Arts and Minds

Arts & Minds, Inc. is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The art programs engage and empower people with dementia, their family members, and professional caregivers to strengthen social, emotional, and spiritual bonds. Arts & Minds gives caregivers the tools - from brushes to positive experiences - to help their loves ones live well.
- Grant Year
- 2023
- Purpose
- To operate an information table at Harlem Week (August 10-August 20), and to support the core programs.
- Amount
- $6,000
- Grant Year
- 2022
- Purpose
- To support Arts & Minds @home|Arts & Minds online programs, new post-pandemic, in-person programming, and increased outreach in NYC.
- Amount
- $8,000
- Grant Year
- 2021
- Purpose
- Arts & Minds @ Home will continue online programming and reinvigorate outreach in the ongoing pandemic in order to include older adults living with dementia in the community.
- Amount
- $5,000.00
- Grant Year
- 2020
- Purpose
- The CCS grant was used to create Arts & Minds @ Home, which included regularly scheduled programs with activities that were stimulating and creative for participants with dementia. This was a direct response to the intensified isolation, disrupted routine, and reduced interpersonal contact brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Amount
- $4,400.00
- Grant Year
- 2019
- Purpose
- The organization used the CCS grant to fund the cost of independent teaching artists with expertise in art programming for people with dementia and their caregivers at the Studio Museum in Harlem and El Museo del Barrio.
- Amount
- $5,000.00
- Grant Year
- 2018
- Purpose
- The CCS grant was used to purchase art supplies for 225 independent teaching artists with expertise in art programming for people with dementia, and 266 participants and caregivers. It helped to produce 104 programs at 10 museums/galleries and 1 community wellness center, for a total of 144,000 "participant care" hours.
- Amount
- $5,500.00
- Grant Year
- 2017
- Purpose
- Amount
- $5,000.00
- Grant Year
- 2016
- Purpose
- Amount
- $5,000.00