PEGGY CAHILL, M.Ed.
AIRE ARTS: Arts Inspiration Resources Education
Discovering glittering sparks of life and wellbeing through shared creative explorations
Opening doors for adults, individuals with memory loss & care partners to reconnect with self, each other and the world
In creative, imaginative ways
AIRE ARTS: Arts Inspiration Resources Education
Discovering glittering sparks of life and wellbeing through shared creative explorations
Opening doors for adults, individuals with memory loss & care partners to reconnect with self, each other and the world
In creative, imaginative ways
"This program is the best thing I've ever done. This is great! It's like
coming alive. Through this program, I can live in another world."
Phyllis, living in eldercare program, sharing in museum art conversations
WELCOME to my website. THANKS FOR VISITING.
Peggy Cahill. MEd. Arts for Health & Wellbeing
Community Educator, Program Development Specialist, Writer
My work aims to celebrate the inherent beauty and creativity of making meaning together, opening hidden doors to unlock the creative spark
Building communities of belonging and hope
Workshops, Trainings, Educational Resources, Consultations
Email: [email protected] or phone: 781-424-3807
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Still Life oil on canvas painting by Mrs. S.
"Wow. I can't believe I did that. think it's really beautiful!"
Art opens pathways to deep dive below the surface, find the extraordinary in the simple, ordinary everyday. Discover the wonder of the now together..... Participation in the arts is a creative, liberating act. Awakening sensations and unlocking creative imagination confers wellbeing.
Here's Isabel's words while looking at Quarried Waters painting at Cape Ann Museum:
"I am part of the granite I breathe with the water."
Avis after Rare Bird of Fashion Tour: The irreverent Iris Apfel at Peabody Essex Museum Tour
"I think I need to postpone dying...There's so much more I need to see."
Renee, in slow art conversation, looking at seascapes by Fitz Henry Lane at Cape Ann Museum
"Art is for everybody..... Art belongs to the whole world!"
Eddie, Day by Day Adult Day Health, immersed in tour of Georgia O'Keefe paintings
"Even the desert, as barren as it is, you can still find the beauty in it."
Experimentation, curiosity, respect, a core belief we are all creators and all developing as
human beings all the time. Moments of awe and wonder found through lived experiences.
Mrs. S, artist, living well with early stage Alzheimer's was one of my best teachers. We rediscovered
her feeling for color and paint. She started making beautiful, empowering works- reclaiming a core part of
her creative identity as painter. Sharing new works with family & friends restored connection and wellbeing, Surprised by her own intuitive color harmonies, imagery & brushwork, sparked joy & healing.
In the here and now....There is no one linear path inside dementia. Each individual must be honored
to explore its meaning on their own terms, and excavate the rich possibilities for living creatively...
Opening to the mystery of the creative process unlocks inner potential and reworks the canon of dementia
Spontaneous WORDS during group Artistic Exchanges experimenting with art forms:
"live, art, joy, souls, warmth, depth, beautiful places, pure, conversations,
natural, sacred, heart, remember, essence of living"
THANK YOU FOR VISITING and for your interest in this vital work.
Would you like me to offer a workshop or webinar? Get in touch. Email: [email protected] or 781-424-3807 Testimonials SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS "Thank you again so much for the wonderful workshop with the See Me team in November." Ashley Grady, Senior Program Specialist, Access Smithsonian MASS HUMANITIES GRANT AWARD "I've never forgotten your Mass Humanities funded project and it had a lasting impact on me." Hayley Woods, Former Mass Humanities Program Officer CAPE ANN MUSEUM CAM CONNECTIONS PROGRAM "Art inspired conversation, which inspired expression, which inspired aliveness & emergence of individuality...Our souls were tuned up in the warmth of camaraderie. It’s a rich landscape." Pippy Guiliano, Cape Ann Museum Guide © Copyright 2023. All Rights Reserved. |