Resources
Mastering the Art of Teaching Adults
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This video, created by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, dives into the importance of the teaching artist, and how they foster a supportive and inclusive learning environment in delivering sequential and instructional creative aging programs. The following …
School One: Art Making For All Generations
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In this video, Jennifer Borman, Head of School One, discusses an intergenerational creative aging program that was offered at School One, and how this program benefited the older adult participants and younger students through storytelling. …
Creative Aging Program, “Adobe Illustrator, Barnwood, and Plasma Class” at Campbell Public Library in Wyoming
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In January 2022, teaching artist, Ellen Peterson, taught, “Adobe Illustrator, Barnwood, and Plasma Class,” through the Campbell County Public Library System in Wyoming. During this program, participants created an image on barnwood using Adobe Illustrator, …
Museum Connections 2022 | “Social Impact: Engaging with Older Adults”
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The 2022 Museum Connections Conference was held in Paris from March 30-31. This conference brought together museum and arts professionals to discuss the role that museums play towards improving the lives of older adult communities …
Encore Chorale: Our Story
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From Encore Creativity for Older Adults’ YouTube video description: Encore Chorale is dedicated to providing an excellent and accessible artistic environment for older adults, 55 and over, regardless of experience or ability, who seek arts …
Healing with Harmony: A Music & Memory Story
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From Music & Memory’s YouTube video description: The Fund for NYC Health + Hospitals’ short film, Healing with Harmony: A Music & Memory Story beautifully captures Music & Memory’s positive impact on residents and staff. …
“Our Life, Our Stories” at the Speed Art Museum
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From the Speed Art Museum website: “How can an old memory assist in creating a new one? That is the question explored in Our Life, Our Stories, an exhibition about each artist’s relationship to photographs …
Behind the Scenes at the Cabildo with Big Chief Darryl Montana
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As part of the program, “Beading with the Big Chief,” offered at the Louisiana State Museum and taught by Big Chief Darryl Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters, the museum put together this behind-the-scenes tour …
The Lifetime Arts 2021 Year in Review
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Lifetime Arts has stayed true to our mission and expanded our impact in our field in each of the years since our founding in 2008, and 2021 was no exception. This past year, we added …
Aging and Ageism: Mental Health Issues in the Wake of COVID-19
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This lecture, by Professor William E. Haley of the University of South Florida School of Aging Studies, provides an excellent analysis of ageism, how it can affect the mental health of older adults, how it …