Now We Create: Dementia, Art, and Community Cohort
OCTOBER 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Regular price $190.00TOTAL COST: $190
Course Fee: $175
Non-refundable Material Fee: $15
DATES: THURSDAYS, OCTOBER 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2025
TIME: 10:00AM - 11:30AM PST
LEVEL: Beginner to Advanced
AGE GROUP: Adult (ages 18+)
LOCATION: Building 306, Fort Worden, Port Townsend.
Important: This course is limited to individuals diagnosed with memory loss and their caregivers.
One spot covers enrollment for two people: This is not a respite program. Individuals experiencing memory loss must be accompanied by their caregiver.
DESCRIPTION
This five-week program invites individuals experiencing memory loss and their caregivers to connect through the creative process. Each week, the same group will meet for a guided art session that fosters a sense of community, self-expression, and shared experience.
Led by skilled instructor Jodi Ericksen, these sessions provide a warm and welcoming environment for participants to engage with art, in simple yet meaningful mixed-media activities. The goal is not just to create art, but to create connections—both between individuals with dementia and their care partners, as well as with other folks with a shared experience. Through these sessions, participants will explore various art techniques that stimulate cognitive engagement while promoting joy and creativity. Caregivers and participants will work side by side, supporting one another as they experience the joy of creating together.
Held once a week for five weeks, this program encourages individuals to revisit their creative expression or explore it for the first time. By the end of the program, participants will have explored various mediums while building lasting connections within the group. All materials are provided and each session is designed to foster both creativity and community.
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Advance registration is required.
SUPPLY INFORMATION
All materials are provided.
COURSE DETAILS
After registration, course details are available via the Northwind Art School learning portal. Learn more
ABOUT JODI
Jodi Ericksen is a local teaching artist who has been guiding our Aging Creatively classes since their inception. "I feel so amazingly lucky to be able to do this," she says of the program. Jodi's own artwork stems from the soul, and she believes art comes from the places within us without words. In her own art practice, she has specialized in block printing, while also enjoying mixed media, collage, water color, oil pastels, acrylics, fiber arts and more. She views the expression of art as an act of simply setting our minds free, as well as a place to connect with and release feelings and emotions. In addition to her work as an artist, she is also a mother, a massage therapist, and a graduate student in Seattle University’s Licensed Mental Health Counseling master's program. Her future intention is to work with clients by utilizing talk, somatic, and art therapies.
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CANCELLATION POLICY
Please email admin@northwindart.org if you wish to withdraw or for more information.