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I like your idea of an art instructor for the personal interaction. Try local universities to see if you can find any students who might be recommended.
Also to see if she might actually be interested in painting you might pick her up some paints and canvases and brushes. The small roller brushes are good. Get her a “safe” place set up and see what happens.
Since she likes contemporary work she might try painting some small squares in colors she likes. Sometimes used canvases can be found at thrift stores for a couple of bucks that she can paint over and will have more texture when the existing paint is covered.
You could get her a video to watch with techniques or just let her get going.
If she likes the job idea you could have her do a series of squares in colors that would work in your office or kitchen or laundry room or hall way or to brighten or lighten a bookshelf. Something that would perk up the area and she wouldn’t feel like you were just giving her busy work.
Perhaps take her around to a few galleries to see if she can get inspired. But don’t expect her to remember instruction.
Also, if you know of some families that home school their children, you can ask them for a list of 'vendors' they use. These 'vendors' are businesses or individuals that teach all types of subjects including arts. Many of them will come to the clients' houses to teach.
There are also free magazines that you usually find at pediatric dentist/doctor offices. These magazines have tons of ads for classes. Call and see if they will come to your house.
Good luck.
SandwichedGirl, can you give me some ideas of things that your mother likes, and I find some good samples to color so you can get an idea if these might interest your mother? I get the free samples, which creates a wide variety of the high caliber art that's available.
There are wild and domestic animals, florals, wilderness, mandalas and more. There used to be some charming homes including Victorians, but they haven't been included in samples for years.
Being alone all day isn't much fun. Can you bring in someone for short periods of time to act as a companion? A student at a local college studying in the medical field? A stay at home Mom who has time during the day while the children are in school? Someone from a church group ? Etc.
I think she could benefit from being with others, dementia notwithstanding, unless you feel differently. She doesn't necessarily need to interact with them, and if she's not violent, I'm not sure if the dementia would be an issue (see next paragraph; the people at those classes had dementia but just focused on their artwork).
I watched a PBS program on art for people with dementia, but unfortunately I don't recall the name or where it was held. I believe it was either at a senior center, or some other similar location.
I just googled "art classes for seniors" and got a LOT of hits; you might try that as well. That might be a way to determine if she could attend classes, and/or inquire about someone who could teach her at home.
Another alternative is to buy some high quality coloring books, with simple designs, buy a good set of crayons, watercolor paints or colored pencils (these are better as they can create more depth in the design) and let her work with them when she wants to. It might avoid the issue of being unable to understand any instructions, although they're minimal. It's essentially choose your project and start coloring or painting.
Check your private messages in about 1/2 hour; I'm sending you a link for examples of some high quality art. You could even save and print out the pages and let her try some; it will give you an idea if this could be a successful endeavor.
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I also googled "art classes for dementia patients" and learned that the Alzheimer's Assn. has classes. I would contact them as well; they too may offer individual sessions. There are also a lot of hits for this topic.
Are you using music therapy? Check out Dance for PD. Not withstanding the fact that she doesn't have PD, the program has phenomenal success in using music as therapy.