From the Dance Exchange site:
Fueled by generosity and curiosity, Dance Exchange expands who gets to dance, where dance happens, what dance is about, and why dance matters.
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Villa Musica
From the Villa Musica site:
At Villa Musica we are proud to provide quality music instruction to all San Diegans regardless of age, musical background or ability to pay. Our ENCORE! program is directed specifically toward serving senior adults in our community. Established in 2013, this program strives to offer music education programs that inspire senior adults to revisit their former musical interest or ignite a new one. Whatever your interest, we have something for you.
Arts & Minds: Connecting Art & Well-being
The mission statement from the Arts & Minds site:
Arts & Minds is a not-for-profit organization committed to improving quality of life for all people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias through engagement with art. We partner with museums to provide meaningful art-centered activities that create positive emotional and cognitive experiences, enhance verbal and non-verbal communication, reduce isolation and build community. Our programs empower people with dementia, family members, professional caregivers and educators to strengthen social, emotional and spiritual bonds by engaging with art.
Art as Therapy: How to Age Creatively
A new exhibition at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., showcases the work of elderly artists with memory loss and other chronic conditions.
Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
From the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project (APP) site:
The mission of the APP is to improve the quality of life of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia by facilitating creative expression through poetry. We do not set boundaries in our beliefs in what possible for people with memory impairment to create. By saying to people with dementia, we value you and your creativity; we are saying we value all members of our community.
Memory Loss Initiative
From the StoryCorps site:
StoryCorps launched the Memory Loss Initiative to support and encourage people with various forms of memory loss to share their stories with loved ones and future generations.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
From the Association of Writers & Writing Programs site:
AWP provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 550 college and university creative writing programs, and 150 writers’ conferences and centers. Our mission is to amplify the voices of writers and the academic programs and organizations that serve them while championing diversity and excellence in creative writing.
Association of Teaching Artists
The Association of Teaching Artists’ mission from their site:
The Association of Teaching Artists:
- Is a forum and a knowledge commons for the professional practice of Teaching Artists;
- Is a practitioner led network for communication, connection, and the exchange of resources;
- Is a community of practice to support and expand opportunities for the work of Teaching Artists in education and in communities;
- Recognizes and celebrates distinguished achievement by Teaching Artists;
- Advances policies and initiatives that broaden opportunities and recognition for the work of Teaching Artists.
Transforming Community: The Art of Active Aging
From the YouTube Video Description:
In this lively talk, Tim discusses the cutting edge developments in programming toward senior health, creativity and civic engagement. He presents case studies of seniors who have engaged in new lifestyles in later life and experienced profound advances in health, longevity and life satisfaction. Anecdotal stories are tied to research that shows that aging can be a window to opportunity, a second act, a natural progression through the phases in adult development – and a key to a happier, fuller later life.
National Guild for Community Arts Education Benchmarking Data Report 2019
From the National Guild for Community Arts Education site:
The latest edition of the National Guild’s Benchmarking Data Report is now available! This report contains a wealth of data—on staff and faculty compensation, instructional fees, income and expense ratios, and more—that can inform your planning and budgeting and help funders and policy makers better understand the needs and impact of our field. The data, gathered from 179 Guild member organizations, is presented in easy to read charts and tables.
For the first time, the report also includes sections on racial equity, creative aging, and analysis of salary information by organization type, type of community served, and organizational budget size.
Data was collected in 2019 before the pandemic and this summer’s uprising and call to reckoning about structural racism and anti-Black violence. This means that the data provides a valuable snapshot of where the community arts education field was just before these transformational events.
Accessing the Report
The 2019 Benchmarking Data Report is available to all Guild members that participated in the survey, free of charge. For access, contact programs@nationalguild.org.
The report is also available for purchase. Guild members receive a discounted rate (Guild membership is currently “pay what you can”).