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Spring 2022 Session
OMA Training Dates: TBD at 12:30 – 2PM OMA: TBD: Every Tuesday from 12:30 – 2PM OMA Exhibition: TBD at 5 – 6:30PM at the M.G. Nelson Family Gallery |
WHAT IS OMA? Opening Minds through Art (OMA) is an award-winning, evidence-based, intergenerational art-making program for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of neurocognitive disorders. Its failure-free program provides opportunities for creative self-expression and social engagement for people with dementia. OMA also provides volunteers with opportunities to improve their attitudes toward aging through the weekly interaction with OMA program participants. More information at https://www.scrippsoma.org/
Building Bridges Across Age and Cognitive Barriers through Art. Our goal is to help create a society that values older adults with dementia. We achieve this by building genuine friendships between people with dementia and volunteers as they engage in art-making. |
Thank you to our supporters:
OMA is supported by an Alzheimer's Disease Initiative-Specialized Supportive Services (ADI-SSS) Project grant from the Administration for Community Living through the Illinois Department on Aging, as well as a grant made by the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln King’s Daughters Organization Blackstock Fund to the SIU School of Medicine, Center for Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders www.siumed.edu/alz.
