Two-Year NYC Creative Aging Initiative Training Concludes

In this, the second and final year of the New York City Creative Aging Initiative, Lifetime Arts delivered nearly 20 free, in-person training sessions, networking salons and webinars to hundreds of NYC teaching artists, arts organization and senior center staff members.

These training events were designed by our Director of Education, Annie Montgomery, to not only share best practices in Creative Aging programming, but to encourage and facilitate the inclusion of cross-discipline learning and social engagement techniques.

Designing Your Next Creative Aging Program

For example, in October, Lifetime Arts’ Director of Education, Annie Montgomery, and Lifetime Arts Trainer, Antonia Perez, led this in-person training for teaching artists interested in SU-CASA residencies.

During this session:

  • participants experienced and practiced a variety of non-invasive assessment exercises, feedback protocols, and social engagement techniques;
  • worked in small groups to discuss and get feedback on program proposals; and
  • shared successes and challenges from past residencies as a springboard to improve future programs and placements.

Photo credit: Seungil “Shawn” Choi

What Trainees Had to Say:

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As part of this initiative, Lifetime Arts and Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College documented informal focus groups of SU-CASA program participants. Photo credit: Jeremy Amar and Julia Xanthos Liddy

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The webinars from the 2019 training schedule have been recorded and are free to access on our website. Please click the link below to view the webinar recordings. 

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