As part of a campaign championing art for older people, a special collection of paintings, drawings and watercolours has been on display at every Sunrise Senior Living community across England and Wales.

The collection formed the centre piece of the ‘Art of Sunrise’ campaign, which was officially launched at a gallery event in central London in June. It displayed artworks created by residents across the provider’s 27 communities and included pieces produced by people living with dementia and other forms of memory loss. One resident who contributed a piece, Herbert Walter Huggins, is 101 years old.

Every piece showed the power art has to inspire and engage people of all ages and abilities. Sunrise’s residents have the opportunity to explore their artistic talents during taster sessions and art classes held regularly at the communities.