Recently one of our Arts for Brain Health groups took a field trip!
10 people from the Monday Creative group visited Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford with facilitators, Ailsa Lewer and Carine Brosse. The Monday group welcomes participants who are affected by dementia and their carers.
We hired a minibus from Keighley Community Transport to take the group there and picked participants up along the way.
The group spent over an hour in the main gallery where people had an opportunity to look around and then we sat round two paintings. We talked about the paintings, discussing the artists and what people thought about the paintings. We also talked about the connections between the subject matter of the two paintings as both are about textile making – the Lowry showing a smoky. industrial landscape of textile mills in Manchester compared to the peaceful, domestic scene in “The Arab Weaver”.
Many thanks to staff at Cartwright Hall from Bradford Museums who made the visit possible – helping us with access to the disabled entrance, providing chairs and making refreshments.
We look forward to further visits to Bradford Museums.
If you are any to find out more about our Arts for Brain Health project and the Monday Creatuve group, please visit our website.
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