Opening Minds through Art Across Virginia: A Success Story
Help us celebrate the 176 Certified OMA Facilitators and 93 participating long-term care communities who received training in the OMA (Opening Minds through Art) program![…]
Art for the Journey and The Glass Spot provide breathtaking opportunity for creative expression through glass blowing.
When were you ever allowed to play with glass? Possibly never? Last month, our veterans had an experience of a lifetime at “The Glass Spot”[…]
OMA Program piloted at the Central Library of Chesterfield – Richmond, VA
Did you know…..”An estimated 10.7% of Chesterfield County’s 65+ population has Alzheimer’s disease, according to new estimates released in 2023 by the Alzheimer’s Association. That[…]
Art for the Journey Announces Receipt of a General Operating Support Grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts!
Midlothian, VA — August 18, 2024 – Art for the Journey is excited to announce that it has been awarded a General Operating Grant in[…]
AFJ’s Summer Interns are Ready to Soar!
We’re filled with a mix of pride and bittersweetness as we bid farewell to our extraordinary summer interns. Justin Kidd Jones and Julian Moore have[…]
Art for the Journey chosen as national grant winner by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America!
GREAT NEWS! The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America chose us as a national grant winner from organizations across the country! The grant will support the “Opening Minds through[…]
Art for the Journey to address Social Isolation through “ELA” Art Program
A Brief History of OMA in Virginia and Art for the Journey’s Training and Expansion: Since 2015, Art for the Journey has facilitated OMA in[…]
Art for the Journey’s OMA Training Center in Virginia celebrates Champions of OMA!
Since 2017, Art for the Journey has partnered with the Scripps Gerontology Center – Miami University – OH, and the Founder of OMA, Dr. Elizabeth[…]
Art for the Journey is awarded $10,000 in funding from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation!
We are honored and grateful to be awarded funding from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation in the amount of $10,000.00! This capacity building grant bolsters Art for[…]