PROVIDENCE – Lifespan and the Rhode Island chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will curate an exhibit intended to give people an idea what it feels like to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
The exhibit, which opens on July 16 at Brown’s Granoff Center for the Creative Arts with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., will bring new attention to a disease that affects one in nine people over 65 years of age in the United States.
The exhibit will feature all Rhode Island-based artists, working in a wide variety of traditional and untraditional materials, including multi-media. Sponsors include Lifespan; Creative Arts Council, Brown University; Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute; Rhode Island Hospital; Brown Institute for Brain Sciences; The Department of Cognitive, Linguistic & Psychological Sciences of Brown University; The University Neurology Foundation; and Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.
