Category: painting

Painting and Art as Therapy for Parkinson’s Symptoms

Painting with Parkinsons is an art group for people with Parkinsons and their carers. Founded in 1994 by artist, curator and lecturer Nancy Tingey, the group has been meeting on Friday mornings continuously for 17 years in the Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australia. The program has been inspired by Nancys research into art as a therapy for Parkinsons on a Churchill Fellowship in 1996.

Recently this has become the role model for groups in Melbourne led by Anne Atkin who featured on the Parkinsons Recovery Radio Show last year.

Although Nancys husband Bob Tingey who has had Parkinsons 25 years is the only surviving member of the original group, Nancy’s group currently has 17 participants, five facilitators and a team of volunteer helpers.  .

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery

Painting and Parkinson’s

Author of Living and Laughing with Parkinsons Anne Atkin offers workshops with a special emphasis on painting for persons with Parkinsons Disease throughout Victoria, Australia. Her neurologist detected no evidence of symptoms during her most recent office visit. He had no idea what she had been doing, but told her to keep doing it because it was certainly working.

You are probably wondering what in the world Anne Atkin has been doing to reverse her symptoms? Discover her secrets by listening to the show today .

Robert Rodgers PhD
Founder 2004
Parkinsons Recovery