Art and community at Rockwood

Rockwood Senior Care Facility is an organization that houses senior citizens and gives medical care as needed. They help a great number of people and offer a wide variety of care. The facility contains personal rooms, apartments, and even duplexes to cover the diversity of needs for the seniors who reside there. It is our hope to bring a small level of artistic inspiration to the organization and foster creative thinking.

The strength for our project comes from the desire to assist the more artistically advanced seniors in order to rekindle former art skills and passions, rather than presenting a larger art project that appeals to the lowest common denominator. We plan to present the seniors picked by the organiztion with the water coloring project, this will allow those who wish to, create a painting with as much, or little level of effort as they prefer.We believe work fostered friendship by providing a comfortable and exciting environment. Talking with the seniors, we were able to learn about them, and each on had interesting stories to share. We connected with them on a personal level through the simple task of water-coloring and each one seemed delighted with our activity. Each got to keep their own and our artworks to remember the event and we could tell they were truly impacted by our time at Rockwood.