Arts & Culture

Museum Offers Art Tours To Early-Stage Alzheimer's Community

89.1 WBOI | By Julia Meek

Published May 13, 2016 at 2:13 PM EDT

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Monthly gallery tours showcase four engaging pieces of artwork

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Meet Me at FWMoA's inaurural Gallery Tour in May welcomed nine couples from Northeast Indiana

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Museum Docents are trained to discuss the feelings and memories each picture evokes from its viewers

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Meet Me at FWMoA participants look forward to enjoying the art experience in a comfortable, small group setting

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FWMoA's Amanda Martin and Alzheimer's Association Care Consultant, Lori Stock, feel that the "Meet Me at FWMoA" program will empower individuals with the disease as well as their care partners.

Fort Wayne Museum of Arthas teamed with the Alzheimer's Association Greater Indiana Chapter to offer special monthly tours for individuals in the early stages of the disease, or other forms of dementia, and their care partners.

The program, called "Meet Me at FWMoA" is modeled after New York City's own Museum of Modern Art's
"Meet me at MoMA" project, which was authored by the museum during its Alzheimer's project initiative from 2007-2014.

WBOI's Julia Meek met with Care Consultant, Lori Stock, and the Museum's Chief Operating Officer, Amanda Martin, to discuss last month's inaugural run, and the empowerment they hope the project will carry forward.

Event Information:

Meet Me at FWMoA Gallery Tours
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
3rd Tuesday of the Month:
May 17th through December 22, 2015
2:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m.

For more information, visit Alzheimer's Association Greater Indiana's website, or call 800-272-3900.