Who We Are
What We Do

What We Do

LIFETIME ARTS connects the people, funding, ideas and strategies necessary to increase the number and quality of professional arts programs for older adults. By helping to develop policy, sharing best practices and providing expert technical assistance in the design, funding and implementation of creative aging programs, we help organizations and individuals build livable communities for all ages.

Lifetime Arts, Inc. offers a variety of consulting and programming services, customized to meet the needs and budgets of organizations of any size.

Our services include:

  • Training for service providers, artists, and administrators on the principals and best practices of effective creative aging programming
  • Assessment of current arts programs
  • Technical assistance to improve existing programs
  • Promotion and outreach strategies and resources
  • Strategic planning and program implementation including:
    • program planning and design
    • project administration
    • funding strategies
    • community building strategies
    • identification, referral and access to artists, arts organizations and other cultural and arts partners
    • facility assessment (what will work in your spaces?)
    • creative aging resource identification and access

Lifetime Arts works with you to answer these questions:

FOR SENIOR SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ORGANZATIONS:
  • Why should we offer arts programs to our clients/residents?
  • How do we know which art forms are the best fit for our population?
  • What art forms will work best in our facility?
  • How do we find the right artist?
  • How much will an arts program cost?
  • Where will the money come from to pay for an arts program?
  • How do we evaluate the success of the program?
  • How can we engage our local community in our arts program?
  • How do we partner with local schools to create an intergenerational program?
  • How can arts programs enhance our marketing efforts?
  • How do we assess our existing arts program?
FOR ARTISTS and ARTS ORGANIZATIONS:
  • How do I expand my knowledge base so I am ready to work with older adults?
  • How do I connect with organizations/facilities that are seeking artists?
  • How can I learn about best practices in creative aging?
  • How do I connect to other artists around the region who are working in this field?
FOR MUNICIPALITIES and COUNTY GOVERNMENTS:
  • How do we provide opportunities for creative engagement to an increasingly diverse older adult population?
  • How do we fund opportunities for creative engagement for our older citizens?
  • How do we partner with community artists and arts organizations to develop creative aging programs?
  • How do we create opportunities to break down barriers between generations?

About Us

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


We serve organizations and individuals in both fields by promoting the creation, expansion and sustainability of professionally conducted arts programs for older adults.


Through a variety of services and initiatives we strengthen the nascent field of creative aging by providing practical support to arts practitioners and institutions of all sorts that provide services to older adults.

Mission

The mission of Lifetime Arts is to encourage creative aging by promoting the inclusion of professional arts programs in organizations that serve older adults; to prepare artists to develop the creative capacity of older adult learners; and to foster lifelong learning in and through the arts by increasing opportunities for participation in intergenerational and community based programming.