SPARK!

Cultural Programming for People with Memory Loss

SPARK! is an arts and culture program for people with early to mid-stage memory loss and their care partners. Programs are designed to keep participants actively engaged in their communities by providing experiences that stimulate conversations, provide peer support, and inspire creativity through engaging workshops.

All SPARK! programs are free for participants and care partners to attend together, in the comfortable and accessible environment of our Madison Art Center.

SPARK! programs at ARTS for ALL Wisconsin take place on the first Friday of each month, from 10-11:30am. Each 90-minute program is unique, including creative experiences in artmaking, drama, movement/dance, music, poetry, or storytelling.

SPARK! facilitators and volunteers were trained by the Dane County Aging & Disability Resource Center and collaborate with community partners and professionals to continually enhance programming.

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Because of my special interest in working for people with dementia and their care partners as First Lady, I am truly excited about SPARK! programming throughout Wisconsin and very much appreciate that ARTS for ALL Wisconsin has stepped into the role of SPARK! provider for Dane County. Arts and cultural programs for people with Alzheimer's and Dementia are powerful and effective whole-person approaches to achieving better health and improved quality of life for Wisconsinites affected by this devastating disease, and I thank ARTS for ALL Wisconsin for serving those affected by dementia as one element of the many arts opportunities they offer those in the disability community.

- Wisconsin First Lady, Kathy Evers