Art and Dementia
Making It

Welcome to Art and Dementia Making It – a series of online creative workshops for people living with dementia and their care partners, by the National Gallery of Australia.

A care partner may be a family member, professional support worker, dementia care staff or any other person supporting someone with dementia to participate.

Workshops About Making It

Choose a workshop

  • About faces

    Join our online art workshop for people with dementia, create a face with geometry.

  • Making space

    Join our online art workshop for people with dementia, experimenting with colour in three-dimensional space.

  • On the horizon

    An art making workshop that explores horizon lines and perspectives for people living with dementia.

  • Shaping colour

    Join our online art workshop for people with dementia, focusing on overlapping forms, repetition, and colour.

  • Sharing water

    Join our online art workshop for people with dementia, mimic the flow of water and create a paper bowl.

  • Soaring drawing

    Join our online art workshop for people with dementia, inspired by flight-themed artwork.

  • Growth and Community

    An art making workshop that explores the work of Emily Kam Kngwarray for people living with dementia.