Emotions in Silence presented by Creative district/DIP in Murcia: Thursday of design

Three documentals will be shown on the 1 of May, at 19:45, , all made in Murcia:

"Emotions in silence", "Minera" and "En fin...".

Place: Sala B de la Filmoteca Regional de Murcia.

Free entry and everyone is welcome.

For the ninth ‘Thursday of Design’, the Creative District in Murcia offers three short films, after having debated different issues of design and communication in previous sessions. These are:

"Emotions in silence. Art and Culture as therapy against Alzheimer’s" (12:00 min). Pablo Serrano and Halldóra Arnardóttir, for Hospital Universitario de La Arrixaca.

"Minera" (8:14 min). Jorge Martínez and Germinal, for the Festival de Cante de las Minas.

"En fin..."(23:19 min). Javier Codesal and Julia Sieiro, for XL Internet and the Health Service in Murcia.

They have three things in common: aim to make society more conscious, count with an artist in the team, which reflects a great commitment to reality and ways of communication, and they are all works produced in Murcia.

This program takes place in the Filmoteca Regional de Murcia and counts with the presence of Pablo Serrano and Halldóra Arnardóttir, Jorge Martínez and Teresa Jular — who will introduce the films briefly and respond to questions of the audience.

DIP

http://dipmurcia.es/

MuBAM Alzheimer Project in a Symposium on Education organized by AFADE, Alcantarilla

This year, the Association of Families of Alzheimer Patients and other Dementia (AFADE) in Alcantarilla focuses its Symposium for Families and Volunteers on new therapies for the treatment of the Alzheimer Disease.

The MuBAM Alzheimer Project forms part of this program with a lecture on Wednesday 9th of April 2014 from 5-6 pm.

For further information see program below and AFADE‘s webpage:

AFADE-Association of Families

Seminar: "Art and Culture as Therapy: Narrating Memories", organized by Creative Life Centre in St. James and NCAD, Dublin.

The network of Art and Culture as Therapy for Alzheimer’s has formed a new bud; this time formed in Dublin in Ireland. 
The project will be presented to the personal of Create Life Centre in St. James and National College of Art and Design (NCAD) on the 12^th of December 2013 in a seminar at 3:30 pm. 

Conference in New York, "Art and Culture against Alzheimer", NY Langone Medical Center, 25/09/2013

The project, Art and Culture as Therapy for Alzheimer's returns to New York. This time as the"key  note speaker" in the Spanish seminar, ALZHEIMER'S CARE IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

The congress is organized by one of the best hospitals in America, NYU Langone Medical Center, which is known for its ambitious research programs.  

Exhibition and Publication of the book: “Narrating Memories with Þórarni Eldjárn” in Reykjavík 19/09/2013

Exhibition at the National Libary of Iceland in Reykjavík

Opening of the exhibition and presentation of the book: Narrating memories with Þórarinn Eldjárn: 19th of september 2013 at 3-5 pm.

Ligth ale, kleinur and ástarpungar will be offered during the opening.

Exhibition: 19th of september to 3rd of October.

Opening time: monday-thursday 8:15 am-10 pm; Fridays 8:15am-7 pm; saturdays 10 am-5 pm; sundays 11 am-5 pm.

The exhibition “Narrating memories with Þórarni Eldjárn” shows the initial results of the first workshop in Iceland within project Art and Culture as Therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. This research focuses on non-pharmacological therapies for the Alzheimer’s disease and originates from the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca in Murcia, Spain.

The Art and Culture as Therapy for Alzheimer’s disease: “Narrating memories with Þórarinn Eldjárn” was organized by the Association of families of Alzheimer’s patients and related diseases (FAAS) and the Dementia Unit at the National Hospital of Iceland. The workshop took place at the National Library of Iceland and enjoyed the collaboration of the well-known author, Þórarinn Eldjárn and 14 students from the Drawing Department at The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts.

Among the objectives of this collaboration is to open up the debate on Alzheimer’s disease and find out how narrating memories can join the scientific investigation and qualitative evaluation.

For further information about the workshop see: 

Frásagnir minninganna

From a little bud to a complex network of connections.

As we have insisted in our lectures, to work in a NETWORK is fundamental for the expansion of the research on Alzheimer’s and the aim to obtain results.

The project, Art and Culture as Therapy, started as a bud, eager to sprout, grow and create bridges and new and unexpected connections. This has been the life journey of the project, full of positive stimulus from all those who make up our network.

Murcia Tart with Paco Torreblanca travels to MoMA in New York

The research project, Art and Culture as Therapy against Alzheimers, returns to New York to take part in Practice & Progress: The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project Exchange, held at the Museum of Modern Art on April 15-16, 2013. This time our presentation includes the multi-sensorial project, Murcia Tart with Paco Torreblanca.

Other presenters on this topic include Lena Nordby of the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology in Oslo, Norway; Yoko Hayashi of Arts Alive in Tokyo, Japan; Dawn Koceja of the Milwaukee Public Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Jessica Sack of the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut; and a MoMA staff member.

Practice & Progress: The MoMA Alzheimer’s Project Exchange is an annual forum organized by MoMA and focuses on generating opportunities to think broadly and imaginatively about innovation in program content and delivery, and also to reflect specifically on program logistics, planning, and organization.

The two-day program will consist of panel discussions, experiential workshops in the Museum's galleries and studios, and smaller break-out sessions, and will cover such topics as interdisciplinary strategies for teaching with objects, innovative partnership models, and programmatic sustainability, among others. The aim is to provide numerous examples of ways of working with individuals with dementia that spawn meaningful interactions between individuals, art, ideas, and spaces so that participants can reflect.

Course: Proyecto Alzheimer MuBAM, March 11th 2013

Museum of Fine Arts in Murcia and Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca invites you to participate in the course MuBAM Alzheimer Project, a course addressing accessibility through the Arts for people with Dementia and their caregivers.

Date: Monday 11th of March 2013 from 16:30 to 21:00

Everybody is welcome!

 

"Emotions in Silence" in Crónicas, La 2, RTVE

Dear friends,

The program “Crónicas” in the channel, “La 2”, in the Spanish National Television (RTVE), which focuses its attention on exemplary experiences and on social issues, has recognized our project “Art and Culture as Therapy against Alzheimer” for its original and humanistic approach of living with the Alzheimers disease.  Additionally, the program’s directors acknowledge our project’s success in working with emotional memory and evoking memories through the realm of the arts.  

The name of the program is: “El naufragio del a memoria” (“The shipwreck of memory”). Below the link to Crónicas’ webpage is attached:

http://www.rtve.es/noticias/cronicas/

And, the direct link to the program is:

El naufragio de la memoria

Opening release: Thursday 27^th of September at 23:00 p.m. in La 2. 

Re- emissions in channel 24 hours (Canal 24 horas):

Saturday 29^th of September at 20:30 - 58847 

Sunday 30^th of September at 22:30

Wednesday 3^rd of October at 24:00

In channel 1: Thursday 4^th of October at 1 a.m.

International Channel:

EUROPE – Sunday 30^th September at 22:55

AMERICA 1 – (South America and West Coast North and Central America) – Monday 1^st October at 3:15 a.m.

AMERICA 2 – (East Coast North and Central America) – Monday 1^st October at 5: 15 a.m. 

ASIA – Sunday 30^th September at 13:50

P.S. International Channel indicates the time in Spain. Therefore, the time difference has to be added depending on the country.

P.S. 2. If the signal is through a satellite, the emission reaches all America 1. If it is through cable, the reference is to 1 and 2.

We hope you enjoy the program.

Art and Culture as Therapy travels to USA

The research project, Art and Culture as Therapy against Alzheimers, has been invited to participate in the Multimodal Approaches to Learning conference co-organized by Art Beyond Sight and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The conference will be held October 26^th -28^th, 2012 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.  Our session will focus on Artists Tools and Process and Multi-sensory Learning.

For further information and progam:
Conference program

The 2012 conference goal is to define a framework for engaging diverse audiences through multimodal experiences, and to identify new trends and innovation in learning and museum practice. Sessions will address inclusive and multisensory learning environments and strategies, particularly in relation to the arts and museums. Discussions will focus on experiences that involve touch, sound, smell, movement, drama, and modes of learning.

Since its inception, this conference has been a forum for cross-disciplinary creative thinking and the exchange of ideas. The aim is to continue to foster dialogue between diverse disciplines, such as neuroscience, cognitive psychology, education, museum studies, disability and cultural studies, technology, architecture, product design, and media art.

Furthermore, on the 25^th of October, Halldóra Arnardóttir, will give a presentation on the project to the guides at MoMA , in order to exchange knowledge and experiences around the Museum projects.