Art therapy opens minds
SUN PHOTO BY BARBARA BEAN-MELLINGER
Alex Haak, Robin Fricano, and Pat and Henry August attended the art therapy workshop to learn techniques and get new ideas for using art to help people with dementia.
SUN PHOTO BY BARBARA BEAN-MELLINGER
Carol Lucas, a registered nurse, showed examples of artwork completed by people with dementia.
SUN PHOTO BY BARBARA BEAN-MELLINGER
Art therapist Sue Schmidt advised workshop participants to give people guidance but don’t do the art for them.
PORT CHARLOTTE — For people with dementia, words can be hard to come by. Art, on the other hand, can often open doors in the mind that may have closed long ago.
That’s why the Arts & Humanities Council holds free workshops to help people learn how to use art therapy to help people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
