Building community and sparking joy for New Yorkers impacted by dementia since 2010.

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With over 16 years of practice, Arts & Minds is recognized as a leader in the field of creative care for dementia. Since 2010, we have partnered with museums, senior centers, and dementia care providers to offer meaningful, art-centered programs that foster emotional connection, spark communication, reduce isolation and bring joy to those affected by dementia.

We are grateful to the following funders who have supported the work of Arts & Minds:

  • Friends of Harlem Hospital
  • Center for Faith and Work, Redeemer Presbyterian
  • Columbia Community Service
  • Luminescence Foundation
  • Jim Jacobs Foundation
  • Music Man Foundation
  • Horowitz Foundation
  • Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
  • Joyce P. and Diego R. Visceglia Foundation
  • Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

  • Mellon Foundation
  • Lulu Foundation
  • West Harlem Development Corporation
  • Morningside Heights Community Coalition
  • New York State Council on the Arts
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Murray G. and Beatrice H.  Sherman Charitable Trust
  • New York Community Trus
  • Tuttle Fund

We would also like to thank all the individual donors who have made our life enhancing programs possible for those living with dementia and the family and friends who care for them.

Many museums in New York City have partnered with Arts & Minds

  • Studio Museum in Harlem
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • New-York Historical Society
  • El Museo del Barrio
  • Wallach Art Gallery
  • Museum of the City of New York
  • Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling

  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • Bard Graduate Center Gallery
  • The Frick Collection
  • The Jewish Museum
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • The Noguchi Museum
  • Museum of Modern Art