The Portrait of Wellness is Ageless

Releasing your inner artist is not only invigorating, but good for your well-being. Engaging in the arts has shown to increase mental and physical health. Painting pictures, making crafts, and taking a trip to a museum keeps the mind active and stimulates the senses.

Art brings emotional benefits to the individual artist. Creating and viewing art has been known to lower stress and blood pressure levels. The sense of accomplishment that accompanies a finished art project is a definite mood-booster. Working on art projects with friends and family provides a creative space for bonding and sharing with one another.

Our upcoming “Art is Ageless” Art Show features paintings created in our popular art class taught by Courtney Ramsey-Coleman. Courtney brought in pictures of flowers for our residents to work from. Each resident created a personal rendition of the flower they liked with acrylics on a piece of canvas.
Estelle Sabath has been with us since July 2001. The pink flower she painted is gorgeous!

Grace’s beautiful white flower. Grace Thompson has been with us since March 2009.

Jacques Moryoussef has been exercising his creative juices with us since May 2000. Great color and brilliance!

Lamar Earp shows her detailed portrait of a gardenia. Lamar has been with us since November 2009.

Regina Schubel, with us since December 2008, shows us her masterpiece.

These painted squares will eventually become a wall hanging to be displayed in our Arboretum – a memory care community on our Woodland Terrace campus. The artists painted additional pieces that will be made into another Arboretum wall exhibit. Our amazing residents further demonstrated their talents by creating miniature pieces with chalks and paints to be made into note cards and sold as part of a fundraiser for Alzheimers-North Carolina.

Show your support by attending our “Art is Ageless” Art Show on Thursday, October 14th at 6:30 pm. Art pieces shown will be transformed into note cards, mouse pads, mugs and other products which can be purchased. Money from these products will be donated to Alzheimers-North Carolina. Alzheimers-North Carolina provides family support for those afflicted by the disease as well as community education, public awareness, and research support for finding a cure. RSVP today! Call us at (919) 465-0356.