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That the vast majority of people who contribute to the South Yorkshire Dementia Creative Arts Exhibition gain posiotively from being involved.
I love the false teeth stuck in the mail loaf story. Thanks to my team and all who contributed to our photographic piece – it’s stunning. Emily, you did a cracking job x C. Jepson Residents and staff enjoyed their visit and wish to thank David for his kindness and hospitality to our residents and staff alike, he always interacts with us Deerlands and Paddock Hill, SheffCare Homes Enjoyable and educational display. Thank you. Kate H Excellent display. Very interesting and creative. Wonderful to see the humour people retain and share – an excellent exhibition Lynx Care Very pleased with the experience. Will be in touch. Excellent display. Amazed at variety of ideas Holmwood Not as busy as last year but really enjoyed it. Fantastic ideas to take away Chapel Lodge Enjoyed visit and ideas of how to make other items Dalewood View Some very entertaining material here and some excellent art. I also loved the collections of sayings Jane Hodson, Lecturer ENJOYED Mary Allen Residents and staff from Grange Crescent RH enjoyed their visit. Lots of good work on show Grange Crescent RH Enjoyed every minute – the residents at Hawkhills will come next year! Hawkhills Residential Home, Stannington I loved the sketches on unit 27 and the poem about smiling. Unit 25 really good too University of Sheffield student, English Lit Residents and staff from Housteads R.H. SheffCare and Day Centre Clients from Castelayn enjoyed visiting again this year Anon Ha, ha! Michelle Wattam, RMN Very diverse exhibition and all the photos on the slide show make it a very personal contribution to the theme Anon Enjoyed reading stories and memories, variety of media used in artworks Rose Really impressive. Enjoyed it so much! Anon I am Michael Ledger from Balmoral Care Home and I enjoyed the display very much. Nell enjoyed it too. It was very interesting and bright. It’s thought provoking. Looking forward to 2013 exhibition! Michael Ledger St Catherines’ nursing home residents found it interesting. Lots to look at anon Castelayn residents enjoyed it very, very, much. Keep up the good work Anon A very inspiring exhibition. Thank you Vicky Grant Carer, residents and family – well had a good time. It was interesting Balmoral Care Home Lovely – lots of it very touching. Would love to see the 2013 exhibition too Sarah Henderson Interesting and thought-provoking Maggie Henderson Very welcoming Barbara and Emily Very interesting Thelma Furness Very quiet but I enjoyed it Mavis Fretwell We loved it. Fantastic variety. Giving a voice to those who often don’t have one Alexander Court Thank you to all for your valid contribution. Look forward to the next annual arts exhibition Elizabeth Swift What a precious and important collection – thank you so much for giving such a revealing voice to a community of vulnerable and often forgotten but immensely valuable souls. Very best wishes for the future of this endeavour which I hope will grow each year Yo Tozer-Loft A great display and well done to all. Very pleased that four of ‘my’ homes exhibited – fantastic! Sue, Care Homes Support Team Really moving, just shows what can be achieved CR We have 16 university social work students on placement for 100 days Sept-Jan and Feb-July. We’d love to help another year. Age Concern Sheffield has two day centres for people with dementia who contributed to the exhibition – great to see it Kay Allinson, Age Concern Sheffield Cotleigh day centre really enjoyed the exhibition. Thank you very much Anon Thank you, very touching, really enjoyed Everyone from Cotleigh Residential Hilda Wallis from Burt Tree Croft has enjoyed the exhibition very much. Thank you Anon Very happy to see our work. Very well presented Ann, Chatsworth Grange Fascinating – tells us a lot of things, pleasing to look round. Felt welcome and comfortable. Lots of space to walk around. People need to take time to look around Lynsey, Tina and Ivy – Darnall Dementia Group Really enjoyed exhibition, some excellent work, well done! Sharon and Rachel, Chatsworth Grange Beautiful and brilliant! Congratulations to all involved. I’ll try to spread the word Malcolm Roberts Weepy and inspiring at the same time. Very impressed Joyce Phillips, Sheffield Wonderful and in some cases moving. Congratulations to all involved. Keep dreaming! Amanda Ward Inspirational and motivational. Well done to all artists and their supporters Eagle House Fascinating Anon Residents from Housteads loved all the exhibits – they will come again it has given us some good ideas for our arts and crafts sessions Sheffcare Our residents from Castelayn really enjoyed the exhibition – they also enjoyed and joined in with the circle dancing. Thank you for our mini-bus parking David Wendy Smith, Sheffcare Activities Coordinator An excellent exhibition, well done everyone involved! Provokes good memories Terry Booth Fantastic and a real challenge to the negative assumptions of dementia. Great. Jane McKeown Lovely. Very moving and made me smile Michelle Wattam A vital exhibition. More people should see this. Very moving Duncan, Sheffcare Very moving, quite sad. Many thanks Sue Hubbard Our residents were pleased to see their work on display – thanks Anon Very moving. Thank you! Anon Fantastic event that needs to cascade in other cities to capture more people to enjoy both working and viewing Blenheim Court Great to have this. There should be one in every town. Thanks for the opportunity to see all this lovely work Anon Fabulous! Anon Joanne from Balmoral really enjoyed the work, music and dancing and it was a joy to see her own grandmother there Joanne, Balmoral Lorraine and the residents from Balmoral really enjoyed themself, music and dancing and the art work Lorraine, Balmoral It was a good afternoon dancing and singing. Thank you Tom Pat A wonderfully rich and vibrant exhibition, so expressive and full of complimentary styles. Really cohesive collection Gareth, Grenoside Grange A very nice exhibition and lovely to see how much everyone got out of the music and dancing Elaine, Grenoside Grange Nice to see a mixture of art work and movement to music was creative Debbie, Grenoside Grange Real nice mix of art work and creative writing. Some very touching words. Nice to see so many similar themes, the things we all need and value. Food, nature and most of importantly love Claire, Grenoside Grange A very enjoyable afternoon Betty W We found the exhibition fascinating and extremely moving – so much wisdom – so many gifted individuals. Thanks for sharing their work B. Wigglesworth. L. Colgrave All at Balmoral really enjoyed the exhibition, especially the fish and chips! See you again Balmoral I found the exhibition interesting because I was in bomber Command 617 myself – so it was good to see things about it. It brought back lots of memories – though it was war time, it was a very exciting time of my life Irene Puckerington, Sheffield Very moving poems and pictures, beautiful, loved the singing and dancing. Thank you Anon, manager I love the false teeth stuck in the mail loaf story. Thanks to my team and all who contributed to our photographic piece – it’s stunning. Emily, you did a cracking job x
Yes. I have recently returned from Cape Town where Dr Celeste De Jager at the Institure for Ageing in Africa has agreed to coordinate a similar exhibition in Cape Town. In addition, a sister exhibition to The Senses in Barnsley 2016 is being organised for Detroit in June 2016, with artwork created by US based people affected by dementia going on show to the public. We all aim to learn from each other from these events in different parts of the world.
