The Cycle of Life: Childhood, Adulthood, Elderhood, by OMA and Memory Cafe artists with dementia and Miami University students, was selected to be part of the Miami University Art Museum 2020 Student response Exhibition! They are an “intergenerational group of students, people with dementia, caregivers, and Oxford’s town people who enjoy spending time with each other.” When creating their artwork, they were inspired by collaborative creative expression. OMA and Memory Cafe artists with dementia and Miami student’s goal was community engagement through a fun activity like making art.
The Miami University students involved in this project are:
Sydney Biehl
Kate Blackburn
Devon Brodine
Lydia Carter
Chris Clark
Maddie Folta
Pratiti Ghosh-Dastidar
Jet Guo
Morgann Hendrixson
Maddy Hunter
Allison Huntington
Emma Keeney
Liz Kelly
Samantha Kramer
Jenny McGowan
Lauren Meilstrup
Lauren Miller
Megan Miske
Reese Moore
Stephanie Murray
Syd Oberhill
Nick Savage
Emma Scott
Hannah Secrist
Bethany Sersion
Meagan Smith
Riley Steiner
Erin Welsh
Haley Wisbey
Hannah Wisbey
Alyson Yawitz
This year’s SRE topic was Circling ‘Round, where students thought about what a circle meant to them and how they might interpret it in art. Nearly 100 submissions were received. 32 works by 58 students were chosen to be featured in the spring 2020 exhibition. As a juried exhibition, all works were selected through a formal process by a committee.
The exhibition will open Tuesday, January 28 and will remain through alumni weekend, closing on June 13. Voting will be open until April 11, 2020. There will be an artist celebration and award ceremony held on April 14, 2020, from 8 to 6 PM where three works will be awarded prizes totaling over $800. The awards are sponsored by the Art Museum Membership Association.
Come see OMA and Memory Cafe artists with dementia and Miami University student’s artwork along with the rest of the student response exhibition, Circling ‘Round, at the Miami University Art Museum!
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