Hello! I'm Dixie, and I’d love to share my experience in the Creative Aging Woodworking class for adults 55+ at Gillette College’s Area 59, a fantastic maker-space in my home state of Wyoming.
By Liza Cucco This month, I spoke to Emily Christensen, a musician, gerontologist, and creative aging advocate, on her journey and insights into working with older adults through music therapy and creative aging. Q: How has your journey through music, therapy, and gerontology shaped your work with older adults? EC: I started out with a …
“We're all doing this really new and hard thing by trying to translate in person experiences to the virtual platform,” he says, “Don't stress yourself out trying to make it perfect. Be upfront with folks about the experiment of it and leave space for them to give feedback.”
I’ve never lived more than thirteen miles away from Yankee Stadium. As I enter my “third act” I’m feeling psychologically ready to retire, which impels me to ask the question, “Where do I want to live?” I’ve spent parts of the last 16 summers in the Berkshires. The Berkshires is a highland region mostly located …
On Monday, May 20, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) held a panel titled, “Artful Aging: What Museums and Arts are Learning from Each Other about Creative Aging” during their annual conference in New Orleans. Ed Friedman, Executive Director at Lifetime Arts moderated the panel which also featured Annie Montgomery, Director of Education at Lifetime …
Told ya! Those of us in the non-profit arts sector are accustomed to constantly arguing for the value of the arts, but making a case for the importance of arts education for older adults is yet another hurdle to overcome. When The Creativity and Aging Study led by Dr. Gene Cohen was published in 2006 …
Teaching Artists: Make Your Voices Heard! This survey is one of eight projects currently underway as part of the National Guild for Community Arts Education-‘s Teaching Artist Development Track, and one of three National Surveys on Creative Aging that we are publishing this year. In November our CEO and Co-Founder, Maura O’Malley sat down with …
After people hear about our work, view our videos, and read testimonials from participants, we’re often asked, “How do you find the teaching artists?”
November 4, 2012 – Friday, November 9, 2012 The Creative Center at University Settlement Presentations and workshops by national and local leaders in the field, including Lifetime Arts’ founder and CEO, Maura O’Malley, – combined with site visits to museums, galleries and “best practice” programs, will enable accepted trainees to raise the bar on arts engagement …
Creative Aging Professional Development for Librarians As part of Lifetime Arts IMLS National Leadership Grant, a two part professional development workshop engaged 40 librarians from the NY Metro Region in four sessions. Led by national experts, librarians learned about creative aging best practices, the nuts and bolts of program implementation and sustainability and what kinds of …
This year Lifetime Arts has been featured in several publications relating to the field of Creative Aging including Preserving Your Memory Magazine, Library As Incubator – an online magazine exploring the links between artists and libraries and Stories for Change – a publication of Partners for Livable Communities and MetLife Foundation that examines exemplary organizations …
Lifetime Arts Roster Artist Josh Millis at NYPL
Check out NYPL's blog about Josh Millis and his upcoming Creative Aging Project at Jefferson Market Library http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/03/05/meet-josh-millis
MetLife Foundation has awarded Lifetime Arts, Inc. a $125,000 grant to expand their groundbreaking work in creative aging through partnerships with Boston Public Library, Dallas Public Library and Miami-Dade Public Library. The MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Libraries Project is designed to increase the capacity of public libraries to serve older adults, provide models of high …
April 2011 Susan Perlstein, the guru of Creative Aging, held teaching artists captive throughout the day long sessions – first in Albany at the NY State Museum on April 14th and then in NYC at University Settlement on April 16th. Facilitated by Hollis Headrick, these NYSCA funded workshops introduced K-12 teaching artists to Creative Aging …
