Sean Caulfield's Alzheimer's advocacy developed from his early experience as a carer. Prior to co-founding ARTZ: Artists for Alzheimer, he had served as Executive Director of an Alzheimer’s residential program and as a support group facilitator for Alzheimer’s care partners in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2005 Sean contributed to the writing of I’m Still Here, a play about a family’s struggle and triumph after learning of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The play was performed in Boston, New York City, and Connecticut. In 2005 he helped organize a traveling exhibition of art created by people living with Alzheimer's. Entitled, I’m Still Here: Alzheimer’s and Creative Expression, the exhibition made its debut at the Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, with further showings at Banner Health Hospitals in Arizona, the Alzheimer’s Association of Massachusetts and Connecticut, Merck Research Laboratories in Boston, the International Health Aging Conference in Portugal, and the 2008 EU Conference on Alzheimer’s in Paris, France.

Sean collaborated on the training, research, planning, and implementation of Alzheimer’s-specific museum tours at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The project, three years in the making, was open to the public in January of 2006 and is now a permanent part of MoMA’s Community & Access programs.

Sean frequently lectures on art, creativity, and Alzheimer’s at museums, hospitals, universities, and community agencies throughout the U.S. and internationally. He has been a keynote speaker for the Alzheimer’s Association and has led workshops at the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual ‘Map through the Maze’ conference in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York City, and New Jersey.

Sean was a contributing author to Enhancing Cognitive Fitness in Adults: A Guide to the Use and Development of Community-Based Programs, Chapter 19, Art, Museums, and Culture, pp. 301-323., Springer Books, 2011.

Sean holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts.