Creative Aging Programs
An offering of programs for adults to engage in creative lifelong learning. Programs explore the rich potential of aging and offer opportunities to impact the community’s health and wellbeing.

Bridges
Home-based creative arts experiences for adults living with dementia.

here:now
Designed for adults living with dementia and their care partners, here:now is a free arts engagement program that celebrates present-moment awareness and new possibilities for creative expression.

Alzheimer’s Café
Enjoy artwork discussions, live music, snacks, and fun at the Alzheimer’s Café at The Memory Hub, next to the Frye.
Creative Aging Special Events
The Frye Art Museum offers professional development opportunities and public programs for community conversations on art, creativity, dementia, and healthy aging through hands-on workshops, interdisciplinary lectures, and a variety of special events.

Meet Me at the Movies
Meet Me at the Movies is a unique film experience. Short clips from classic and contemporary films are shown, followed by audience discussion guided by a facilitator.

The Memory Hub
The Frye Art Museum is a founding partner of the Memory Hub: A Place for Dementia-Friendly Community, Collaboration, and Impact. Spearheaded by UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center and located on the Frye campus, the Memory Hub welcomes visitors year-round to experience new perspectives on living well with dementia.
ABOUT CREATIVE AGING
Advisory Committee
Karen Maeda Allman
Assistant Agent, Wales Literary Agency; Community Relations and Events Coordinator
(retired), Elliott Bay Book Company
Marigrace Becker
Program Manager, Community Education and Impact, UW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center
Director, The Memory Hub: A Place for Dementia-Friendly Community, Collaboration, and Impact
Amy Hamblin
Artist
Patricia Klingler
Corporate Trainer and Personal Coach (retired)
Jamilee Lacy
Executive Director
Frye Art Museum
Jennifer Kulik, PhD
Founder & CEO, Silver Kite Community Arts
Katie Lamar
Director of Creative Aging, Aging Wisdom
Kavan Peterson
Co-Founder, ChangingAging.org; President, Harvest Home Care
Keri Pollock
Director of Marketing and Communications, Aging Wisdom
Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD
Neuropsychologist
UW Medicine Memory and Brain Wellness Center
Karen M. Winston
Senior Planner, Aging and Disability Services, City of Seattle
Blog

Creative Aging Advisory Committee Spotlight: Karen Maeda Allman
August 10, 2023

Supporter Spotlight: MaryBeth Blackburn (She/Her/Hers)
July 28, 2023

Celebrating Creative Aging Founder Mary Jane Knecht
June 30, 2023

Creative Aging Advisory Committee Spotlight: Keri Pollock
January 13, 2023

Creative Aging Art-Making Tips: Working Together
May 16, 2022

Creative Aging Art-Making Tips: Getting Ready for Art-Making
February 18, 2022

Singalong with Carmen Ficarra: In the Name of Love
December 17, 2021

Guided Artwork Discussion: Rie Muñoz
September 27, 2021