Living in the city has just gotten a lot better! – particularly for older adults in the Bronx, Staten Island and Manhattan! Professional teaching artists will lead FREE workshop series at six local libraries beginning this September and running through December. With generous funding from the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and in partnership with New York Public Library, Lifetime Arts has awarded funding and provided extensive technical assistance to local libraries – introducing them to principles and resources of Creative Aging.
Click here to learn more about each program.

• Baychester Library, Sing for Joy, Sing for Life, Pamela Warrick-Smith, Teaching Artist
• Morris Park Library, Drawing from Experience, Josh Millis, Teaching Artist
• 67th Street Library, Self-Expression in Art, Sabra Friedman, Teaching Artist
• Countee Cullen Library, Life Maps, Paul Ferrara & Celia Caro, Teaching Artists
• Grand Central Library LiveStories, Michael Wiggins & Ann Montgomery, Teaching Artists
• West New Brighton Library, Roaring Chorus Workshops, Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Teaching Artists

We’ll be posting artists’ profiles, workshop photos and program updates – so check in regularly.

Learn the details about each of the funded projects from the 2008-2009 season and the 2009-2010 season of Creative Aging in Our Communities: The Westchester Libraries Project. Funded by the Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation, and administered in partnership with the Westchester Library System.

Click here to see the 2009 projects
Click here to see the 2010 projects

The National Center
for Creative Aging

Association of
Teaching Artists

National Guild for Community
Arts Education

Arts Westchester