Arts & Minds announces Engaging Arts & Minds: Foundations

Arts & Minds is pleased to announce Engaging Arts & Minds: Foundations, a training course on museum programming for people with dementia and their care partners. Whether you are starting a new program or looking for a refresher, museum professionals, teaching artists, caregivers and dementia care professionals are invited to join this exciting asynchronous online course. 

Register now: Spring/Summer online session – May 20 to July 31, 2026.

Engaging Arts & Minds: Foundations includes:

• Introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias — a slide talk by Columbia University Neurologist, James M. Noble MD;
• Readings, exercises, and discussion posts focusing on the needs of people living with dementia and their caregivers;
• Explore Arts & Minds approach to in-the-moment conversations about art (adaptable for science, history and living collections);

• Learn our unique approach to creative and accessible art making;
• Receive support in planning and implementing your cultural program;
• Learn to build uplifting creative, social and cognitive experiences for people with memory loss.

There will be 3 optional live online sessions offered as a way to connect with other members of our learning community. Attached below is a simplified syllabus to give you some idea of what the course experience will entail. 

For more information about training for teams and individuals, or to register, visit “Training” on the Arts & Minds website.