A Poem in Our Eyes Exhibit at Schlow Centre Region Library
June 1 @ 8:00 am – June 28 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Ridgelines Language Arts
814.867.3703
ridgelineslanguagearts@gmail.com
A Poem in Our Eyes is an annual exhibit of image-inspired poetry
written by older adults living with memory loss and dementia. The
exhibit will be on display throughout June in the Allen Gallery at
Schlow Centre Region Library. The poems were created
collaboratively by Centre Care residents participating in a poetry and
storytelling program led by local nonprofit Ridgelines Language Arts.
This year, through a special intergenerational project titled Telling Our Stories Together, students from State College Area High School
contributed the images used as visual prompts for the older poets.
This collaboration invited students to appreciate the imaginations and
creative voices of older adults living with memory loss, while Centre
Care residents connected with their surrounding community through
photographs of Central Pennsylvania as seen through the eyes of
local teens.
We hope you’ll stop by and enjoy these photographs and the words
they inspired.