After meeting Gay Hanna a couple of days - she fixed me up with visiting and taking part in the 'Lisner Home's Art Program....i am so glad she did!!
The Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hunt Home is a Care Facility for primarily poor seniors in the Washington DC community. The grounds and buildings are absolutly stunning, i have never seen anything like it!! So i knew that the Art Program would follow same suite...
Entering a conservatory part of the facility, there were tables covered in paint, canvases and various brushes - everyone was ready for Art Action!! It is a voluntary program for any of the residents and it is very open so they can paint anything they feel like. The results were all different - from chance paintings to landscapes and abstracts. All residents left with a huge smile on their face!
This program was very alternative to what i have previously seen - but maybe this type of freedom within Art can also be engaging?
Check out the Lisner's Website:
http://www.lldhhome.org/ (Amazing videos and photographs which capture the importance of Art Program's in Senior Living Facilities...
Check out the Photographs of some of the final creations:
An Annual Art Exhibition takes place every May at The Lisner Home - fetching in funds for the program to keep running! Inspiring!!
