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Creative Aging

The emerging field of creative aging focuses on the positive and powerful role of the arts in enhancing the quality of life for older adults.  Instead of viewing aging as a period of decline, the proponents of creative aging recognize growing older as a time of life with abundant but untapped potential for personal growth and enhanced well-being.
 
Current research shows that professionally conducted arts programs that engage elders in active learning can have positive mental and physical health benefits.  Most important, arts programs that create working/learning relationships with other elders, students, family members and the community often succeed in breaking down the chronic isolation and inertia that inhibit many older adults.  


Arts & Livable Communities

ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS play positive and powerful roles in enhancing the quality of life for older Americans and are key to building livable communities for all ages. Libraries, museums, theaters, historical societies, community dance, theater and music schools, and botanic gardens provide programs and services that build new opportunities for economic vitality, engaged learning and human expression while naturally breaking down economic, racial and age barriers. CULTURE BUILDS COMMUNITY.