Name: Opening Minds Through Art: Abstraction in Community and Classroom Settings
Start: 2024-11-09T13:20:00-0500
End: 2024-11-09T14:40:00-0500

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Saturday November 9, 2024 1:20pm - 2:40pm EST

Hardie Building Room #H202

How do we get students of all ages excited about abstraction while learning about composition, movement, and color? Is there a way to encourage artists with 'fail-free' layered projects in your classroom, community center, or museum education department? Come experience the layers and colors of an OMA project while creating a layered, non-objective work of art!

Opening Minds through Art (OMA) is an award-winning, evidence-based, intergenerational art-making program designed for people living with dementia. It was developed at Scripps Gerontology Center, an Ohio Center of Excellence at Miami University, in 2007.

Siobhan McDonald received her OMA Facilitator Certification in 2022 and has implemented the program with great success in Swampscott, MA

Speakers

Siobhan McDonald

President, Granger St. Studios

Siobhan McDonald has a B.F.A. (Studio Art) from Montserrat College of Art and a M.Ed. (Arts and Learning) from Endicott College. She is trained in Visual Thinking Strategies, is a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP), a Certified Montessori Dementia Practitioner (CMDP), and has an... Read More →

Saturday November 9, 2024 1:20pm - 2:40pm EST
Hardie Building Room #H202 23 Essex Street, Beverly MA

Studio Workshop

Art Connects Us

Siobhan McDonald

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