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Arts & Minds at the Studio Museum Wins National Award

Reference: Harlem World MagazineLink:​ https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/arts-minds-at-the-studio-museum-wins-national-award/ The Studio Museum in Harlem is thrilled to announce that The...
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Transformative Learning Experiences at Arts & Minds

Reference: Halpin-Healy, C., 2015. Report from the field: Multi-cultural dialogue and transformative learning in Arts...
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Picturing Alzheimer’s

Author: Phoebe MageeReference: ​Columbia MagazineLink: ​https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/picturing-alzheimersDate: Winter 2015 - 2016 On a Tuesday afternoon, Nellie Escalante, who works...
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Ethics Scholars Highlight Study of Medical Students’ Perceptions of Dementia at Arts & Minds

Reference: Childress, PhD. and Chen, MD, MPH, 2015. Art and Alzheimer dementia: A museum experience...
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Study Shows Change in Medical Students’ Perceptions Following Arts & Minds

Reference: Roberts, H.J. and Noble, J.M., 2015. Education research: changing medical student perceptions of dementia:...
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Art Program in Harlem Strives to Improve Quality of Life for Those Affected by Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Author: Contessa GaylesReference: ​News & DocumentaryLink: ​http://newsdocvoices.com/2013/10/24/art-program-harlem-alzheimers-dementia/ With a plastic well of black ink, a bamboo brush and...

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Navigating Life With Dementia

Arts & Minds co-founder and neurologist James M. Noble MD, offers you and your family ways to successfully face the challenges presented by life with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in his book Navigating Life with Dementia.

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Fran Kaufman Photographs

Photographer and great friend of Arts & Minds Fran Kaufman, documents the changes in their marriage as she and husband Bob cope with dementia. Her beautiful photos speak volumes. ”Every day brings new challenges, new photos, ways of trying to adapt.“

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Jazz Artist Helen Sung

Acclaimed jazz pianist and composer Helen Sung is a great supporter of Arts & Minds programming. We partnered with her to create Rhythm & Reason during which you are invited to move to the music and learn a bit about how music affects our brains and bodies.

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