplies: Qtips, washable tempera paint, plastic palettes, cardstock paper (with pre-printed outlines & samples for this group)
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