Art of the Mind

Broken: Alzheimer’s Through the Eyes of Teenage Artists

Artist Ruth Blackford, who teaches young artists in the UK, has encouraged her students to explore Alzheimer’s within their work.

The Beginning Stages of Goodbye

In the spring of 2012, I took a cross-country train trip to help my mother move into assisted living.

Stitching A Story

Using a stitched illustration technique, Ruth Blackford tells the story of her mother’s journey though Alzheimer’s disease.

Beyond Forgetting

Alzheimer’s Disease impacts both its victims and their caregivers. Poet Holly Hughes knows this all too well.

Making Sense of Alzheimer’s is a creative space for people to understand the past, present and future of Alzheimer’s disease. It is an evolving forum, a gallery of ideas, a museum without walls.

Making Sense of Alzheimer’s features stories and ideas that tackle the many and changing understanding of what Alzheimer’s disease is and how we try to make sense of it in our own lives. The voices of patients, scientists, writers, caregivers, students, singers, doctors, and artists are expressed here through words, images and sounds.

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