Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 6:pm
Location: St Edward’s University Campus, Ragsdale Center: Jones Auditorium (3001 S Congress Ave, Austin, Texas).

This event is a free to the public. Space is limited, so RSVP is requested (not required). RSVP to: mobileart@mail.org

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, 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.

This film was directed by Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, and is presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation.

Milwaukee Public Television is southeastern Wisconsin’s premiere non-commercial media organization. The MPTV stations are the area’s only over-the-air source for PBS and other national public television programs.

Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Venue: Avila Centre,
Bloomfield Avenue, off Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
Time:
- Doors open at 6:40pm
- Introductory remarks by the film Co-Director and Associate Producer at 7:00pm
- Film starts at 7:15pm sharp followed by panel discussion.

Panel discussion begins at approximately 8:00pm and is chaired by Sarah Binchy, producer of Arts Tonight, RTE.
Panel members:
• Professor Des O’Neill, Consultant Geriatrician, Tallaght Hospital
• Suzanne Cahill, Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Research Director, Dementia Services Centre, St James Hospital, Dublin
• Eilis Hession, Project Lead, Living Well with Dementia Project and Manager of Services for Older People, HSE, LHO Dun Laoghaire
•Maurice O’Connell, CEO, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland

This event is a free to the public. Space is limited, so registration is required.
To register, go to http://irememberbetterwhenipaint.eventbrite.ie/#

Please print your ticket and bring it with you on the night.

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.

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Carver 205, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
For more information click here.

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.

The first is an interview on baby boomers and creative aging with Dr. Robert Butler, founder of the National Institute of Aging and former CEO of the Longevity Institute. Excerpts from this interview appear in the documentary film “I Remember Better When I Paint.”

The second is an article from The Atlantic entitled “Creative Aging: The Emergence of Artistic Talents” by Richard C. Senelick, MD. This article looks at how “depending which part of the brain is affected, different skills will be preserved or impaired in various types of cognitive decline and dementia. This gradual reformation is what may allow the emergence of new artistic abilities.”

Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: St.Thomas Elgin Public Art Centre, St.Thomas, Ontario, Canada
For more information, contact the Alzheimer Society Elgin-St.Thomas.

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 in the documentary 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.

The screening will be in English with Chinese subtitles.

This informative documentary offers pivotal new insights into the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease through creative arts. Leading international neurologists share findings which support the transformative power of drawing, painting, music and museum visits, illustrating how the parts of the brain related to emotions and creativity are largely spared by the disease, and therefore dramatically changing the way we look at Alzheimer’s and related disorders. The film shows how creative workshops are being embraced as exciting and effective therapy methods in several countries worldwide, opening doors of communication between those living with the disease and their caregivers and families.

I Remember Better When I Paint also tells the compelling story of Hilda Gorenstein, an artist known as Hilgos, who was left lost, agitated and uncommunicative by Alzheimer’s disease but regained a quality of life through returning to painting with the help of students from School of Art Institute of Chicago. The Hilgos Foundation now awards scholarships to students who help those suffering from memory loss, acknowledging and celebrating the astonishing impact of the arts on people with Alzheimer’s. The film features Yasmin Aga Khan, daughter of actress Alzheimer’s Rita Hayworth who had Alzheimer’s.

In honor of November Caregivers Month, the Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Wisconsin chapter, in partnership with the Hilgos Foundation has arranged for Milwaukee Public Television to broadcast the documentary “I Remember Better When I Paint.”

This interesting film, 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.

The film supports the working theory of the Alzheimer’s Association, Southeastern Wisconsin chapter Memories in the Making art program. The program will air in Southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday, November 20 at 11pm on Channel 10.

This film was directed by Eric Ellena and Berna Huebner, and is presented by French Connection Films and the Hilgos Foundation.

Time: 6:15pm
Location:
THE NEW SCHOOL
KELLEN AUDITORIUM
66 Fifth Avenue at 13th Street (first floor)
New York, NY
$15 admission, online; $20 at door
Open to the Public



Using images and film excerpts that vividly document their work, panelists will demonstrate both active (creating) and passive (listening, viewing) music and art approaches to revitalizing function in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia, as well as those who have sustained a brain injury or survived a stroke. Programs designed and led by neurologists, therapists, artists, researchers, and arts educators will be represented in this moving overview.

I Remember Better When I Paint co-director Berna Huebner is one of the featured panelists.

Saturday, November 3 at 9am on Channel 36
Sunday, November 4 at 11pm on Channel 36
Tuesday, November 20 at 11pm on Channel 10

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.