WHAT A YEAR!
What a great year 2015 has been for Lifetime Arts and for the field of Creative Aging. With new research, new invested funders, more programs and more trained teaching artists all across the country - Creative Aging is becoming a movement!  
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Teaching Artist Walter Perez & dance partner at Sunset Park Senior Center, Bklyn, NY.
 Tango, the Dance of Love
Photograph: Herb Scher
1200 Older Adults Participated in 52 Library Programs 
Across 12 States

This year,  folks explored painting, drawing, jewelry making, choral, folk art: Scherenschnitte, Temari Balls, Native American jewelry making, digital photography, mask making, memoir, quilting, theater, book arts and  Tango!
Winter 2015 Training Institute Set a New Standard for Creative Aging Professional Development!

Hosted by Lincoln Center Education, supported by NYSCA and Aroha Philanthropies,  this multi-day training was a great success.  40 arts professionals from the NY metro area signed up to work with national cross-sector experts in intergenerational programming, ageism,  curriculum and partnership development. #AgingArtfully15
Ed Friedman & Maura O'Malley Co-Founders
We Took a Few Road Trips Too!

Frequently invited to speak about the importance of arts education for older adults and the work of Creative Aging, Lifetime Arts staff present at major national conferences and symposia around the country. During 2015, we presented workshops and training for over 500 professionals in collaboration with the following organizations: 

Connecticut State Library Association
National Center for Creative Aging
Port Chester Senior Network
Grantmakers in the Arts
Minnesota Library Association
National Guild for Community Arts Education
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts
Delaware Division of the Arts
Good Samaritan Society Foundation
Aroha Philanthropies
Welcome new board and staff members!

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Fatima Perkins
Director of Community Outreach & Advocacy, Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging, Cleveland Ohio  
Catherine Guzman
Business Analyst, 
MTA NYC Transit Authority, New York, NY
Lindsey Francis
Program Manager, 
Lifetime Arts
Thank you for your continued interest in Lifetime Arts and b est wishes for a peaceful and happy new year!

Maura O'Malley
CEO/Co-Founder		 & Ed Friedman
Executive Director/Co-Founder


LIFETIME ARTS is a tax exempt, 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization that exists at the intersection of aging and the arts. 

To learn more about our groundbreaking work, the organization, our funders, and our leadership, visit  http://www.lifetimearts.org/support/ 
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