Utah Division of Arts & Museums

“A LIFETIME OF ARTS ELEVATED”

As part of the “A Lifetime of Arts Elevated” initiative, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums (UA&M) will advance creative aging across the state through a series of professional development training sessions for cultural institutional staff members and professional artists. Additionally, the UA&M will partner with the Utah Commission on Aging to ensure creative aging programs are present in senior centers across the state as well as on the Utah Virtual Senior Center, a new platform that allows seniors to engage in activities from home. 

Professional development and program implementation support

In August and September 2021, Lifetime Arts will train four cohorts of cultural institution staff members, teaching artists, and senior serving organizations in best practices in planning, designing, promoting, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining successful creative aging programming. 

TRAINING DATES & DETAILS

Creative Aging Foundations Training for Museums, Arts and Senior Serving Organizations

  • August 16-18 from 9am-11am MT for museum and arts organization staff
  • August 23-25 from 9am-11am MT for museum and arts organization staff
  • September 27-29 from 9-11am MT for senior serving organizations

This 6-hour training will take the three different cohorts listed above through the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Foundations course. We will cover:

  • Current research on arts and aging
  • Inherent biases about aging
  • Best practices in the field
  • What’s different about adult learning
  • How to apply K-12 arts ed expertise to 55+
  • How to develop responsive programming that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable
  • The planning, implementation, and sustainability of successful programming
  • Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships
  • How to deliver both in-person and remote programming

Creative Aging Design and Development for Teaching Artists

August 30-September 1 from 9am-11am MT

This course, aimed at a 25-person cohort of teaching artists, will introduce the history, supporting research, and exemplary programming happening across this growing field.

In addition to covering the topics included in Creative Aging Foundations (shown above), our teaching artist training will also feature the examination and demonstration of andragogical approaches to the development of skill-based, sequential instructional lessons for older adults. In addition, this course will focus on the importance of embedding intentional social engagement activities into programming and curricula. Participants will explore the subject of ageism and its impact on creative aging programming design and delivery. Teaching artists will be introduced to best practices in both in-person and remote programming.

Registration

These training series will be announced by the project partners who will also manage registration. Registered trainees will be enrolled as users in the Lifetime Arts Portal, where they will access training materials, Zoom links, pre-reading, resources, and trainer bios.

Project Contacts

  • Jason Bowcutt, Community Engagement and Performing Arts Manager, Utah Division of Arts & Museums
  • Julie Kline, Education Associate, Lifetime Arts

MADE POSSIBLE BY

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.