“Through Our Eyes”: An exhibition featuring work by local artists from the LI State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Program at Stony Brook University

The Long Island Museum (LIM) will be showcasing the joy that the arts can bring into our lives – even while we navigate the challenges of living with memory loss and aging – when it launches its 11th Annual Through Our Eyes exhibition at LIM’s Art Museum.  The exhibition is part of LIM’s “In the Moment” programming designed to creatively engage those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of memory loss and their care partners, and features artwork from 10 local artists who are part of the Long Island State Veterans Home Adult Day Health Care Program at Stony Brook University (LISVH ADHC).

Through Our Eyes will be on view in the Costigan Gallery of  LIM’s Art Museum, located at 1200 Route 25A in Stony Brook, from November 6 through December 21.  The exhibition, and all “In the Moment” programs, are offered free to the community through a generous anonymous gift.

More than 30 pieces of works of art will be on view at the exhibition, with photographic portraits and artist statements presented alongside each work to provide a richer context and a deeper connection with both the piece and artist.  Artists created their pieces in various ways, with some working with art therapists and some working with staff and professional care partners to create their art, at both LISVH ADHC and at The Long Island Museum as part of the Museum’s “In the Moment” programming.  With November designated as National Veterans and Military Families Month, the Through Our Eyes exhibition helps to shine a light on programs that have a positive impact on local veterans, and highlights the important role that the arts can play in helping people as they face the physical and cognitive effects of aging.

In its 11th year, The Long Island Museum’s Through Our Eyes annual exhibition is a beloved part of the Museum’s “In The Moment” programming, offered free to individuals living at home, as well as those in Day and Live-In Care Communities, and made possible through generous anonymous funding.  In addition to special guided tours of the Museum’s exhibitions, the “In the Moment” program offers monthly sessions at LIM that provide time for creative engagement and social connection in the LIM’s galleries and art studio, as well as through special music and movie programs.  Since its inception in 2011, more than 5,200 individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss have benefited from the “In the Moment” program.

For more information about the Through Our Eyes exhibition and the LIM’s “In the Moment” program, including a complete schedule of upcoming “In the Moment” programs and events, visit longislandmuseum.org.