Name/Title
Aspen Pacific Heights - Nina Ng - Messy - 2019Description
Nina Ng
“Messy”
Aspen Healthcare Pacific Heights
Ninety-seven-year-old Nina speaks only a little English, but she's still learning. "I like to learn, "she says. "Learning makes me happy."
This gentle elder artist, born in Hong Kong, worked as a teacher and has three daughters, one son, and two grandchildren. Her happiest moments came when studying in college, and she still revels in the times she's been able to return to Hong Kong.
Nina also reportedly likes to eat. Once she get up in the morning, she enjoys reading the Chinese newspaper at Kindred, and her caregivers report that she's never given a mean look to anyone.
Nina's philosophy is "just try," and that's what she's been doing in her art class. Though Nina doesn't think her art is good, her teacher Rafael disagrees. "She's a rookie," he explains, "who started with scribbles and has developed her own language of line and movement."
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
