Groundbreaking documentary about Alzheimer’s, the arts and science airs on New York flagship PBS station

Channel THIRTEEN, the flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched public television channel in the nation, broadcasts the documentary “I Remember Better When I Paint” .

The film will be shown on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 2:30pm, one of four public television showings coming up in the New York tri-state area.

Narrated by Academy Award winning actress Olivia de Havilland, this international documentary details innovative therapies for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Painting, drawing and museum visits are all seen to contribute to an improved quality of life and a restoration of some degree of memory and identity. It is a groundbreaking film that gives hope to families and patients themselves that it is possible to restore quality of life through the creative arts. Viewers will have a different perception and new understanding of those with profound memory loss.

Other broadcast dates in the New York Tri-State area are on Monday, February 6 at 10:00 pm and Saturday, February 11 at 5:00pm on channel WLIW21 and Friday, February 17 at 10:00pm on channel NJTV.

The film features a moving interview with Yasmin Aga Kahn whose mother Rita Hayworth found comfort in painting as an individual with early onset Alzheimer’s. International experts (as well as those with the disease, family members and caregivers of all ages) appear in the film. Among those experts are Dr. Butler,  founding director of the National Institute on Aging (NIH) and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Dr. Samuel E. Gandy, Mount Sinai Director of Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

 

 

I Remember Better When I Paint airs on public broadcasting stations in New York and New Jersey in February 2012

New York and New Jersey TV broadcast dates during the month of February  for I Remember Better When I Paint:

Sunday 02/05/2012 at 2:30pm Channel: thirteen

Monday 02/06/2012 at 10pm Channel: wliw21

Saturday 02/11/2012 at 5pm Channel: wliw21

Friday 02/17/2012 at 10pm Channel: njtv

I Remember Better When I Paint, narrated by Olivia de Havilland, is the first international documentary about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies on people with Alzheimer’s and how these approaches can change the way we look at the disease. Among those who are featured are noted doctors and Yasmin Aga Khan, president of Alzheimer’s Disease International and daughter of Rita Hayworth, who had Alzheimer’s. A film by Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation.

“I Remember Better When I Paint” screens in Canada during January 2012

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in Canada

 Alzheimer Society of Guelph Wellington  

to host screenings of

“I Remember Better When I Paint”

A 55 minute documentary film on treating Alzheimer’s through the creative arts.

Two showings on Monday, January 23rd at  12:15 & 3:15 pm

and one showing on Tuesday, January 24th at 7:00 pm

Location: the original St. Joseph’s Auditorium, Basement Level, 100 Westmount Road, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

There is no charge, however registration is requested.

This film is being shown in collaboration with the Hilgos Foundation

Screening in New York on Tuesday November 15th

The Creative Center at University Settlement presents a screening of

“I Remember Better When I Paint”  on Tuesday, November 15, 3:00-5:30 PM

Speyer Hall, University Settlement

184 Eldridge Street

New York, New York

Discussion and reception with co-director Berna Huebner following the screening. RSVP: info @ creativecenter.org

“I Remember Better When I Paint,” an internationally noted documentary narrated by Olivia de Havilland, shows how the arts can enhance the quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s. After the film viewing, Berna Huebner, writer, co-director, and founder of Hilgos Foundation will speak about the film and take questions. Berna’s mother, an artist who resumed painting after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, is featured in the film and demonstrates the possibilities of creative experiences for those living with memory loss.

This free event is open to the public and part of  The Creative Center’s national training on creative  aging, funded through the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fran and Otto Walter Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Screening at Iona College on Thursday November 10th from 7 to 9PM

Join us for a screening of the film at Iona College on Thursday, November 10th from 7 to 9PM. Doors will open at 6:30PM.

Council on the Arts, Romita Auditorium, Ryan Library
715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY

Screening on November 2 in Skokie, Illinois

I Remember Better When I Paint will be shown at a conference for family and professional caregivers in  Skokie, Illinois on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

The conference is entitled “The Person Behind the Dementia Diagnosis: Exploring Therapeutic Creative Engagement” and  is  organized by CJE SeniorLife.

Designed for both professionals and family caregivers, the conference offers an opportunity to learn more about  innovative best practices in helping those with dementia as well as gain insight into support strategies specially designed for caregivers.

For more information, click here.

October 8-9: Paris Art Exhibit Benefitting “I Remember Better When I Paint”

If you are in Paris this weekend we hope you will have a chance to check out this art exhibit benefitting ”I Remember Better When I Paint.”

Jill STEENHUIS(*)
artiste-peintre
www.jillsteenhuis.com

Kristin Eager KILLION(*)
artiste plasticienne
www.keagerdesign.tk

Serge RUFFATO
sculpteur-lithographe
Serge sur Youtube

Samedi 8 et dimanche 9 octobre
de 15h à 21h

Chez Stéphanie Curtis & Paul Piro
5, rue du général Langlois
75116 Paris
Tél : 01 45 27 05 05 – 06 06 72 23 00

Métro : rue de la Pompe.
Rue du général Langlois, impasse privée, adjacente aux rues Eugène Delacroix et Decamps et avenue Georges Mandel.
Entre le 3 et le 5 de la rue, en rez-de-chaussée : porte particulière après deux fenêtres fleuries.

Un pourcentage de la vente de nos œuvres sera reversé à
Hilgos Foundation – www.hilgos.org
qui aide les malades d’Alzheimer.

(*)Jill Steenhuis, Américaine, est une peintre passionnée par la nature et ses mystères.  Venant d’un continent aux horizons immenses, elle trouvait aux environs aixois une “taille accessible”. Jill est arrive à Aix en 1980 pour y suivre des études d’art à l’école Léo Marchutz. “Le dessin est aussi important que la peinture,” raconte Jill, “et maintenant avec mon mari Serge RUFFATO nous faisons de la lithographie ensemble sur l’ancienne presse de Léo Marchutz. Le dessin et la couleur sont inséparable.” Jill était sélectionnée « L’Artiste de L’Année » par le Huntsville Museum of Art en Alabama. Elle fait des expositions dans les musées américaines aussi bien que de nombreuses expositions à New York, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Chicago, Londres, Paris et Aix-en Provence.

(*)Kristin Eager Killion est une artiste interdisciplinaire à multiples facettes qui travaille à partir d’objets trouvés. Originaire du Midwest des Etats-Unis, Kristin a toujours eu un vif intérêt pour les notions de “re-naissance”, de renouveau, ainsi que pour tout ce qui mêle le banal et l’inattendu. C’est aussi – et peut-être surtout – dans la question de ce qui fait la “valeur” d’un objet qu’elle puise son inspiration. Son travail s’appuie essentiellement sur la recherche permanente de sens nouveau, d’identité et de définition nouvelles à donner aux objets abandonnés.  Les œuvres de Kristin ont été présentées lors d’événements internationaux ainsi que dans des musées, galeries d’art et ambassades à travers le monde – soit sous forme de one-woman shows soit en collaboration avec d’autres artistes. Certaines de ses œuvres font désormais partie de collections privées prestigieuses.  Diplômée de la DePauw University, Kristin a vécu longtemps à Paris et à Washington DC. Elle est mariée à David Killion et vit aujourd’hui à Paris.

Screening on June 7 in Lowell, MA

I Remember Better When I Paint will be shown in Lowell, Massachusetts on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at the ALL Arts Gallery, 22 Shattuck Street, in downtown Lowell.
Doors open at 6:30 pm and the documentary screening begins at 7:00 pm. The showing is organized by the Arts League of Lowell and the Lowell Film Collaborative.
For more information, click here.

Screening on April 9 in Greenbay, WI

I Remember Better When I Paint will be shown at 2:00 pm at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, 210 Museum Place, Green Bay, WI. Gary Glazner, founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, will introduce the film and will also moderate the panel discussion to follow the showing. The panel will comprise Berna Huebner, film co-director, Dr. Dean VonDras, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Dr. Susan McFadden, UW-Oshkosh; Reverend John McFadden, Goodwill Industries, and Beverly Bartlett of The Alzheimer’s Association.
The Helen Bader Foundation, Neville Public Museum, the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, The Alzheimer’s Association, N.E.W. Curative, and Legacies Arts Project, Inc. are sponsors.

Screening on March 22 in Paris

On Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at 7:30 pm I Remember Better When I Paint will be shown at The American Library in Paris, 10 rue du General Camou in the 7th arrondisment near the Eiffel Tower.
Berna Huebner, the film’s co-director, along with Olivia de Havilland, the film’s narrator, will introduce the film at the start of the evening. A short Q&A session will follow. For more information, click here.