Gemma Moore
PhD Student
School of Health and Wellbeing
email: moog1_23@uni.worc.ac.uk
How can contemporary fine art drawing and painting practice be embedded into Meeting Centre culture?
Gemma Moore is an award-winning British Artist, Dementia Arts Practitioner, Youth Trustee for Meadow Arts and IYP Consultant for Esmee Fairbairn, London. Gemma holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Fine Art from the Hereford College of Arts and the Birmingham School of Art.
Gemma became engaged with developing creative projects for people living with dementia as part of a project called Heritage Pathfinders, and it was led by the University of Worcester, Supersum and Herefordshire Community Foundation. It was through this project Gemma was able to apply her Fine Art specialist knowledge of mark making into Meeting Centre Culture and explore how effective this could be in alleviating some of the symptoms of dementia. Key outcomes of this project included A Drawn Together Manual and an exhibition titled Drawn in Time held at the Grange Court in Leominster in December 2022.
Qualifications
First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art from the Hereford College of Arts
Masters Degree in Fine Art from the Birmingham School of Art, as part of Birmingham City University
ILM Level 3 in Leadership and Management
Publications and dissemination activities
Albutt, M., Bushell, D., Davies, R., Kirve, S., Tumuhairwe, J.B., Moore, G. & Mumford, S. (2024) Presentation - PhD symposium. UK Dementia Congress, Coventry
Moore, G. (2024) Presentation - How can people living with dementia experience mark making in Meeting Centres? Thriving Together Symposium - A symposium on couple hood, arts participation, and dementia, Sheffield
Moore, G. (2024) Presentation - How do people living with dementia in Meeting Centres experience mark making? Postgraduate Research Student Conference, Worcester
Moore, G. (2024) Presentation - Dementia and mark making. The Art House - artist talks, Worcester
Moore, G. (2024) Poster - Dementia and Mark making: can mark making and exhibitions be used as methods of exploring communication, expression and the lived experience of people living with dementia attending Meeting Centres? UK Dementia, Congress, Coventry
Moore, G. (2023) Presentation - How can Fine Art be embedded into Meeting Centres and can this further alleviate symptoms associated with dementia? UK Dementia Congress, Birmingham