The Frye Art Museum, a founding partner of the Memory Hub alongside the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center, offers their Alzheimer's Cafe program at the Memory Hub. The Frye's Creative Aging team also collaborates on a growing number of creative aging projects with the Memory Hub. The Frye has welcomed Petra Jouflas, the new Creative Aging Programs Coordinator at the Frye! She will serve as the liaison between the Frye's Creative Aging programs and the Memory Hub.
Petra has experience in museum education, with a particular focus on accessibility and lifelong learning. She comes to the Frye from the Seattle Art Museum, where she worked in Visitor Services and as a development coordinator. Prior to her time in Seattle, Petra interned at the Denver Art Museum, supporting dementia-friendly initiatives and public programs for older adults.
"A highlight from my time so far at the Memory Hub is all the ways I’ve gotten to share joy with others, whether through dancing, singing, looking at art, or working in the garden," says Petra. "You can see how the many different avenues of self-expression that the Memory Hub provides makes it’s visitors feel empowered, myself included!"
Petra is particularly inspired by the crossover of nature and art in the context of creative aging. She recently helped plan a program called Arts Naturally, a collaboration between the Frye and the Memory Hub, in partnership with Seattle Public Library's 2025 Seattle Reads book group. Participants started by examining and discussing art inspired by nature at the Frye Art Museum and then visited the Memory Hub for a hands-on garden activity, involving herbal sensory experiences and planting. Going forward, Petra is looking forward to finding more opportunities for programs that connect the Frye’s collection with Maude’s Garden, the therapeutic garden at the Memory Hub. "I think there is great potential to engage all the senses with art and nature," she says.
Welcome Petra!
