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Emma Febvre-Richards
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Associate Professor Emma Febvre-Richards
Emma Febvre-Richards is an artist, and Associate Professor at Massey University Wellington. She is passionate about ‘drawing is thinking’ and its potential for cognitive health. In 2018 Emma established MeDArT: science, drawing and technology to advance dementia research (medartdrawing.com). Most notably of which is MinDArT: an eight week nature based sensorial material and digital drawing programme. Designed to enhance wellbeing, fine motor skills and communication for people living with dementia and their supporters. In 2024 this has expanded to include a study for stroke survivors in collaboration with The Burwood Academy Christchurch. Febvre-Richards has exhibited and published in Asia, Europe and the Pacific (EmmaFebvre-Richards.com), and is a co-founder of Drawing Open: an international drawing research community (drawingopen.com).
Emma Febvre-Richards is an artist, and Associate Professor at Massey University Wellington. She is passionate about ‘drawing is thinking’ and its potential for cognitive health. In 2018 Emma established MeDArT: science, drawing and technology to advance dementia research (medartdrawing.com). Most notably of which is MinDArT: an eight week nature based sensorial material and digital drawing programme. Designed to enhance wellbeing, fine motor skills and communication for people living with dementia and their supporters. In 2024 this has expanded to include a study for stroke survivors in collaboration with The Burwood Academy Christchurch. Febvre-Richards has exhibited and published in Asia, Europe and the Pacific (EmmaFebvre-Richards.com), and is a co-founder of Drawing Open: an international drawing research community (drawingopen.com).
