The Long Beach Senior Arts Colony welcomed a new art exhibit called “Connections” with an opening reception held on Thursday, November 10th.
“The Mind is a Muscle Project” was a 12-week workshop for seniors, that aimed to protect brain health and stave off dementia. In the workshop, seniors learned about the neuroscience of brain plasticity and explored the multiple facets of communication and idea-making. Instructor Colette Brown, who led this interactive art workshop involving 12 of our LBSAC seniors, recently gave a TEDx talk about the subject: the brain is like a muscle — the more you use it, the stronger it gets.
“Connections” not only exhibits the tangible product of the participants’ handiwork, but also provides evidence of their less tangible brain work. Neural connections were manifest through connections of language-to movement-to drawing-to sculpture-to rhythm. Their work made unexpected connections as the seniors journeyed through the process of thinking about thinking.
The “Connections” exhibit will run through January, 2017, at LBSAC.
See photos and a brief video.
~ Helene Weinberg, Creative Programs Director
