Title: Creating with Dementia Workshop for Dementia Action Week 2021
Project: To mark National Dementia Action Week 2021, Saatchi Gallery Learning teamed up with our friends at Creating with Dementia for a photography project to enhance dementia awareness and celebrate those living with dementia, both directly and in supporting roles. Inspired by the work of artist JR, we invited a group of people with dementia, carers and allies to visit the gallery. Referencing JR’s practice of using portrait photography and oral testimonies to create awareness of communities and issues around the world, participants were photographed by project artist Kit Oates and we conducted short interviews to find out a little about each of them.