{"id":3673,"date":"2025-12-16T18:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memorycafens.ca\/?page_id=3673"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:41:51","slug":"artful-ideas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/memorycafens.ca\/fr\/artful-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Astuces Artistiques"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Astuces Artistiques<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At Memory Caf\u00e9 NS, we&#8217;ve observed how people with various memory challenges enjoy art-making activities. Our five-part series supported by Memory Caf\u00e9 NS featured one art caf\u00e9 per series, but several locations have suggested additional sessions. If you&#8217;d like to add art activities to your memory caf\u00e9, our Artful Ideas Team can assist!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Les principes de base : bien conna\u00eetre votre groupe; inclusivit\u00e9<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Au caf\u00e9 m\u00e9moire nous donnons la priorit\u00e9 aux personnes souffrant de troubles de m\u00e9moire. Chaque groupe est unique, et il est important de trouver une activit\u00e9 permettant d\u2019engager  tous les participants. L\u2019inclusion d\u00e9pend du fait que les outils et les mat\u00e9riaux puissent \u00eatre mani\u00e9s par tous les individus, y compris ceux dont les capacit\u00e9s motrices sont r\u00e9duites. Les activit\u00e9s artistiques sont propices \u00e0 g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des conversations non bas\u00e9es sur la m\u00e9moire. Encourager des collaborations et des bavardages amicaux aide \u00e0 cr\u00e9er une ambiance agr\u00e9able pour tout le monde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>L\u2019\u00c9quipe \u00ab Astuces Artistiques \u00bb et quelques ressources\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Free&#8221;how to&#8221; videos \u00a0of Memory Caf\u00e9 NS art experiences are located in the Arts and Music section linked here: <a href=\"https:\/\/memorycafens.ca\/fr\/memory-cafe-nova-scotia-locations\/artists-musicians\/\">https:\/\/memorycafens.ca\/memory-cafe-nova-scotia-locations\/artists-musicians\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Notre \u00e9quipe Astuces Artistiques est pr\u00eate \u00e0 aider au bon d\u00e9roulement des activit\u00e9s artistiques de votre caf\u00e9 m\u00e9moire. N\u2019h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 nous contacter ici! <a href=\"\/fr\/&\/#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x69;&#110;&#102;o&#x40;&#x6d;&#x65;&#109;&#111;r&#x79;&#x63;&#x61;&#102;&#101;n&#x73;&#x2e;&#x63;&#97;\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#102;o&#64;&#x6d;&#x65;&#109;&#111;r&#x79;&#x63;&#97;&#102;e&#x6e;&#x73;&#x2e;&#99;a<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Meet our Artful Ideas Team&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\">Elizabeth Sircom<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Elizabeth Sircom<\/b> has been Memory Caf\u00e9 NS&#8217;s provincial art consultant and team translator since 2019. She has a background in both art and music and lived for a large part of her life in France before returning to Nova Scotia, where she has worked as an artist and art instructor in many different settings. Her family has a history of dementia and she was familiar with this condition from a young age. She has worked with Memory Caf\u00e9 NS from its inception, and leads clay and painting workshops\u00a0 as part of the Memory Caf\u00e9 series for both community-based and assisted living settings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\">Anne Belliveau<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Anne Belliveau<\/b>, facilitatrice des caf\u00e9s m\u00e9moire de Tantallon, aime les activit\u00e9s artistiques. Sa formation comprend les sciences, l\u2019\u00e9ducation, et la coordination d\u2019essais en recherche clinique. Apr\u00e8s s\u2019\u00eatre occup\u00e9e de sa m\u00e8re, atteinte de la maladie d\u2019Alzheimer, elle a fait du b\u00e9n\u00e9volat pour la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Alzheimer le la Nlle-\u00c9cosse, NS Health (dans le domaine de la recherche), et le R\u00e9seau Canadien d\u2019Apprentissage et de Ressources sur les Troubles Neurocognitifs.  Elle a rejoint Memory Caf\u00e9 NS en 2023. Cr\u00e9ative de nature, elle a commenc\u00e9 la sculpture sur bois en 2019 et a gagn\u00e9 plusieurs prix lors d\u2019expositions en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse et au Nouveau-Brunswick. Anne est heureuse de faire profiter les caf\u00e9s m\u00e9moire de ses connaissances en art-th\u00e9rapie.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\">Mary Norton<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Mary Norton<\/b>, a facilitator at the Memory Caf\u00e9 in Wolfville, draws inspiration from her parents&#8217; courage and grace during her father&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. As an adult educator, art therapist, and expressive arts facilitator, she values art&#8217;s potential to support creativity, expression, wellness, and community connections. Through her work with various therapeutic and expressive art groups, she has learned to adapt materials and activities to ensure inclusive participation. She eagerly shares ideas for supporting Memory Cafe participants in art making.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\"  id=\"fl-accordion--label-3\">Rachael Leblanc<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-3\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Rachael Leblanc<\/b> travaille avec des adultes handicap\u00e9s, ou ayant des troubles neurocognitifs, depuis 15 ans, et ce travail lui tient \u00e0 c\u0153ur. Durant ces ann\u00e9es, elle a beaucoup appris sur toute une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de styles de communication, dont la plupart sont sp\u00e9cifiques \u00e0 un individu. Rachael a trouv\u00e9 que l\u2019essentiel est la compassion et le fait de retrouver les gens l\u00e0 o\u00f9 ils sont.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rachel dirige le Memory Caf\u00e9 de Richmond County. Dans son r\u00f4le actuel de Coordonnatrice de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 et de l\u2019Inclusion Sociale des S\u00e9niors, elle est heureuse de pouvoir inclure les caf\u00e9s m\u00e9moire dans son emploi du temps r\u00e9gulier. Elle peut observer en personne l\u2019impacte de l\u2019art lorsque les participants ouvrent leurs c\u0153urs et leurs esprits, montrant que cela en vaut la peine.<\/p>\n<p>Pendant sa premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e, elle a explor\u00e9 une vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de techniques\u2014peinture, argile, feutrine, pochoirs, fleurs, et m\u00eame du jardinage. Elle aime entendre les participants s\u2019exprimer sur ce qu\u2019ils ressentent, ce qu\u2019ils voient, et ce qu\u2019ils aimeraient voir se produire. Pour Rachael, ce lien ouvert est tr\u00e8s important, car c\u2019est la raison d\u2019\u00eatre de cette r\u00e9union mensuel dans cet espace prot\u00e9g\u00e9.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artful Ideas At Memory Caf\u00e9 NS, we&#8217;ve observed how people with various memory challenges enjoy art-making activities. Our five-part series supported by Memory Caf\u00e9 NS featured one art caf\u00e9 per series, but several locations have suggested additional sessions. 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