Expressions from Beautiful Minds
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Nicole Bratcher, 12, browses at some of the jewelry.
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Lisa Vogell. center, chairman of the fashion show, stops to chat with Sheyenne Young and her mother-in-law, Magdalena Young. "I watched my own mother-in-law suffer with dementia for10 years," Magdalena said.
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Port Charlotte resident and maker of wearable art Diana Reinhard shows a necklace to Doloras Norris. Reinhard donated 20 percent of her sales during the event to the Arts & Humanities Council's Art Therapy Training Program for Dementia and Memory Loss.
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Marie McIvor looks at the wide array of jewelry available for purchase.
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Phyllis McDaniel helps display the wearable art.
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Nicole Bratcher, 12, browses at some of the jewelry.
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Attorney Pamela Keller, a director of the Arts & Humanities Council of Charlotte County, welcomes guests at the opening of the event.
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Dr. Doris Hayes of Peace River Regional Medical Center models a black and silver fringed outfit.
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Dr. Lohalis Bobe of Fawcett Memorial Hospital shows off her modeling skills.
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Dr. Elizabeth Triana of Elizabeth Triana Prevention Center in Port Charlotte is having fun being a model for the day.
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Dr. Samantha Andisco of Panther Hollow Dental Lodge shows off her outfit as well as her smile.
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Dr. Cherra Pumphry of Fawcett Memorial Hospital models a belted animal print top.
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Dr. Malgorzata (Margaret) Valente, from Fawcett Memorial Hospital, models a colorful short-waisted jacked.
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Dr. Carol Stevens, models a fun print top and matching jewelry on stage.
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Carol Lucas, a registered nurse, shows the training program handbook that is used as part of the free workshops to help caretakers working with dementia patients, and how this can help those patients express themselves through art.
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Carol Sytsma, representing Guiditta's, shows off her outfit during the show.
A fundraiser for the Arts & Humanities Council’s Art Therapy Training Program for Dementia and memory loss, Expressions from Beautiful Minds, was held Saturday at Visani in Port Charlotte. Lunch was served, followed by a fashion show. The purpose of the program is to support caretakers through free workshops to help those with dementia express themselves through art. Local doctors served as models, wearing fashions provided by Guiditta’s in Punta Gorda. An additional fundraiser will be a dinner dance held April 27. For more information visit the website www.charlottearts.org or call 941-764-8100.
