ISHPEMING, Mich. (WZMQ) – Over the next year at the Ishpeming Senior Center, a commemorative handmade installation can be found throughout it’s hallways and community spaces, representing the community of its workers who do so much to care for others. The display is called A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden.
The fourth installation of A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden, a statewide traveling art and advocacy exhibit honoring direct care workers and caregivers, opens February 19 at the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center, 121 Greenwood St., in Ishpeming. The exhibit marks the first installation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and will remain on view through January 2027.
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden is coming to the Upper Peninsula for the first time. Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center Executive Director Ashley Roberts talked to TV6’s Mandy Koskela ahead of opening day on February 19. “It’s huge. We’re so excited because we do the work hands-on,” Roberts said. “The heart of what […]
IMPART Alliance is proud to announce the opening of A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden at the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center—marking an exciting milestone for this growing, statewide initiative. Opening February 19, this installation represents the fourth Butterfly Garden exhibit overall and the first to land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, expanding the project’s reach to new communities […]
ISHPEMING, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — As Michigan faces a 36,000 worker shortage in caregiving, there’s an exhibit that brings this crisis to life through art and it’s coming to the Ishpeming Multi-Purpose Senior Center.
IMPART Alliance presents, in partnership with AgeAlive and the City of East Lansing EAST LANSING, MI — A moving art-advocacy installation celebrating Michigan’s Direct Care Workers (DCWs) will soon brighten the halls of the Hannah Community Center. A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden opens November 17, 2025, and will remain on display through April 30, 2026. The […]
Hundreds of Michigan’s direct care professionals, employers, educators, and advocates recently gathered to the state’s Capitol city for the inaugural Direct Care Worker Conference, hosted by IMPART Alliance in partnership with Easterseals MORC. The three-day event marked a defining moment in the state’s long-term care movement, a celebration of the people who provide essential support […]
On a warm June afternoon at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, something extraordinary unfolded. It wasn’t just an art installation—it was a gathering of hearts, hands, and stories. A Caregiver’s Butterfly Garden hosted a reception after its second wave of the installation and what bloomed was more than color or creativity—it was connection. The […]
