Tag: E.A. Michelson Philanthropy

Creative Aging Powered by Connection, Collaboration, and Celebration

A photo of two older adult Asian/Pacific Islander women standing in front of a wall of artwork. They are smiling and not looking directly at the camera. One woman has long, silver/grey hair and is wearing a grey sweater and jeans. She is carrying a brown purse on her shoulder. The other woman has grey/silver hair pulled back. She is wearing a black shirt with a silver/white coat and jeans. She is carrying a black over the shoulder bag.

This year’s theme for Older Americans Month is “Powered by Connection,” which recognizes the impact that meaningful relationships and social connections have on our health and wellbeing. Connectedness is what fuels the power of creative aging programs for older adults, and it begins with us and those we partner with. Fostering communities where everyone is seen as valued, creative, and contributing members to society is only possible when there’s a strong pillar of creative aging leaders, practitioners, and advocates supporting each other. Let’s explore how our work in creative aging is powered by connection, collaboration, and celebration!

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Cross-Sector Training Highlights: Building Leadership & Investment

This summer, Lifetime Arts had the opportunity to train hundreds of teaching artists, library workers, museum educators, and arts organization staff in Missouri, Wyoming, Hawaii, Tennessee, and Arizona as part of our major projects Advancing Creative Aging Through State Library Leadership and Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums and in partnership with the Phoenix Center for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, and Creative Aging in Memphis. These creative aging leaders will go on to impact the lives of more than 3,500 older adults in this year alone. Below are training highlights and reflections.

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Creative Aging Programs Foster Friendships & Creative Liberty for LGBTQIA+ Community in Utah

Learn more about two innovative programs implemented via a partnership between the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and Utah Pride Center and explore more creative aging programs and resources that support the needs and interests of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Lifetime Arts Extends Capacity-Building Efforts with State Arts Agencies in CT, DE, UT + MI

This fall, we trained 100+ teaching artists, library programmers, arts council staff and stakeholders through continued partnerships with the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Delaware Division of the Arts, Utah Division of Arts & Museums and Michigan Arts and Cultural Council. Our work with these state agencies builds on projects they launched with Lifetime Arts’ support through the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ (NASAA) Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging Initiative (May 2021-September 2022).

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Creative Aging Programs Centered in Black Cultures Enrich Connection & Community in Museums Across the U.S.

The following are examples of programs offered in museums across the U.S. — during and immediately prior to the pandemic — in which teaching artists centered their curriculum in Black cultures and history and/or taught media inspired by Black and Brown artists.

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How We Build Capacity of State Arts Agencies + Partners

Teaching artists in Ohio hold up cards indicating how old they feel "internally."

In recent years, Lifetime Arts' work has focused largely on state, system, and sector-wide capacity building initiatives. In this post, we provide an overview of our training and executive coaching engagement on this front from July through mid-October.

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Programming Roundup: State Agencies, Urban Library Systems, Museums, & Arts Organizations

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A run-down of creative aging work we have been doing with state agencies, urban library systems, museums, and arts organizations around the U.S.

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14 Community Arts Ed Organizations Receive Seed Grants for Creative Aging Programs

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2021 CONTACT Jenina Podulka, National Guild for Community Arts Education jeninapodulka@nationalguild.org nationalguild.org Shannon McDonough, Lifetime Arts smcdonough@lifetimearts.org  Research shows participatory arts learning for older adults provides significant wellness benefits critical to counteracting social isolation  New York, NY—The National Guild for Community Arts Education and Lifetime Arts are pleased to announce that …

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The Creative Aging Resource Website: An Online Hub for an Emerging Field

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Lifetime Arts is proud to launch The Creative Aging Resource website (http://www.creativeagingresource.org), the first dedicated place on the web to offer artists, community educators, program administrators, senior service professionals, and funders a browsable directory of hundreds of hand-curated pieces of research, media, case studies, experts and organizations related to the field.

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Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aroha Philanthropies Announces National Initiative in Collaboration with the American Alliance of Museums and Lifetime Arts MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Aroha Philanthropies, the American Alliance of Museums, and Lifetime Arts announced today that they will collaborate to launch Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums, a new national initiative developed, funded and managed by …

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