Memory Cafe in San Francisco—4/14/2026
Tuesday, April 14 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Free
Join us for the first of a series of 3 community-centered photography workshop designed for elders to engage emotion, memory, imagination and social connection through images. Provided by guest facilitators Open Exposures. No experience necessary!
Caring for a loved one with memory loss doesn’t have to be a lonely job. Memory Cafe is a gathering for people experiencing mild to moderate memory loss and their caregivers (spouses, family members, or friends). Enjoy time with your loved one and meet others who are dealing with similar issues in a supportive and welcoming environment.
San Francisco Memory Cafe meets on many Tuesdays at different locations. Participants must be accompanied by their caregiver.
Please RSVP to Amy Takemoto at Memorycafe@jfcs.org. Please indicate the date of the event, participant and caregiver’s name and which event you are responding to in the email.
About this event: Rather than focusing on technical skill or documentation, we will use photography as a sensory and relational practice. Participants are invited to look, hold, share, remember, and create through imagery. This workshop emphasizes presence over recall, emotion over chronology, and shared experience over individual performance. Participants will be invited to look at found photographs and imagine their stories and draw connections to their own lives. Open Exposures, founded and grounded by Louis Bryant III and Katie Gritilian, offers a series of workshops that examine how people of color in the diaspora experience the complex relationships between travel, colonization, and photography.