Guest Profile
Mary Crescenzo
Mary Crescenzo is one of five 2022 Individual Winners of the Maude’s Awards for Innovation in Dementia Care. She is also a mult-hyphenate artist whose work as an author spans genre of nonfiction, fiction, essay, reviews, and poetry in both commercial and literary markets, and as blogger and podcaster. In the realm of theatre, she is playwright of Planet A, director, and actor.
Her play, Planet A, is about the good, bad and ugly terrain o Mary Crescenzo is one of five 2022 Individual Winners of the Maude’s Awards for Innovation in Dementia Care. She is also a mult-hyphenate artist whose work as an author spans genre of nonfiction, fiction, essay, reviews, and poetry in both commercial and literary markets, and as blogger and podcaster. In the realm of theatre, she is playwright of Planet A, director, and actor.
Her play, Planet A, is about the good, bad and ugly terrain of Alzheimer’s/Dementia. In the world of music, Mary is a Jazz singer, lyricist and librettist.
As a master teaching artist, public speaker, curricula developer and arts consultant for community organizations, she is a pioneer in the field of community arts and an advocate for creating awareness of the benefits of art for all ages, including older adults and those with special needs, in diverse neighborhoods and settings. As a teaching artist for decades with an intergenerational approach, her current focus is on social engagement art for older adults, including those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
She is a original roster member of Lifetime Arts, a national nonprofit encouraging creative aging and lifelong learning by promoting the inclusion of professional arts programs in community organizations that serve older adults.
f Alzheimer’s/Dementia. In the world of music, Mary is a Jazz singer, lyricist and librettist.
As a master teaching artist, public speaker, curricula developer and arts consultant for community organizations, she is a pioneer in the field of community arts and an advocate for creating awareness of the benefits of art for all ages, including older adults and those with special needs, in diverse neighborhoods and settings. As a teaching artist for decades with an intergenerational approach, her current focus is on social engagement art for older adults, including those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
She is a original roster member of Lifetime Arts, a national nonprofit encouraging creative aging and lifelong learning by promoting the inclusion of professional arts programs in community organizations that serve older adults.
