Greetings!
Since our June newsletter new subscribers representing over 50 different library systems, museums, arts organizations, media outlets, and senior service organizations have joined our mailing list.
Welcome to all of you.
You are in good company. Our partners include hundreds of public libraries, museums, senior housing sites, senior centers, arts councils, performing and visual arts organizations across 25 states. To date we’ve launched over 600 community-based programs, serving 10,000 older adults and have trained more than 1,000 teaching artists and hundreds of librarians, arts organizations, and senior service staff to design, implement, and sustain these programs.
Tell us how can we help
Whether you are just learning about Creative Aging and Lifetime Arts, or have been a friend and colleague for years, please tell us how we can best serve you by
providing your feedback via this very short poll. Thank you.
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AMERICA'S MUSEUMS JOIN THE CREATIVE AGING MOVEMENT
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With the launch of
Aroha Philanthropies’ “Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums” initiative, our ongoing partnership has expanded to include the
American Alliance of Museums. Like the two previous efforts, Lifetime Arts will lead the training and technical assistance for this 2-year, $1M initiative. From Alaska to Puerto Rico a new cohort of 20 museums will advance Creative Aging for this important cultural sector.
Learn more.
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CATALYZING CREATIVE AGING PROGRAM UPDATES
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Lifetime Arts and the
National Guild for Community Arts Education have partnered on Catalyzing Creative Aging,
a multi-phase initiative designed to support the establishment of new creative aging programs at nonprofit arts education organizations nationwide.
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NATIONAL PROGRAMMING ROUNDUP
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This year roughly 1,000 people aged 55+ from New Mexico to New Hampshire attended nearly 100 Creative Aging programs in public libraries, arts organizations, and community spaces where they mastered new art-making skills such as digital photography, acting, creative writing, singing, and dancing.
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TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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New York City Training Update
Lifetime Arts is currently training teaching artists and staff at New York City senior centers and arts councils how to plan, design, and deliver Creative Aging programming. Through our experiential, hands-on seminars participants learn about current Creative Aging research, trends, and practice areas. We also share best practices in curriculum design that acknowledges and avoids ageism and caters to diverse populations. The training initiative is funded by the
New York Community Trust Foundation and in partnership with the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and Department for the Aging, LiveON NY, the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College, and all of the
New York City arts councils.
Visit our website for complete details.
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Creative Aging in Southern Wisconsin Libraries
In July, our director of education,
Annie Montgomery, and CEO,
Maura O'Malley, traveled to southern Wisconsin to deliver two full-day professional development workshops on Creative Aging programming for public librarians working in suburban and rural libraries there. These training sessions were sponsored by the
South Central Public Library System and the
Southwest Wisconsin Public Library System, and were funded in part through a grant from the
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which was administered by the
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Learn more.
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Production Underway for Our Online Course
In an effort to make our Creative Aging Program Delivery training more widely available, to provide resources to those in rural areas, and to support attendees of our in-person training, we are developing a self-paced, online course which will be available beginning mid-2019.
Initially, we will offer subscription to this course to state library agencies and individual library systems. Soon, we will open up the course to learners in other sectors such as museum educators, arts community-based programmers, and 55+ residential communities.
Learn more and subscribe to project updates.
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MARTA SANCHEZ IS OUR TEACHING ARTIST OF THE MONTH
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Marta Sanchez is a teaching artist and visual artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA.
She has taught at several community centers and universities including the Tyler School of Art, St. Joseph’s University, Taller Puertorriqueño, and The Mann Senior Center.
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Her work is part of several permanent collections including Yale University, University of Michigan, University of Texas and the Philadelphia Museum of Art among others.
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JEFFERSON JOINS PROGRAM TEAM
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Lifetime Arts welcomes arts educator and storyteller
Abigail Jefferson, M.Ed., who joined us as Program Coordinator this summer. Abigail coordinates and provides oversight for Lifetime Arts’ national initiatives and partnerships.
Previously, Abigail served as the Education Coordinator for the
New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for
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WHAT WILL I DO (ABOUT RETIREMENT)?
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On October 1,
Stria, a new media platform focusing on the longevity market, published a column by our executive director,
Ed Friedman, titled,
"
What Will I Do (About Retirement)?
" in which he explores how retirement can be characterized (rightly or wrongly) and suggests ways that those developing services and messages aimed at people of retirement age might apply new (and more effective) strategies.
(Illustration courtesy of Stria.)
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Where We've Been Recently
On October 1, members of our team traveled to Boston to talk arts education for 55+ with the City of Boston's Commissions on Elderly Affairs and Arts and Culture, as well as representatives from Goddard House.
Where To Find Us This Fall
Executive Director Ed Friedman will be the plenary speaker at the
Brookdale Foundation's annual meeting in Teaneck, N.J. and speak on the value of arts programming for caregivers and those for whom they care (10/25).
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