Enriching life with creative expression
By Claire Legg, 2021
Fellow’s Profile
Fellow’s Profile
Enriching life with creative expression
Providing better care for dementia patients by exploring creative access to the arts through public spaces
2011
Yorkshire and The Humber
I am a self-employed creative facilitator and trainer. My Churchill Fellowship in 2011 was called Enriching Life with Creative Expression, and looked at various creative projects across the USA for people living with dementia. It took me to Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and San Francisco, working with and observing leading practitioners in this field.
I have always aspired to make positive changes for people living with dementia by creating joyful, uplifting and creative moments through what I deliver and facilitate. The Fellowship highlighted the importance of creativity and how to combine multi-artform approaches from visual arts to creative writing and music. I gained additional confidence to work across the spectrum and all stages of dementia.
Since the Fellowship, I have developed a digital creative project called We engAGE, inspired by the projects I visited. This was really popular and bridged the gap between technology and art. I continue to deliver and design bespoke creative projects for a range of dementia-based settings.
By Claire Legg, 2021
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By Claire Legg, 2021
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.