2009 Memories in the Making Art Auction Held April 30th at The Hobbs Building Learn more about the 2009 Commemorative Poster that you can purchase today! More than $130,000 was raised at this year's event to support the programs and services of the Alzheimer's Association - Heart of America Chapter

Below is a small sampling of the Memories in the Making art that was selected for the 2009 Art Auction.

Click here to see photos from the event!

When the one we love who has dementia seems distant and lost, the magic of art often provides the perfect venue for communication and expression. Through Memories in the Making, individuals with Alzheimer's disease express with watercolor what they can no longer communicate with words. Even if only for a moment, memories stored deep within are resurrected. When someone with Alzheimer's disease is given the opportunity to paint a memory, amazing stories emerge.

Memories in the Making is a weekly art program sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association and hosted in assisted living communities, nursing facilities and adult day programs around the Chapter’s bi-state service area. Groups of 5 to 10 individuals are led by a trained, experienced volunteer artist and a facility staff person for a one-hour weekly art session.

The annual Memories in the Making Art Auction celebrates the lives and voices of the individual artists involved in this program. The Art Auction, a fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association - Heart of America Chapter, showcases these treasures and the stories behind our talented artists. The 2009 Art Auction was held Thursday, April 30th at The Hobbs Building, a creative urban space in the West Bottoms of Kansas City. Guests enjoyed food from Feasts of Fancy and were entertained by the creative auctioneering talents of George Nigro and his fellow auctioneers.

The Alzheimer's Association - Heart of America Chapter thanks Ward & Ward Custom Picture Framing, Inc. for donating the exceptional framing of the live auction art as well as their expert art direction and assistance in custom framing of the silent auction. We are pleased to participate in Ward & Ward's continued commitment to high quality fine arts and community service as they celebrate their 55th anniversary. Ward & Ward Custom Picture Framing can be reached at 816-333-6459. 

2009 Art Auction Masterpiece Sponsors
Garden Terrace at Overland Park
Inergy
Christi and Jon Stewart
Village Shalom

Signature Sponsors	Artist Sponsors
Bank Midwest and The Dickinson Family	Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Gwyn Prentice and Andy Atterbury	Lockton Companies, LLC
Marny and John Sherman	Metro Productions
Villages of Jackson Creek	Schlee, Huber, McMullen & Krause, P.C.
Ward & Ward Custom Picture Framing, Inc.

2009 Art Auction Chairpersons:
Robyn and Burt Dickinson
Jane and Mike Kress
Laura Ozenberger and Keith Cary

For more information about the 2010 Art Auction please contact:
Debra R. Brook
913.831.3888 or debra.brook@alz.org

For more information about the Memories in the Making program, or to volunteer as a group facilitator, please contact Karen Clond at 913-831-3888 or karen.clond@alz.org.