Enriching lives through art
The KAPS Senior Art initiative empowers seniors through engaging art activities, then transforms their artwork into memory games for other seniors with cognitive impairment. Join us in making a difference in east Alabama, West Georgia and beyond.
Serving a dual purpose
KAPS established the new senior art initiative with more than one purpose in mind. First, we provide calming and enjoyable watercolor and acrylic painting classes for low-income senior citizens, offering them a vital creative outlet. Then, the seniors' artwork is transformed into memory games designed to help seniors with dementia and other cognitive disorders.
Imagine, seniors painting dogs, rabbits, or sunflowers, which are then transformed into key components of picture bingo and word-to-picture matching games.
Reaching more seniors
While our core focus is on low-income individuals in senior activity centers and memory care units, our initiatives have a broader reach. We are eager to expand our painting classes and memory games to nursing homes and assisted living facilities and to seniors living at home.
Our passion for helping others
KAPS was initially established to help struggling colleges improve their programs. After the owner/manager retired from higher education, he transitioned the organization's focus to assisting various disadvantaged groups in the private sector. With a masters degree in counseling and a doctorate in education, he merged his expertise to create initiatives that truly matter. Facilitating painting classes for low-income seniors and developing memory games for individuals with cognitive impairment perfectly aligns with his vision to positively impact lives.