Taproot Theatre’s “Re-Ignite the Mind” classes are designed for students with Early Stage Memory Loss (ESML). Class sessions are taught by professional theater artists and are designed to fit the needs of your class participants. Students find immediate success and improved quality of life as they learn new things, interact socially, and live creatively in the moment.

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Edmonds Center for the Arts’ award-winning Dementia-Inclusive Series is a line-up of free, creative, social enrichment programs for people experiencing memory loss, their care partners, families, and friends.

Launched in 2015, the series has been developed collaboratively with the feedback and support of senior services organizations, eldercare and memory care professionals, and arts groups in the Puget Sound region.

ECA is committed to providing a space where community members experiencing memory loss feel welcome and valued; where their creative contributions are celebrated; and where joyful quality time can be spent with families and care partners.

ECA is partnering with SilverKite Community Arts and the University of Washington to perform an evaluation of the Spring 2023 Dementia-Inclusive Workshop Series. Each workshop in the six-week series will be facilitated by a different community partner organization, and each will be evaluated for its effectiveness, both to improve future programming at ECA and to further research in the arts-in-health field. Because of this evaluation process, interested students are asked to register for all six workshops series in advance of their participation. Students needing to miss a workshop are asked to notify ECA program leads in advance.

Please reach out to Nick@ec4arts.org with any questions about the workshops.